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Itemize partners with Mastercard to provide expense management solution
20 May 2019Itemize has announced it has been chosen to power Mastercard’s US...
Nacha Corporate Experience targets payment efficiencies
20 May 2019Nacha has introduced its Corporate Experience, which it describes...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch integrates cash management with Apple Watch
20 May 2019Bank of America Merrill Lynch has introduced Apple Watch capabilities...
JDA and KPMG survey shows AI potential for supply chain technology
20 May 2019The second annual joint survey of supply chain executives from JDA...
CIBC launches banking platform for SMEs
20 May 2019CIBC has unveiled a banking platform in Canada designed to help small...
Avidia Bank to implement real-time payments
20 May 2019Avidia Bank has announced that it has committed to bringing real-time...
NICE Actimize launches PSD2 fraud profiling tool
20 May 2019With Payment Services Directive (PSD2) compliance deadlines looming...
PPRO and HighRadius partnership targets speed and accuracy of B2B payments
20 May 2019PPRO has partnered with HighRadius to offer merchant clients a way...
Penta integrates Debitoor E-invoicing programme
20 May 2019Digital business account provider Penta has integrated the Debitoor...
Deutsche Bank processing corporate instant payments in Malaysia
20 May 2019Deutsche Bank has announced that it is now able to process payments...
Amadeus, Elavon and Mastercard provide B2B wallet solution for Thai Airways
20 May 2019Amadeus, Elavon and Mastercard have partnered on a payments approach...
Paytm First Card issued by Citi
20 May 2019Paytm has launched First Card, which it says is India’s first card...
Discovery Bank selects Aconite EMV for card issuance
20 May 2019Aconite Technology has announced that Discovery Bank, a digital-only...
U.S. Bank and Chrome River launch travel expense management tool
13 May 2019U.S. Bank and Chrome River have introduced the U.S. Bank Expense Wizard...
Nacha introduces corporate payments tools
13 May 2019Nacha has introduced its Corporate Experience, a way of demonstrating...
JPMorgan selects Bora for virtual card payment processing
13 May 2019Bora Payment Systems has announced a strategic collaboration with...
Iliad releases test solution for US real-time payments
13 May 2019Iliad Solutions has announced the launch of a test solution designed...
Payments Canada appoints Pamela Steer as CFO
13 May 2019Payments Canada has announced the appointment of Pamela Steer to Chief...
Visa acquires control of Earthport
13 May 2019Visa has announced it has acquired control of Earthport, a company...
RBI joins Marco Polo network
13 May 2019Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has announced that it has joined...
Moneycorp opens payment services API
13 May 2019Moneycorp has announced that it has opened its Application Programming...
EBA Clearing platform closes in on full instant payment coverage in Finland
13 May 2019EBA Clearing has announced that RT1 now has six participants from...
Countingup and Hokodo partner on SME late payment protection
13 May 2019Countingup has signed a partnership agreement with Hokodo in a move...
Mastercard announces US$1bn additional investment in India
13 May 2019Mastercard has announced an investment of US$1bn over the next five...
Voltron trial highlights blockchain trade application
13 May 2019The Voltron initiative, built on R3’s Corda blockchain platform,...
Japan’s cashless initiatives set to spur electronic payments, GlobalData Report finds
