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Conferma Pay and Boost Payment Solutions have committed to developing a “best-in-class” virtual payment solution in an extension of their partnership. The partnership seeks to revolutionise B2B payments by replacing legacy systems with a secure, digitised and automated ecosystem capable

Dame Nancy Jane Rothwell, President of the University of Manchester The Salford centre, which opened its doors this autumn, provides after-school academic support, mentoring and aspiration-raising programmes, to ensure that every young person can reach their full potential, regardless of

Lalor brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in commercial operations, strategy development and partner engagement at some of the world’s most well-known and innovative fintech companies.  He most recently served as Chief Executive of Square’s European business, headquartered

Q. What made you apply for the Conferma Pay graduate scheme? Having finished my MSc in Management from the University of Leeds, I wanted to gain experience in a corporate environment, specifically within the payments industry. I did my research

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As virtual cards migrate into digital wallets, business users are beginning to enjoy an experience that had until now been more common in the consumer space. With the landscape evolving so fast, and with so much in flux, we’ve created

Today’s announcement builds on Sabre’s August 2022 acquisition of Conferma Pay.  The collaboration with Mastercard is the next step in advancing Sabre’s goal to create an open and independent travel payment ecosystem. Digitisation of travel payments with virtual cards helps

Naturally, this work requires us to have an organised payment system to book hotels and extended stay accommodations on behalf of our corporate clients. We traditionally utilised lodge cards with higher lines of credit to pay the various properties and

Across Europe, corporates can reclaim VAT on employee travel expenses for business trips, including transport, meals and accommodation.  Yet during a period where the rate of inflation exceeds 8% in many markets, and central banks are embarking on significant tightening

Against this backdrop, payments leader Conferma Pay is seeking to leverage the technological innovations of virtual cards to launch an industry-first capability. Dubbed ‘Conferma Carbon Reporting’, the system offers a unique ability to capture a precise record of airline, hotel

Conferma Pay, the leading B2B virtual payment platform, today announced a strategic collaboration with Boost Payment Solutions, Inc. (Boost), the leader in optimizing the use and acceptance of commercial cards,  providing Conferma Pay’s network of issuers and card holders with

Conferma Pay was founded in 2005 and combines innovation and expertise to push the boundaries of what can be achieved in the world of virtualized business payments. Conferma Pay have revolutionised the traditional direct bill or billback offerings from a

Business travel is a sizeable market in its own right, worth an estimated US$1.4tn annually and supporting an estimated one-in-seven jobs worldwide.1 But it also has an outsize influence on the fortunes of the wider travel industry. For example, while business

Today, businesses struggle to onboard new suppliers quickly and do not have the tools to control payments made by colleagues working from home. The new integration of Conferma Pay with Concur® Invoice helps to solve these challenges by allowing businesses

   For B2B payments, the pandemic may be the final nail in the coffin of the paper check — and the plastic commercial card, too.  To that end, in an interview with PYMNTS, Darren Blair, head of B2B payments at Conferma Pay,

Neil Fyfe was most recently the Vice President of Global Accounts Technology at Sabre Corporation, the travel technology company, where he was responsible for pioneering the company’s successful move to offer virtual payments solutions to hotels, airlines and rail operators.

Optimizing the payment experience for both guests and hotel staff has never been more relevant than today. Before the pandemic, streamlining payments for the hospitality industry was mainly about managing costs. Right now, safe, touchless experiences are a pre-requisite and

Historically, corporate travel and expense (T&E) management has been viewed as an entirely separate function from other B2B payment workflows. With employees seeking to use company cash in the same way they make purchases in their personal lives, T&E has experienced rapid

Virtual cards and straight-through processing (STP) are poised to get more attention from buyers and suppliers as the pandemic recedes. As Nick Reid, director of B2B Partner Development at Conferma Pay, told PYMNTS, though not new, STP — which routes card payments and data

For all the pain and loss the pandemic has inflicted on the world this year, it’s refreshing to hear something positive associated with COVID-19.   Reid said the outbreak has forced companies to acknowledge the need for B2B payments, and he

  When the pandemic hit, disruptive changes in the workforce meant chief financial officers needed new corporate payment solutions — and they needed them fast. But for B2B payment solution providers, the need for speed was coupled with another challenge: