{"id":14915,"date":"2020-05-15T13:37:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=14915"},"modified":"2020-05-15T13:37:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:37:57","slug":"coming-soon-3-big-changes-for-b2b-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/coming-soon-3-big-changes-for-b2b-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming soon: 3 big changes for B2B payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So-called \u201cblack swan\u201d events throughout history have shown the tendency to be the instigators of large-scale change for the better in many industries. The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential (and likely will) be the instigator that brings about a brighter future for (business-to-business) B2B payments as millions of businesses are now learning that antiquated payment systems and processes can easily fail in times of extreme difficulty. That being said, here are 3 big changes we can expect in the immediate future of the B2B payments industry:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Decentralization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 with many businesses finding it difficult to find solutions for check printing and invoice handling, many will now develop continuity plans that include backup solutions. In many cases, these backup plans may even demonstrate their superiority and become the main plans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Automation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 many businesses still deal with a lot of paper and a lot of manual processing to handle their B2B payments. The realities of the current pandemic could drive many to seek automated solutions that do not require physical trips to an office. Moreover, such solutions could also help them cut costs over 80% on average.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>No-touch payments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 despite being more costly, more time-intensive and opening up a greater potential for fraud, many businesses still rely on paper checks for B2B business transactions. But COVID-19 could be the death nail for the paper check. Before the pandemic, it was thought checks would be extinct by 2030. We can now expect that to happen a lot sooner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there will no doubt be some surprising developments as a result of COVID-19, let\u2019s keep positive and looking forward. We\u2019re in for a bright future\u2026one that may be realized much sooner thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-14915 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Will your job become automated?'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/will-your-job-become-automated\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Will-your-job-become-automated-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-6881\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Will-your-job-become-automated-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Will-your-job-become-automated-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-6881'>\n\t\t\t\tWill your job become automated?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor 3rd \u2013 10th April'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-3rd-10th-april\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cover-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14759\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14759'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor 3rd \u2013 10th April\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor 9th \u2013 16th February'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/15787\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9e7905d7-82ef-4c7e-a690-065d8589c5fb1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15787\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15787'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor 9th \u2013 16th February\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So-called \u201cblack swan\u201d events throughout history have shown the tendency to be the instigators of large-scale change for the better in many industries. The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential (and likely will) be the instigator that brings about a brighter future for (business-to-business) B2B payments as millions of businesses are now learning that antiquated payment &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[516,515,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14917,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14915\/revisions\/14917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}