PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

American Express (Amex) and Amazon have teamed up to release a new commercial card product designed for small businesses (SMBs) buying on the Amazon platform. Announced today (Tuesday, June 26), the co-branded card for SMBs in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As more financial service providers explore how to capitalize on corporates’ growing adoption of commercial cards, firms are looking at the card as a way to round out their products and services with a more holistic offering. Below, PYMNTS takes a look at the latest in commercial card innovation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Unlike a small business, the middle market typically holds a lower-risk profile with steady profits and strong growth. And unlike the large commercial enterprise space, the middle market doesn’t often demand immense complexity of products and services. In the credit card arena, rewards are king, Carrera said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

There is more than one way to drive commercial card innovation. For vendors, commercial card acceptance can be a matter of wielding technology to lower interchange costs. For vendors, commercial card acceptance can be a matter of wielding technology to lower interchange costs. A Focus On Transparency.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

With the new research finding opportunity for wire to disrupt checks’ hold on accounts payable, and millennial entrepreneurs shying away from business credit card products, the latest data signals changes ahead for the way small business owners pick their payment rails.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Commercial cards account for only a portion of corporates’ overall spend, as checks stick around and ACH gains ground. However, their market share is on the rise as card issuers develop more robust rewards programs, and the ability to integrate card spend into back-office spend management and analytics platforms.

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Finovate

JUNE 20, 2024

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

With businesses large and small increasingly turning their attention toward recovery efforts, the commercial credit card market is exploring ways to help their corporate card holders. American Express Expands Small Business Offering. Neat Debuts Its Visa Card For Small Businesses.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Yet in only the last few months — and even weeks — India’s FinTech startup community has seen a proliferation of commercial card innovation. It’s an interesting phenomenon, especially considering the path to corporate card adoption elsewhere. “All of these expenses require a credit card,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In fast-growth small businesses, the focus is on expanding the top line — not tackling the paper chase in the back office. “Businesses are at the point where they’re maximizing their key product offering[s], trying to grow revenue and their finance teams are stretched. ” The Biggest Culprits Of Waste.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

EedenBull , a Norwegian FinTech, has rolled out its new commercial card platform to banks to take advantage of better B2B payment capabilities, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Changes to commercial card regulations could be tripping up small businesses in Australia, according to reports on Friday (Sept. Now, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell is taking a look at the Reserve Bank’s potential plans. would impact the market.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

challenger FinTech Cashplus has hired a commercial card risk expert from American Express, reports this week said. Commercial Cards and Payments and before working at Amex, Duseja held a position at Accenture. According to reports Wednesday (Sept. He comes from American Express as its head of credit risk for U.K.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 16, 2024

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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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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2018

Small businesses in the U.S. Expectations about economic growth, and increases in their own revenues, make for a good time to be a small business owner in the country. and Australia, though, small business sentiment looks a bit different. are increasingly know for their optimism. In the U.K.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

Indian airliner Jet Airways is teaming up to bring SMEs in the nation a commercial card solution, a move reports said will bring India its first contactless business card. Reports on Thursday (May 12) said ICICI Bank will collaborate with Jet Airways to launch the Jet Airways ICICI Bank Business Advantage Card.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Small business owners have historically faced a unique challenge in the banking world: Financial institutions (FIs) can sometimes fail to clearly define their small business services, blurring the lines between personal and corporate banking and forcing an SMB to fit somewhere within that ambiguity.

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Payments Source

APRIL 10, 2017

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi and PNC Bank are the first three banks to adopt the service, which is aimed at customers who use Visa commercial and small-business credit cards to buy supplies from Amazon Business.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Just look at SAP Ariba , which integrated PrimeRevenue’s supply chain financing into its spend management platform, or Reckon , a small business accounting platform that recently rolled out an SME lending feature thanks to Prospa. Less common, however, is an SME financing solution that integrates into a commercial card offering.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2016

In an announcement made Thursday (March 24), the bank revealed the rollout of its Deposit Express mobile app, geared specifically for small businesses and employees collecting paper checks while out in the field. Deposit Express is specifically tailored to meet the needs of small businesses. Bank has rolled out this year.

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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

APRIL 2, 2020

With cash flow constraints dominating the headlines, financial service providers are introducing a slew of new products and services to help small businesses strengthen their financial standings amid the coronavirus crisis. PYMNTS rounds up the latest in commercial card innovation below.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

Bank of America is making changes to its cash-back small business credit card, reports in NerdWallet said this week. The biggest change to the bank’s Business Advantage Cash Rewards Mastercard small business credit card is a lower cap on bonus rewards.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Access to financial services is a staple of success for any business, but many SMBs can face particularly high hurdles when accessing the products and services they require. ” “It’s an outdated process,” he said of the hoops small businesses have to jump through to obtain a small business credit card.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

All eyes are on the small business community in the commercial card world as industry players increasingly explore how card products can help Main Street recovery and stay in business. Small Business Card Use On The Rise. Amex Under Fed Scrutiny Over SMB Card Practices.

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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. Yet it's not only the need to embrace electronic payments that is encouraging government agencies, small businesses and larger enterprises to embrace the payment tool.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Amazon Business is bolstering its services for small businesses through a new co-branded commercial card with American Express as well as enhanced Prime features for business users. In a separate press release issued by Amazon, the company revealed the new benefits apply for Amazon Business users in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

American Express is a top player in the commercial card space but is perhaps best known in the B2B space as a provider of solutions for larger corporates. The credit card giant has teamed up with a familiar face in the SME FinServ industry, however, to heighten its presence among smaller firms. Reports on Thursday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Payment innovators are embracing the opportunities to mix payment rails old and new in search of business-to-business (B2B) solutions that can tackle longstanding friction. Visa To Use Card Rails For Digital Currency B2B Payments. CardUp Mixes Rails To Enable Card Payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Under the existing relationship, Brex has been able to issue World Elite Mastercard for Business commercial cards. Mastercard said separately that it is adding Microsoft solutions to its suite of small business benefits. BlueVine Business Banking. Brex has named Mastercard as its preferred network giant.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

But when it comes to establishing operations abroad and managing money throughout the globe — whether it be reconciling finances across multinational business units or paying suppliers in foreign currencies — the challenges are vast. ” Exploring Alternatives. ” Easing Payments Friction. ”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Much of what commercial card innovators seek to address is a massive pain point for adoption: supplier acceptance. Such was the strategy of JPMorgan in its latest corporate card initiative. Check out the latest in corporate card innovation below. Amex Collaborates On Virtual Card Adoption. customers mid-2020.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Visa has teamed up with business expense management firm Payment Logic to support the use of commercial cards in accounts payable for Australian businesses. 7) said Visa and Payment Logic are launching Yak Pay, a new company that connects small businesses with a supplier payment solution.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Small business lending emerged as a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, and it’s no surprise, considering the role small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) play in supporting their local economies. Based in France, Memo Bank announced a $22.5 million investment round this week.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Faster payment initiatives, a focus on application programming interfaces (APIs) and data integrations and efforts to elevate traditional B2B payment tools like ACH and commercial cards all made waves this summer. Elevating the Commercial Card. With open banking in full swing in Europe and the U.K.,

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