| Closing The Paper Check To Instant Cash Flow Gap For Americaâs SMBs Instant settlement helps Main Street merchants close the gap between a sale and a bank account deposit, but what about SMBs that donât operate storefronts and are paid by check? Lisa McFarland, executive vice president and chief product officer at Ingo Money, tells Karen Webster how banks and FinTechs are using digital tools to close a cash flow gap that could extend for weeks. |
| CFOâs Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments |
| Report: Using Digital AP To Build Faster Subcontractor Payments Flows Construction companies often rely on material and equipment suppliers to complete projects, but manual, paper-based invoicing can make paying subcontractors a struggle. In the CFOâs Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments, Anna Bickford of commercial-building contractor DPR Construction explains how switching to cloud-based systems can take the pain out of processing invoices and speed up supplier payments. |
| Helping APAC Merchants Manage The Risk And Reward Of Mobile Wallet Acceptance Mobile devices are becoming the point-of-sale device in the great digital shift, especially in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market. In a Masterclass interview with PYMNTS, Tom Donlea, vice president and APAC general manager at Ekata, explains why Asia offers greenfield opportunities for merchants looking to offer digital wallets. But he says players must also be ready to fight fraudsters. |
| Personalization And Contextual Banking Will Drive The Consumerization Of B2B Payments The consumerization of B2B payments is taking its cue from contextual commerce. Lisa Shields, founder and CEO of FISPAN, tells Karen Webster that embedding banking products and services within enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can pave the way for chief financial officers and treasurers to do far more than simply track cash balances and pay bills. Here’s what business banking in context can look like. |
| GoodRx’s IPO Shows Disruption Could Be The Cure For Costly Prescriptions Prescription-drug discount firm GoodRx rose more than 50 percent on its first trading day following an initial public offering, but the company is only one of a slew of tech-savvy firms seeking to disrupt the prescription-drug industry. NowRx, Truepill and other firms aim to end consumers' dependence on visiting the corner drug store, waiting in line and paying the full retail price for pharmaceuticals. Here's what to expect next. |
| | CFO | | PayPalâs Rainey: CFOs Must Focus On Customers (Not Just Cash Flow) Amid Great Digital Shift Amid the myriad challenges of 2020 â the pandemic, the wildfires, the hurricanes, the social unrest â companies of all sizes have refocused their businesses to serve their end customers in new ways. John Rainey, chief financial officer and executive vice president of global customer operations at PayPal, tells Karen Webster that CFOs have likewise learned the value of looking beyond the pure money flows to the impact of digital on the customer experience. |
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