Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Bahrain Commercial Facilities Company (BCFC), in a strategic partnership with Mastercard , is set to transform Bahrain’s commercial payments landscape with the introduction of their Commercial Cards Program for companies, corporations and small and medium sized businesses.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., Mastercard Adds B2B Payment Functionality With Commercial Cards.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 10, 2024

By making progressive inroads into digitisation of commercial payments, Network continues to contribute towards the UAE’s aspirations for a cashless economy.” The solution is designed to reduce the costs for travel businesses payments through an innovative pricing model and efficiency through Mastercard’s virtual card technology.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

A new report from Mastercard links use of commercial cards to cost savings for businesses, according to reports in Verdict. Use of a commercial card program to manage employee travel expenses, however, reduces these operational costs and is linked to add-on benefits like travel insurance and rewards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

Mastercard and U.S. B2B payments company Boost Payment Solutions are teaming up to promote the use and acceptance of commercial cards across the Caribbean. And through our alliance with Mastercard, we look forward to unlocking the potential of commercial card payments for businesses across the Caribbean.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

National bank RAKBANK , headquartered in the emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, has teamed up with Mastercard to introduce corporate payment solutions, Zawya reported Wednesday (Jan. It also provides efficient monitoring of travel and entertainment expenses via the SmartData expense monitoring and management tool.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Adoption of commercial cards in B2B payments has emerged as one of the hottest industry topics of the year thanks to new FinTech innovations and industry leaders like Visa and Mastercard making a push further into the market. percent of incoming payments volume for B2B vendors by 2020 — up just 1.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

card company interchange fees reached new levels earlier this year when the European Commission (EC) issued a $648.3 million fine against Mastercard for its swipe fees, which regulators said drove up prices for retailers and consumers, and hampered competition. ” The Commercial Card Debate.

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Stax

MARCH 14, 2024

During the 2020s, almost all businesses will have been looking at b2b payments processing solutions to meet changing consumer needs. But what about in the business-to-business (B2B) sector? Industry data shows that the B2B payments landscape is rather diverse. Learn More What are B2B Payments? Not sure where to start?

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Mastercard is rolling out a commercial card product designed for small businesses across Asia Pacific in a new collaboration with United Overseas Bank (UOB), an announcement Tuesday (May 28) said. Of these, most use their commercial credit cards in the region for travel and business entertainment.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 10, 2024

Mastercard has announced a realignment of its teams centered on three interdependent areas of Core Payments, Commercial & New Payment Flows and Services. Raj Seshadri will lead Commercial & New Payment Flows as Chief Commercial Payments Officer.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Earnings season is upon us, offering insight into business spending among payment network giants such as Visa , Mastercard and WEX — across cards and, of course, cross-border payments. In the Mastercard results late last month, management said it had seen growth across credit, debit, prepaid and commercial spending.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Mastercard results released on Thursday (Jan. Breaking down the gross dollar volume trends, Mastercard said in supplemental materials filed with the earnings report that debit and prepaid transactions gained 12.2 billion cards issued, with 7 percent growth, the bulk of which — at more than 2 billion — were Mastercard cards.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Mastercard signaled a new direction for corporate payments when it bought VocaLink a few years ago, and the company’s emerging vision for a B2B payments network suggests a new challenge for its commercial cards business.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Mastercard has added a new Account-to-Account (A2A) service to its Track Business Payment Service , to help businesses exchange data more efficiently and perform payments across multiple rails, a press release says. According to research from Mastercard, almost 80 percent of mid-size and larger suppliers see risk in sharing bank account data.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Mastercard is looking to take a larger share of the B2B payments space in Australia by pushing for companies to pay their suppliers with its products. To do so, the credit card firm announced Monday (Dec. 19) that it will be working with supply chain finance company Octet Finance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Mastercard is deploying its Masterpass technology for the first time in Turkey, collaborating with Coca-Cola Icecek to facilitate transactions between the beverage conglomerate and corporate buyers. According to the companies, sales representatives can receive orders via the mobile apps they already use to interact with clients. ”

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

As European Union (EU) authorities continue to combat interchange fees charged by credit card companies Visa and Mastercard , some are now calling on such regulatory action to apply to corporate and commercial cards as well. Earlier this year, the EC issued a $648.3 Earlier this year, the EC issued a $648.3 ” .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

Aquilina previously spent almost eight years working in commercial card products at Mastercard prior to joining the Portland, Maine-based WEX. Bank and was in charge of fleet card programs. “As The new team’s focus will be on the $27 trillion domestic B2B payments market. He also previously worked at U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

