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Commerzbank Adds Commercial Card Capabilities from Pliant

Finovate

With our new digital credit card solution, we enable our customers to make their billing processes more efficient and thus save costs and time,” said Commerzbank Head of Value Stream Accounts and Payment Methods in Private and Small-Business Customers segment Tobias Knoll.

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The Commercial Card Embraces A Season Of (Major) Change

PYMNTS

For businesses, the world market was thrown into volatility, yet soon, new opportunities emerged. For the corporate card, 2020 has been a season for dramatic shifts in how the payment tool is used and the value it adds to the enterprise. The year 2020 began inconspicuously — but in a few short weeks, everything changed. Winter Blues.

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Rapid Finance Taps SoFi, Galileo to Enable Rapid Access Mastercard for Small Business Financing

Fintech Finance

Rapid Finance , a small business banking platform helping small businesses find customized financing solutions, in collaboration with Galileo Financial Technologies, a leading financial technology company owned by SoFi Technologies, Inc. Small businesses serve as the backbone of the U.S.

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How SMBs Rethink Commercial Card Versatility

PYMNTS

With commercial credit cards historically viewed as a payment vehicle for businesses to make one-off purchases for the office or while on a business trip, the small business credit card has yet to catch up to adoption volumes seen by other payment methods like direct bank transfers in the B2B payments space.

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Commercial Card Innovation Puts SMBs In The Spotlight

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Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. Wyndham Unveils Credit Card For Small Business Travelers.

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Plastiq Talks Commercial Cards, ePayment Trends

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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. These are optimistic observations for an industry where commercial cards have struggled to get off the ground.

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CardUp Introduces Commercial Card Solution In Asia

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Consumers around the world have become intimately familiar with the “card-not-present” method of payment. Now businesses in Asia have an option to embrace “card not needed” as the pandemic continues to accelerate business models. Ramsay said she believes commercial cards have been underused in Asia.