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How Governments Navigate ACH Payments Innovation

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As local- and state-level government entities continue to run, it’s not business as usual for the public sector — particularly in the way these entities make and receive payments. As a result, it’s placing greater pressure on government entities to digitize payment acceptance capabilities. Business-To-Government Payments.

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Visa’s Phalen: Collaborative Commerce Is B2B Payments' Next Act

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Kevin Phalen , head of global business solutions at Visa , told Karen Webster that the consumerization and the digitization of the B2B space are enabling firms to get the job — moving money — done with efficiencies previously unknown. B2B is poised to make the same leap. But the solutions they deploy, maintained Phalen, must be fast.

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B2B Payment Terms In Flux Amid Market Volatility

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Cash flow has never been more critical to businesses as it is right now, and both the private and public sectors are taking action to ensure B2B payments continue to flow through the supply chain. ” Despite the initiative, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on B2B payments flow has been inconsistent throughout the globe. .

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Today In B2B: UK Debt Collectors Eye SMB Aid Recovery; ActiveWorx Launches B2B Payments Optimization Tool

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Today in B2B payments, ActiveWorx launches its B2B payment optimization tool, while PayJunction debuts an eInvoicing feature. ActiveWorx Introduces B2B Payments Offering on AP Platform. has rolled out B2B payments optimization offerings on its platform. ActiveWorx, Inc. ActiveWorx, Inc.

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Coronavirus Puts B2B Payment Timing In A Tailspin

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Having invoices financed is one way to combat late B2B payments, but in Europe, one watchdog is raising concerns that new standards for default may see a dramatic rise in soured debts. In this week's B2B Data Digest, PYMNTS rounds up the latest data on late payments, including the stats behind the EBA's new rules.

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Visa: Forging A ‘Network Of Networks’ To Modernize B2B Payments

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From a lack of supplier acceptance of electronic payments to outdated infrastructure within accounts payable (AP) departments, the B2B payments ecosystem still has much room for improvement on multiple fronts. Moving the needle in the journey away from paper checks isn’t a one-sided battle, either. An Ecosystem Approach. Driving Scale.

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Open Banking APIs Meet B2B Payments

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Steady digitization in stale B2B payments and the open banking movement are two closely related and increasingly exuberant expressions of money’s digital makeover. Impacts expected from open banking on the laggard B2B payments space are hard to understate. It’s worth the effort, as the growing number of B2B payments use cases prove.

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