Blog
Read the latest news on developments and improvements in our technology. You can also find thought-provoking materials and insights from our experts on the evolving world of digital payments.
What impact will Artificial Intelligence really have on B2B payments?
Visit any social media newsfeed and countless posts will tell you that AI means “nothing will ever be the same again” or even that “you’re doing AI wrong”.
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Eliminate AR headaches through technology and automation
Andy Downman, Adflex Commercial Director, explains why technology, automation and control can boost commercial card acceptance and overcome legacy AR headaches.
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Q&A: What the UK Procurement Act 2023 means for B2B payments
Pat Bermingham, Adflex CEO, explores how businesses in the UK need to adapt to the upcoming Procurement Act and what it means for B2B payments.
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Why are more buyers and suppliers turning to virtual commercial cards?
Adflex's Ben Thurlow explains why buyers and suppliers are turning to virtual commercial cards and straight-through processing for accounts payable and receivable.
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What trends will dominate the B2B payments world in 2024?
Rapid digitalisation, advances in card solution designs and pressure on corporate treasury departments have seen an uptick in commercial card use, changing cards as we know it.
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Are B2C payment technologies failing B2B buyers and suppliers?
The complexity of B2B payments is a world apart from B2C. Adflex CEO, Pat Bermingham, explains how B2C and B2B payment technologies differ and if they meet the needs of businesses.
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Adflex automates commercial card processing for pain-free payments
Adflex launches STP 3.0 to extend support for B2B virtual card usage. Additionally, the deployment of Adflex's STP portal to advance invoice approval and buyer-initiated payments.
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Prompt Payment Code: has it prompted faster payments?
Designed to reduce the amount of time businesses take to pay each other, what impact has the Prompt Payment Code had on UK business payments?
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Why now could be the time for virtual cards in B2B
Virtual cards are refining B2B payments, offering more security and control, but are they the long-term future? And how can businesses use them in a secure and efficient way?
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PaymentsCast: Tackling economic difficulties through better B2B payments
Ben Thurlow from Adflex's B2B issuance and acceptance team explains how more efficient payment processes can help companies speed up payments.
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How can 'Payment Orchestration' help conduct better business payments?
Pat Bermingham, Adflex CEO, explores the current exciting period of digital transformation for B2B payments and how digitalisation enables better delivery of services.
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Can digital B2B payments help ease financial pressures?
Global Banking & Finance Review recently sat down with Andy Downman to discuss how digital B2B payment transformation can support businesses during economic uncertainty.
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How big is the late payments crisis and who will break the deadlock?
Rising costs make consistent cashflow crucial, yet late payments remain a killer for businesses operating on tight margins. Adflex CEO, Pat Bermingham, explores the scale of this problem.
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How B2B payments can support suppliers through economic difficulties
Adflex discusses the current economic climate and its influence on digital payments, focusing on how B2B merchants can maintain their profit margins without raising the costs of their services.
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How digital payments are driving efficiencies in corporate travel
Andy Downman, Commercial Director at Adflex, explores the importance of TMC's adopting modern digital payment processes to drive efficiencies and win new business.
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Why 2023 is the year businesses must take control of their payments
Andy Downman, Commercial Director at Adflex, explores what will drive this growth and the challenges and opportunities we can expect to see emerge.
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Adflex CEO shares his thoughts on 2022 trends with The Fintech Times
Pat Bermingham discusses how many of the biggest trends in 2022 have been influenced by the economic uncertainty that everyone faces in the B2B space.
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Adflex partners with Barclaycard to optimise B2B merchant payments
Adflex is pleased to announce a new partnership with Barclaycard to help simplify and enhance the acceptance of card payments across its B2B client base.
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Common API questions raised by buyers and suppliers
How can APIs help make the purchasing process hassle-free while unlocking more growth potential? Here we answer some of the most common questions.
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Common questions about APIs in B2B Payments
APIs are enabling a new world of digital B2B payments. But what are they, and how do they work? Today, we answer some of the most common questions we’re asked.
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The biggest payment innovation trends from The Fintech Times
In a recent article by The Fintech Times, Adflex CEO Patrick Bermingham discusses how straight-through processing improves the issuance and acceptance of payments.
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Adflex adopts Click to Pay service from Visa for a simplified checkout experience
Adflex becomes an early adopter of Click to Pay. Enabled via an easy, smart and highly secure solution, merchants can now offer a password-free checkout experience.
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Expanding our partnership with Mastercard, we release Click to Pay
Adflex merchants can now use Click to Pay to simplify eCommerce transactions, encouraging faster payments and bolstering buyer-supplier relationships.
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How STP is transforming B2B commercial card payments
In an interview with Global Banking & Finance review, Adflex CEO Patrick Bermingham discusses how technology is levelling the playing field in B2B payments.
