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The Commercial Card Embraces A Season Of (Major) Change

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In B2B payments, the commercial card has experienced a dramatic spike in adoption this year as organizations accelerated their digital transformations and, unable to physically enter the office, began to rely on electronic payments to conduct their business. Winter Blues. Spring’s SMB Support. Spring began in dramatic fashion.

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Commercial Cards: It’s All About The Data

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Leavitt, founder and CEO of Boost Payment Solutions , this is among the largest priorities for today’s accounts receivable departments, and commercial cards are stepping up to meet that demand. The drive for payment information is a key factor behind suppliers’ gradual path toward commercial card acceptance.

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How Virtual Cards Can Live Up To Their Faster Payments Promise

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Initially, this came in the form of purchase cards that gave managers the ability to allow their employees to make purchases on behalf of their companies, from office supplies to travel and expense spending. Leavitt says suppliers are indeed more difficult than buyers to convince of commercial cards’ value proposition.

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How Small Businesses Ride Their Payment Rails

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NACHA released new statistics late last week on growth of ACH transaction volume in the U.S. According to the firm, B2B transactions were a key driver of ACH transaction growth in the third quarter of the year, leading NACHA Chief Operating Officer Jane Larimer to describe the ACH Network as “thriving.”. In all, more than 3.3

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Why Incremental Card Adoption Is Enough For Better Cash Management

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Accounts payable company MineralTree just gave a big show of support for commercial cards when it announced this week it is partnering with American Express (Amex) to offer companies an integrated platform to support supplier payments via virtual commercial card. But the hurdle of card adoption persists.

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Chase, AFP Applaud B2B’s Shrinking Check Use

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Only a day earlier, payment processing giant Stripe announced an expansion of its corporate payment offerings with the launch of a commercial card product in yet another effort by an industry stakeholder to encourage businesses to shift away from paper. Check and ACH transactions have been around for a long time for a reason.

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Giving Virtual Cards A Chance In Supplier Payments

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In an often-cited report released by NACHA last month, accounts receivables executives said they are gearing up for ACH payments to over take paper checks when it comes to how their business customers pay. Plus, the VP added, ACH payments don’t always come with remittance data. “A

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