13 May 2019Japan is making progress towards becoming a cashless society, with...
ACI Worldwide supporting Saudi real-time payments
13 May 2019ACI Worldwide has announced that it is aiding fast bank adoption of...
Mastercard partners with Intuit for enriched business card programme
3 May 2019Mastercard has announced a small business programme that is available...
Sabre and Visa partner on B2B virtual payments in travel industry
3 May 2019Sabre Corporation and Visa have announced a partnership to support...
Cross River Bank and RS2 agree payments partnership
3 May 2019Cross River Bank has announced that it has entered into a partnership...
Ixaris and Banking Circle tackle cross-border travel payments
3 May 2019Ixaris has announced a partnership with Banking Circle, connecting...
Nationwide invests in payment request service Ordo
3 May 2019Nationwide Building Society has announced that it has invested in...
NatWest launches merchant acquiring solution
3 May 2019NatWest has announced the launch of NatWest Tyl, an approach to merchant...
CBA extends Apple Pay to business card holders
3 May 2019Apple Pay is now available to Commonwealth Bank business card holders....
Corporate Treasurers name Citi Best Bank in Asia
3 May 2019Citi has been named Best Bank in Asia by Corporate Treasurer magazine....
Vocalink and Saudi Payments bring real-time payments to Saudi Arabia
3 May 2019Vocalink, a Mastercard company, has partnered with the Saudi Payments,...
BMO partners with Mastercard to accelerate global payments
29 April 2019Mastercard and BMO Bank of Montreal have announced that BMO will implement...
FIS integrates into Visa B2B Connect platform
29 April 2019Visa and FIS are joining forces to enable FIS’ commercial financial...
U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index reflects mixed results in Q1
29 April 2019The U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index, a quarterly analysis of freight...
Prashant Kumar named CEO of SpendLabs
29 April 2019SpendLabs has announced that its board of directors has appointed...
Resolve to launch payments platform
29 April 2019Resolve has announced that it has formally spun out of Affirm to launch...
Interac evolved beyond debit cards, GlobalData report finds
29 April 2019Canada’s national payment scheme Interac, which facilitates electronic...
Ixaris and Banking Circle partner on cross-border travel payments
29 April 2019Ixaris has announced a partnership with Banking Circle, connecting...
Citi introduces biometric authentication for business clients in Asia
29 April 2019Citi’s institutional clients in China, India, Singapore, Thailand...
SoftBank invests in Wirecard for strategic partnership on digital payments
29 April 2019Wirecard and SoftBank have signed a binding term sheet under which...
First settlement executed on Comdex platform
29 April 2019Comdex has announced the successful execution of the first ever settlement...
Mastercard upgrades transparency into Amazon Business purchases for commercial cardholders
18 April 2019Mastercard has announced an upgrade to the back office experience...
MineralTree and Procurify to offer purchase-to-pay suite for middle market businesses
