David Gustin
Spend Matters
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Subscription economy helps drives B2B payments and spend
Because of technology, the subscription economy is growing, and it's interesting how it affects B2B payments from the buy and sell side. → Read More
Source-to-Pay, B2B payment valuations in an inflationary world
How does all inflation relate to valuations and profitability when it comes to source-to-pay vendors, who sell some form of SaaS solution? → Read More
Payable Strategies for the Long Tail Suppliers — Stage 5: Getting to a Decision
It is time to get to a payable strategies decision. We offer sample RFP questions, a decision matrix and more to get you to your decision. → Read More
Payable Strategies for the Long Tail Suppliers — Stage 1: Assessing Your Current Situation
In this 5-part series on payable strategies, we will help companies pick how to approach paying suppliers early and what technology to use. → Read More
Fleetcor’s corporate B2B payments portfolio
Fleetcor has been on an acquisition spree to build up their corporate B2B Payments capabilities — read about the companies and what it means. → Read More
The stickiness of cards for B2B payments (or why card companies get 10X valuations)
Why would any supplier take a card on payment terms? This article gives reasons why cards are used in B2B payments. → Read More
Greensill Capital’s troubles, supply chain finance — and where do we go from here?
The future of the supply chain finance firm Greensill Capital is shaky, and after our initial coverage of its impact on SCF, let’s look ahead. → Read More
Get smart — Early-pay finance vendor assessment
We at Spend Matters have built a detailed early pay finance solution map template of 100+ unique requirements. → Read More
PayPal’s flywheel forces merchants’ hands for B2B, B2C payments
PayPal has developed a network effect with excessive fees and policy practices, despite increasing competition in the cross-border space. → Read More
An update on Mastercard Track Business Payment Service & B2B Payments
James Anderson worked on developing Mastercard Track Business Payment Service to support payments. Here's an update on the solution. → Read More
BlueSnap solution overview — Global B2B marketplace and all-in-one payment platform
This Spend Matters PRO article will focus on BlueSnap, a global provider of payment technology solutions to merchants and partners in North America, Europe, Israel, Asia Pacific and Latin America. … → Read More
TransferMate — Solution overview of cross-border payments capabilities
In Spend Matters PRO coverage, we provide a solution overview of Transfermate, a global payments provider. Read what our analysts think. → Read More
Billtrust solution overview: A supplier-centric B2B payments offering
How can a company like Billtrust, with deep integration with major companies on the AR side, develop a payment solution to help both buyers and sellers? → Read More
Alibaba.com: Ecosystem marketplace designed for SMB (Overview & Analysis)
Alibaba launched three new products this year. This Spend Matters Alibaba.com marketplace overview provides insights for smaller businesses. → Read More
Implications of the Wirecard fraud case on B2B payments
In the Wirecard fraud case, how could more than $2 billion go missing and the B2B payments business run for years before it goes bust? → Read More
Corcentric Payments — Introduction and Solution Overview
Being in the source-to-pay (S2P) space with a competitive “last mile” payment offering these days is increasingly being viewed as a must-have. There appears to be little doubt that B2B payments … → Read More
Corporate B2B Payment Trends — Then and Now
Back in 2017, Celent put together a report where the expert in financial services technology looked at major B2B payment trends separated into three categories. Let’s take a quick look at how… → Read More
Banks can do business payment innovation too: A look at U.S. Bank’s Instant Card
Millions of employees across the globe have adjusted to working remotely. Amid the coronavirus disruption, some regions are beginning to see storefronts, businesses and factories slowly re-open.… → Read More
Flush with cash: Should dynamic discounting be part of your investment strategy?
Regardless, one of the chief problems that cash-rich Treasurers are having is determining how to increase returns GIVEN current policy restrictions for the types of investments that can be made. Wh… → Read More
Digital trade ecosystem has obstacles — Are S2P networks part of the answer?
Digitizing trade finance is vital, so more needs to be done to overcome costly manual processes. Source-to-pay (S2P) networks are more digital and can help. → Read More