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The cost of inaction: An urgent call to upgrade accounting processes.

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The B2B software purchasing life cycle has become increasingly drawn out and characterized by longer buying cycles and indecision. It’s simply not feasible to spend money throwing more bodies at a problem. The post The cost of inaction: An urgent call to upgrade accounting processes. Surprising lessons from a crisis.

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Visa, Mastercard, Amex Stake Their Bets On B2B

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When the B2B payments industry began considering what to expect for 2018, commercial cards weren’t often on the radar. Cards are still expected to account for only a minor fraction of B2B payments volume in accounts payable by the end of the year, after all, with ACH gaining traction as the go-to ePayments rail for corporate payers.

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Virtual Cards Help Companies Manage Spend In Real Time

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Digital B2B payments innovations as diverse as machine learning (ML) automation, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and virtual cards are gaining unprecedented traction as businesses move to build sustainable B2B payments operations outside of th e office. Around The B2B Payments For The Virtual Workforce World.

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2018 Recap: B2B Payments Innovation Welcomes Bank-FinTech Collabs — And Beyond

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In B2B payments and corporate finance, it wasn’t only bank-FinTech collaboration that made headlines in 2018. Here are some of the biggest stories of B2B payments collaboration from 2018. Last June, the company announced a partnership with B2B eCommerce platform Handshake to further that initiative.

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Mastercard, EedenBull Extend Into Asia Pacific

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Mastercard said as a result of the expanded partnership in Europe, Mastercard will support EedenBull’s commercial cards platform to banks seeking to tap into Asia Pacific’s B2B payments market. Last month, PYMNTS reported EedenBull rolled out its commercial card platform to banks to take advantage of improved B2B payment capabilities.

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Commercial Cards Gear Up For Corporate Travel’s Return

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Amadeus B2B Wallet Expands Functionality. In another initiative gearing up for the return of corporate travel, travel management platform Amadeus has announced that its payment offering, the Amadeus B2B Wallet, is now able to automatically generate virtual cards through a partnership with Troovo , PYMTNS reported.

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How AR-AP Connectivity Works To Deepen Buyer-Supplier Ties

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As more technology emerges to sit between a company’s accounts payable (AP) platform and its vendor’s accounts receivable (AR) portal, service providers are looking to ease friction in a multitude of ways, from accelerating payments and cash flows to easing contract negotiations. Crowdz Pilots Invoice Crowdfunding.