18 April 2019MineralTree has announced a partnership with Procurify, bringing together...
Itemize named 2019 most promising tech start-up
18 April 2019Expense management SaaS provider Itemize has been named to the CIOReview...
US payments associations launch Center for Payments
18 April 2019Eleven payments associations representing over 10,000 financial institution...
TSYS expands relationship with Synovus
18 April 2019TSYS has announced it will provide two products - its Customer Service...
Moneycorp’s acquisition of Novo Mundo completed
18 April 2019Moneycorp has announced that it has completed its entry into Brazil's...
Billtrust solution targets the B2B collections process
18 April 2019Billtrust has announced the launch of Billtrust Collections, a solution...
NatWest brings biometric approval to business payments
18 April 2019NatWest has announced the launch of a biometric payment approval feature,...
First BELLIN customer goes live with SWIFT gpi for corporates
18 April 2019BELLIN has announced it has successfully integrated SWIFT gpi for...
Corporate Traveller partners with BitPay to accept cryptocurrency payments
18 April 2019Corporate Traveller, a provider of business travel management services...
Standard Chartered expands corporate solutions to additional Asian markets
18 April 2019Standard Chartered has announced the expansion of Straight2Bank Pay,...
Citi inaugurates offices at Abu Dhabi Global Market
18 April 2019Citi has announced the opening of its offices at the Abu Dhabi Global...
Visa business debit cards now available with Bento for Business
15 April 2019Bento for Business has announced a payment solution with Visa to transform...
Extend financing led by Point72 Ventures and FinTech Collective
15 April 2019Extend has announced its US$11m Series A financing. Extend’s platform...
Volante Technologies selected by Banco BASE for payments processing
15 April 2019Volante Technologies has announced that it has been selected by Banco...
Deutsche Bank and Serrala launch API solution for real-time payments
15 April 2019Deutsche Bank and Serrala have launched the first API interface for...
J.P. Morgan launches SEPA real-time payments offering
15 April 2019J.P. Morgan is advancing its real-time payments offering by launching...
Settle Go partners with Onpex
15 April 2019Onpex has announced that it has partnered with Settle Go. The partnership...
NAB enables end-to-end payments tracking with SWIFT gpi
15 April 2019NAB business customers can now track their international payments...
Singapore and Cambodia in FinTech innovation partnership
15 April 2019The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the National Bank of...
Bill.com and Mastercard partner on automated payments for SMEs
8 April 2019Bill.com has announced plans to offer Mastercard virtual cards as...
American Express and SAP Ariba join forces on the procure-to-pay process
8 April 2019American Express and SAP Ariba have announced that they have entered...
Eika partners with EedenBull on payment programmes
8 April 2019The Norwegian banking alliance Eika Group has entered into a long-term...
Elavon and Societe Generale partner for pan-European payment services
8 April 2019Elavon, a global payments provider and subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp,...
Truevo selects Temenos for FinTech payments line
8 April 2019Malta-based card acquirer and payment solutions provider, Truevo Payments,...
EVRY selects ACI Worldwide for card and mobile payment processes
8 April 2019ACI Worldwide has announced that EVRY is using its UP Retail Payments...
Currencies Direct launches batch payments platform
8 April 2019Currencies Direct has launched a platform that is designed to tackle...
WEX partners with Octet
8 April 2019WEX has announced that it has partnered with Sydney-based supply chain...
Wirecard digitises ANA’s payment processes
8 April 2019ANA, Japan’s largest airline carrier with 54 million passengers,...
Asia’s biggest companies launch digitisation drive to transform corporate treasury
8 April 2019Large Asian companies are kicking off a large-scale drive to use new...
Business Factors & Finance unveils payment protection service
1 April 2019Business Factors & Finance has announced the launch of Freight Payment...
PNC Bank appoints Regional President for Boston
1 April 2019PNC Bank has announced the appointment of Jon Bernstein as regional...
MineralTree funding round attracts US$50m
1 April 2019MineralTree has raised US$50m in a funding round led by Great Hill...
Square targets UK SMEs with Invoices app
1 April 2019Square has announced the launch of the Square Invoices app in the...
Marco Polo trade finance network sees successful commercial pilot
1 April 2019LBBW and Commerzbank together have reached a milestone in the digitisation...
WEX to acquire fuel card business of EG Group, Go Fuel Card
1 April 2019WEX has announced today it plans to acquire the fuel card business...
Nordic API Gateway adds DNB
1 April 2019Nordic API Gateway has announced a partnership with DNB, who will...
UK Finance finds businesses lose £93m in invoice scams, many unaware of risk
1 April 2019Over four in ten businesses in the UK are unaware of the risks posed...
Yandex.Money adds multi-currency accounts and cards
1 April 2019Yandex.Money has introduced a service for multi-currency accounts...
Worldpay steps up Australasia presence
1 April 2019Worldpay has announced a major investment in Australasia for 2019....
Verifi launches Self-Service Chargeback Representment
25 March 2019Verifi has launched a service for merchants to take control and fight...
Broadridge integrates SWIFT gpi for corporates
25 March 2019Broadridge Financial Solutions has integrated SWIFT global payments...
FIS to acquire Worldpay
25 March 2019FIS and Worldpay have announced that they have entered into a definitive...
NatWest and Tieto developing virtual accounts for corporates of all sizes
25 March 2019NatWest is to launch a centralised virtual account management platform...
Societe Generale takes SWIFT gpi coverage to nine more countries
25 March 2019Societe Generale has launched SWIFT gpi in nine additional countries:...
Earthport gains payment institution licence from Lithuania
25 March 2019The Board of the Bank of Lithuania has issued a payment institution...
Moneycorp appoints Commercial Director of Payments Solutions
25 March 2019Dejan Miladinovic has been appointed as moneycorp's commercial director...
Wirex launches business accounts with crypto functionality
25 March 2019Wirex has announced the launch of business accounts that have the...
IBM launches global payment network using blockchain
25 March 2019IBM has announced IBM Blockchain World Wire, a real-time global payments...
First Data and InstaReM partner on digital payments
25 March 2019InstaReM has announced a partnership with First Data that will combine...
Singapore and Australia FinTech Associations sign MoU
25 March 2019Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) and FinTech Australia (FA) have...
CPI Europe Summit 2019 Places Customer Experience at the Heart of B2B Payments Innovation