HSBC has added six foreign currencies supported by its commercial card products in Europe in support of corporates operating across borders in the region. We now offer a full range of commercial card products to clients across 26 countries in Europe and 43 countries globally, with the same core capabilities in each market.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

Mastercard has announced it is upgrading commercial cardholders’ back-office insights by providing companies with more data for Amazon Business transactions. “For many businesses, reconciling B2B transactions can be challenging due to lack of robust reporting tools,” the company said in a release.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

B2B payments firm Bottomline Technologies has announced a new integration to support payments using Mastercard virtual card technology. 18) said Bottomline is integrating Mastercard In Control for Commercial Payments into its payment platform Paymode-X. An announcement Tuesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

BMO Bank of Montreal is expanding its commercial card portfolio with a focus on small businesses. 5) that it is launching four new small business credit card products with various spender benefits. The FI announced Monday (Feb. We want to support small business every step of the way as they grow and evolve.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Mastercard ‘s commercial card spend management solution In Control has been integrated into the accounts payable (AP) automation platform of MineralTree , the companies said in a press release on Thursday (Jan. That collaboration similarly involves the integration of Mastercard In Control.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

Mastercard is once again expanding its presence in the B2B payments market, this time in the Asia Pacific region. A partnership with Eko-Pay , announced Thursday (March 16), will see the launch of Eko-B2B across APAC. The solution integrates with Mastercard’s inControl platform to automate accounts payable.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

At the dawn of 2020, commercial cards made up only a fraction of overall B2B payments volume, even as corporates continued their slow-but-sure payments digitization efforts away from the paper check. But in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the corporate card seemed to unlock more value for businesses large and small.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2018

Bank is mobilizing Mastercard commercial card products, the financial institution (FI) announced on Wednesday (April 11). Bank Corporate Travel Card said it will now support mobile payments for corporate customers using business travel cards that run on the Mastercard network. In a press release , U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The payments digitization push has ramped up for corporates in recent months, with growing corporate card adoption attributed to the pandemic, recent Mastercard data reveals. Mastercard Streamlines Amazon Expense Management. Airbase Spend Signals Rising Card Adoption. We should let them be used for EV charging, too.".

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

This week's Commercial Card Innovation Tracker finds FinTechs and payment technology players like Mastercard, Visa and Nets embracing partnerships to roll out new corporate card solutions, including virtual commercial cards and small business credit cards designed to enhance spend management and help SMBs access credit during turbulent times.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Beyond the stereotype of the piña colada on the beach and tropical climates, the Caribbean beckons as a hot spot for B2B payments through virtual commercial cards. This is just more of that, in a different region, with a great partner in Mastercard.”. The STP model is particularly suited for the Caribbean, said Leavitt.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Mastercard is strengthening its existing collaboration with commercial card startup Brex to fuel growth in the U.S., Brex added that it plans to develop and roll out additional products and services using Mastercard’s network. the companies announced on Thursday (Oct. “Co-creation is in our DNA. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Revolution Payments is streamlining the process of commercial cards and interchange fees with its new NetSuite Level III Credit Card Processing Solution, the company announced on Friday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Top credit card companies are taking an early opportunity to ensure their corporate cards work with new smartwatches. The move is a sign of support for contactless and mobile payments for corporate use; with the Fitbit and Vioactive watches, users can integrate their commercial cards for use within apps on the smartwatches.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

With the pandemic nudging businesses further into the digital payments realm, commercial card innovation is heating up to capitalize on the opportunity for adoption. Boost Bolsters BMO Harris Bank’s Biz Cards. ” Mastercard, EedenBull Expand Into APAC. ScaleFactor’s Card Offering Nixed.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Mastercard and Australia-based small business accounting platform MYOB are collaborating to streamline vendor payments and payroll. ” In another statement, Mastercard Australasia Division President Richard Wormald said the company anticipates a major acceleration in payments innovation. In a press release on Thursday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2017

Corporate buyers often like using cards to pay suppliers more than their suppliers like accepting them. Interchange fees associated with card acceptance is a significant detractor from supplier acceptance, research shows. But a new initiative from Mastercard and U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

For B2B payments, this summer was a season of technological progress. percent) express satisfaction with using virtual cards to settle invoices. In another collaboration with Mastercard this summer, the PYMNTS B2B Payments Automation Innovation Playbook similarly revealed that the demand for AP automation is on the rise.

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