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PaymentsCast: Straight-through processing for commercial card users
In our second episode, we introduce straight-through processing (STP), explore the technologies that enable STP and the benefits it brings to buyers and suppliers.
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PaymentsCast: An introduction to SCA for B2B organisation
In the first episode of PaymentsCast, Business Development Manager Ben Thurlow discusses SCA and unpacks what B2B merchants need to know to ensure compliance.
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Four more simple ways APIs enable better digital payments for merchants
Next in our API blog series, Adflex CEO Pat Bermingham explores four more simple ways merchants and buyers benefit from using B2B payment services built on flexible APIs.
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Three simple ways APIs enable better digital payments in B2B card transactions
How businesses handle payments today is critical for supplier selection, preferred payment terms and is driven in part by a rapid growth in digital payment options.
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Where do B2B commercial cards fit into the world of digital payments?
Digital business payments technology such as virtual cards and straight-through processing is helping to transform the speed, security and convenience of commercial cards.
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Supply chain payments: change now or pay later
Pat Bermingham explains how digital business payments technology is helping to redefine buyer and supplier relationships, benefitting those willing to embrace change for long-term gain.
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Adflex achieves Investors in People accreditation
Accreditation demonstrates B2B payments specialist’s commitment to business performance achieved through a high standard of people management.
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Adflex and Signifyd bring enhanced security checks to business payments
API integration with Adflex’s B2B digital payment platform strengthens merchants’ defences against online fraud via machine learning, AI, and velocity checks.
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UK deadline extension for Strong Customer Authentication
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) extends the deadline to March 14, 2022, to implement Strong Customer Authentication to reduce disruption to merchants and cardholders.
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“Can I please speak to someone?” Why building relationships is still crucial
While payments technology is removing barriers and streamlining processes across the board for B2B merchants, building professional relationships is still well worth the time investment.
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Is compliance to PSD2's SCA a bridge too far for B2B merchants?
With the rollout of PSD2's Secure Customer Authentication (SCA) across Europe, we discuss the impact for B2B merchants and review B2B exemptions and exceptions.
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New service- Adflex Payment Links released for B2B merchants
The solution enables B2B merchants to send payment links via email or SMS, reducing merchant service charges and increasing security in remote payments acceptance.
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Payments Automation Arriving ‘Just in Time’
By automating the payment process, the financial side of just-in-time can finally keep pace with automated stock ordering and fulfillment.
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The One-Two Punch Of B2B Payments Disruption: Virtual Cards And The Cloud
The commercial card continues to gain traction thanks to its ability to meet buyers’ need for financing while simultaneously addressing suppliers’ need for faster access to capital.
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Adflex Introduces Modular Cloud-based Payment Services
By wrapping our suite of digital payment services in RESTful APIs, we can now serve our clients with new levels of flexibility and agility.
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Can SAP Keep Pace with the Digital Payments Revolution?
SAP’s laggard payments functionality needn’t inhibit digital transformation in the enterprise, says Pat Bermingham, CEO, Adflex.
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Optimise your checkout to increase conversion
Checkout abandonment is approximately 70%. Here we discuss our top-tips to increase your checkout conversion.
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A message from Adflex regarding COVID-19
Due to the latest progression of the COVID-19 outbreak, we have taken the appropriate steps to ensure all services are fully operational to support our clients, partners and staff.
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What's to come in the new year for card payments
In October, card network giants including Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover Financial Services teamed up to create a new one-click payments button.
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Virtual Cards for business payments: what's the hold up?
The benefits of virtual cards are numerous and varied, yet their adoption into the corporate world has been slow. What’s the hold-up?
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APMs for B2B payments
Despite delivering convenience, speed and better user experience in the consumer payments market, alternative APMs feature less prominently in the world of B2B.
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L&Q renews push payments contract with Adflex
Residential developer L&Q has extended our commitment to deliver push payments until July 2020. Adflex STP automates supplier payments using a commercial card.
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Invoicing in the IoT
Start-ups and established companies alike are increasingly interested in the industrial internet of things (IoT), but many are missing a trick when it comes to payments.
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The gateway that opens new business for ISVs
Using an API-led integrated digital payments gateway brings new opportunities for ISVs to capitalise on emerging business models and add value to existing clients.
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Payments as a Value Creator in the B2B Supply Chain
Today’s digital payments technology is delivering far more than process and cost efficiency in the B2B supply chain, says Patrick Bermingham, CEO, Adflex
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IATA set PCI DSS compliance deadline for travel agents
IATA (International Air Transport Association) is mandating that all accredited members achieve and maintain Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance by March 1, 2018.
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Mastercard, Adflex to help suppliers accept corporate credit card payments
Mastercard has partnered with Adflex to deliver B2B supplier onboarding to issuers and their clients for corporate credit card payments, including level 3 purchasing cards.
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