18 March 2019"More has happened in past three years in the B2B payments industry...
ACH Network Achieves Daily Volume Record of 100 Million Payments
18 March 2019The US ACH Network set a record in February as volume exceeded 100...
First Data Acquires Brazil’s Software Express
18 March 2019First Data has announced that it will acquire Software Express, a...
Exela Technologies Launches Payment Detection and Verification System
18 March 2019Exela Technologies has debuted its Confirmation of Payee (CoP) solution....
Jack Henry Announces Payments Hub
18 March 2019Jack Henry & Associates has announced that it is in active onboarding...
Nets and Vipps Target Simplified Payments in Norway
18 March 2019Vipps and Nets have announced an agreement to increase the number...
Citi to Establish FX Pricing and Trading Engine in Singapore
18 March 2019Citi has announced that it will establish an electronic foreign exchange...
Prime Bank JCB Platinum Credit Card Launch
18 March 2019Prime Bank and JCB International have announced that Prime Bank has...
Emirates Islamic Partners With emaratech for Online Government Payments
18 March 2019Emirates Islamic has partnered with emaratech in a move designed to...
Capitec Bank Extends ACI Worldwide
18 March 2019ACI Worldwide has announced an extension of its long-standing relationship...
Mastercard enhances cross-border capabilities with acquisition of Transfast
11 March 2019Mastercard has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire...
Visa and PayActiv partner for on demand disbursements
11 March 2019Visa and PayActiv have announced an agreement that enables real-time...
Scotiabank activates wire tracking with SWIFT gpi
11 March 2019Scotiabank says it is the first Canadian-based bank to leverage SWIFT's...
Fleetcor to acquire Nvoicepay
11 March 2019Fleetcor Technologies has announced that it has signed a definitive...
Wirexend and Onpex partner on multi-currency cross-border payments
11 March 2019Onpex has partnered with Canadian financial institution, Wirexend....
CardFlight app adds invoice generator
11 March 2019CardFlight has announced that its SwipeSimple app now includes the...
UK payments schemes consolidated as Pay.UK
11 March 2019Pay.UK has become home for Bacs, Faster Payments, and cheque and credit...
Let Us Pay: Vatican City, Andorra join SEPA
11 March 2019The Vatican City State/The Holy See and the Principality of Andorra...
Barclaycard UK merchants to accept Discover Global Network cards
11 March 2019Barclaycard has announced that it will start accepting cards that...
Payments NZ releases API standards
11 March 2019Payments NZ has released its first API standards for payment initiation...
SBI and Hitachi form merchant acquiring joint venture
11 March 2019State Bank of India (SBI) and Hitachi Payment Services have announced...
Hnry establishes banking relationship with ASB Bank
11 March 2019Tax and payment services company Hnry has announced a banking relationship...
CPI Europe 2019 Gallery
6 March 2019Thank you to all those who attended CPI Europe Summit this year in...
HSBC partners with NepFin on middle market business proposition
4 March 2019HSBC US Commercial Banking has announced that it has teamed up with...
Kyriba announces API integration with Citi
4 March 2019Kyriba has announced an API integration with Citi that will give its...
ACI Worldwide to acquire Western Union’s Speedpay
4 March 2019ACI Worldwide and The Western Union Company have announced they have...
Interac e-Transfer service sees 2018 highs
4 March 2019Interac Corp. has released record numbers for its Interac e-Transfer...
Sage automates Salary and Supplier Payments with Modulr
4 March 2019Sage has partnered with Modulr to simplify the task of managing accounts...
Volante adds support for latest SWIFT Standards Release
4 March 2019Volante Technologies has announced support for the latest SWIFT Standards...
EBA Clearing’s real-time payment system reaches critical mass in Germany
4 March 2019EBA Clearing has announced that its instant payment system RT1 has...
Norwegian banks expand deals with Nets
4 March 2019Nets has announced expanded contracts with Eika Gruppen, a strategic...
More participants join TIPS
4 March 2019Raiffeisenlandesbank, Raiffeisen International, BRED SA and Unicredit...
OakNorth and ClearBank announce strategic partnership
4 March 2019OakNorth has announced a strategic partnership with ClearBank. The...
Rajat Madhok appointed Head of Citi Commercial Bank in Asia Pacific
4 March 2019Citi has appointed Rajat Madhok as Head of Citi Commercial Bank (CCB)...
Korean payment system to introduce open banking
4 March 2019Korea's Financial Service Commission (FSC) has proposed a plan to...
Sasfin takes stake in Payabill
4 March 2019In a move to support growth in SMEs, Sasfin has announced that it...
Bill.com removes wire transfer fees for international payments
25 February 2019Bill.com has announced it is eliminating wire transfer fees for businesses...
Payments Canada selects SIA for high-value payments system
25 February 2019Payments Canada has announced the selection of SIA as the application...
Barclaycard partners with SAP on corporate payments
25 February 2019Barclaycard Commercial Payments, part of Barclays Bank, has announced...
MEPs scrap excessive fees on cross-border payments outside Eurozone
25 February 2019In new rules, the European Parliament has said that banks should charge...
FairFX granted settlement accounts at Bank of England
25 February 2019FairFX has announced that, through its subsidiary Spectrum Payment...
Barclaycard and Amadeus in B2B travel payments partnership
25 February 2019Barclaycard has announced a partnership with Amadeus to integrate...
Mizuho Financial Group expands cashless payments business
25 February 2019With the objective of implementing group-wide initiatives for expanding...
Commercial Card Volumes Up as Card Companies Invest in B2B
21 February 2019
Commercial card payment volumes have hit a five-year high of US$2 trillion, according to the 2018 annual reports of Mastercard, Visa and American Express.
MineralTree Platform Offers Integrated Virtual Card Support for All Major Networks
18 February 2019MineralTree has expanded its Invoice-to-Pay platform integration to...
Treasury Professionals Look to Blockchain for Payments Enhancements, TD Bank Survey Finds
18 February 2019Treasury and finance professionals anticipate more operational challenges...
MetaBank Launches Faster Payments Platform
18 February 2019MetaBank has announced the launch of its faster payments platform,...
Akamai and MUFG Announce Blockchain-based Online Payment Network
18 February 2019Akamai Technologies and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) have...
Capital One Launches Business Credit Tool
18 February 2019Capital One has announced the launch of Business CreditWise, a tool...
J.P. Morgan Creates Digital Coin for Payments
18 February 2019J.P. Morgan has become the first U.S. bank to create and successfully...
UATP Network to Offer Conferma Pay Virtual Payments
18 February 2019UATP and Conferma Pay have announced a partnership to bring virtual...
Worldpay and Sage Partner for Corporate Card Payments
18 February 2019Worldpay and Sage Pay, part of Sage Group, have announced a partnership...