Perspectives: Commercial and Enterprise
Five Simple Steps to Optimize Card Payment Performance
by: Mark Becker, U.S. Bank Corporate Payment Systems
4/15/2013
Most organizations have specific reasons for starting purchasing card programs. It may be to establish better control over spending, to speed up the payment process, or to cut invoice processing costs by eliminating paper. Whatever the reason, time and resources... Read More >
P-Card Controls: Broaden Your Understanding
by: Diane McGuire, National Association of Purchasing Card Professionals
4/10/2013
Because all payment methods present certain risks to an organization, establishing and maintaining an effective control environment for each method, including P Card, is a must. In comparison to a traditional procure to pay process (e.g., one based on a... Read More >
CPI Global Summit Highlights “3G” Themes: Growth, Globalization and Governance
by: Patricia McGinnis, Mercator Advisory Group
3/28/2013
Commercial Payments International (CPI) held their annual Global Summit of commercial card and commercial payment providers in New York City last week. It continues to be a relatively high level event, with speakers that focus on the strategic issues affecting... Read More >
B2B Suppliers Beginning To See Solutions Enabling Card Acceptance For AR
by: Patricia McGinnis
3/22/2013
Limitations on supplier acceptance of purchasing cards have been one of the key factors constraining volume growth in the B2B purchasing card business. Every growing purchasing card program has dedicated resources to “supplier recruitment” and “supplier enablement,” in order to... Read More >
Which Agency Regulates Prepaid Cards?
by: Ben Jackson, Mercator Advisory Group
2/4/2013
Which agency regulates prepaid cards? At the American Conference Institute’s Seventh National Forum on Prepaid Compliance this week I have learned the answer.All of them The conference kicked off with a Federal Regulatory panel that included the Federal Trade Commission,... Read More >
NRF’s Big Show Field Report
by: David Fish, Mercator Advisory Group
1/17/2013
Another year has passed and retailers flush with holiday shopping revenue converged on New York City this past week for the National Retail Federation’s "Big Show." Vendors serving every aspect of the retail space were there in force, demoing products... Read More >
UK Makes Public Issue of Small Businesses Hurt by Big Companies’ Late Payment Practices
by: Patricia McGinnis, Mercator Advisory Group
1/15/2013
In the past month, the relatively obscure topic of business to business payment terms has become headline news in the United Kingdom.  The subject of late payments has long been a key issue for the Forum of Private Business, a... Read More >
Privacy at the New Year: Are We Coming Or Going?
by: Patricia McGinnis
1/2/2013
News in mid December on two different fronts illustrated the deep gulf that separates privacy advocates from compulsive data gatherers. On the one hand, the Federal Trade Commission has taken a small step forward in requesting that some major United... Read More >
Alternative Lenders Leverage Technology to Refine Risk Assessment Capabilities For Small Business
by: Patricia McGinnis
10/31/2012
Most banking commercial lenders are still being very wary about increasing the level of lending activity to small businesses. At Money2020 last week, Jim Bruene of Netbanker happened upon a panel discussion featuring three innovators in small business commercial lending.... Read More >
AFP Conference Recap: Trends in Mobile Corporate Banking
by: Michael Misasi, Mercator Advisory Group
10/29/2012
Two weeks ago, the Association for Financial Professionals held their annual conference in Miami, FL. Attending, I joined thousands of commercial bankers, corporate treasury executives, vendors, and industry analysts. Going into the conference, I had a few themes in mind... Read More >
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