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16 February 2021

Alibaba pioneers digital wallet pooling

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has been an innovator in B2B payments.
12 January 2021

Mastercard topped Visa for number of partnerships and announcements in 2020

Disruptive fintechs are stealing the thunder of traditional bank commercial card issuers, analysis...
3 November 2020

ACH payment volume grows as commercial payments volume sees an increase

The Automated Clearing House (ACH), the US-based payments network saw an increase in Business-to-Business...
1 September 2020

Pandemic sparks B2B payments adoption, Mastercard survey shows

76% of small businesses say that the pandemic has fuelled B2B payments adoption, according to a...
7 July 2020

Commercial card use plummeted during Covid-19 pandemic, survey shows

The pandemic is accelerating digital transformation in commercial cards, according to research presented...
15 June 2020

Mastercard and Visa see improving trend

Mastercard and Visa have published trading updates showing some signs of improvement in payments...
14 April 2020

Card giants offer to support small businesses in COVID-19 Crisis

Mastercard and Visa, in separate press releases, have announced support for small businesses during...
6 April 2020

Card giants warn on Covid-19 impact

Visa and Mastercard have published 8-K (SEC Filings) reports addressing the impact of Covid-19 on...
6 April 2020

Report predicts rampant growth in real-time payments

Real-time payments and account-to-account payments volume are predicted to reach a Compound Annual...
6 January 2020

Integration presents biggest AI challenge for payments, survey finds

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of finance professionals in the business payments and banking sector believe...