Interviews

Listening is crucial to innovation, Boost Founder and CEO Dean M. Leavitt writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The Innovation Mindset: How to Achieve It in 2025.”

The payments industry faces a unique challenge in that it needs to balance innovation with trust, compliance and security. Rinku Sharma, Boost Chief Technology Officer, details the ways new data approaches can impact payments, while emphasizing the importance of responsible innovation.

Reflecting on a year marked by economic uncertainty, Boost Founder and CEO Dean M. Leavitt tells PYMNTS his outlook for 2025 rests on the many emerging opportunities for CFOs to turn payments from an operational necessity into a strategic asset.

Boost Founder and CEO, Dean M. Leavitt, explains that as digital transformation intensifies across industries, the strategic question of whether to “buy, build or partner” has become a pivotal consideration for businesses aiming to modernize payment processes, reduce costs and enhance cash flow.

As organizations strive to address the challenges posed by paper checks, automating AR processes has become a strategic imperative. Mariana Lamson, Boost Chief Financial Officer, explains how virtual cards play a pivotal role in automation.

Boost Chief Compliance Officer, Elly Aiala, shares her insights on the evolving landscape of compliance. From the challenges of managing emerging risks to the strategies needed to stay ahead, Elly highlights what stands out most in today’s dynamic environment.

Dean M. Leavitt, Founder and CEO of Boost, offers his perspective on the evolving landscape of B2B payments and the key trends set to shape the industry's future.

Chief of Staff at Boost, Sam Silver, told PYMNTS during a discussion for the What’s Next in Payments series, “Business Simplicity: The New KPI,” that as businesses continue their digital evolution, the focus on simplification as a key performance indicator may become industry standard.

U.S. corporates paying vendors in multiple countries have more or less resigned themselves to lots of complexity without a lot of options. Boost Founder and CEO Dean M. Leavitt discusses how U.S.-issued commercial cards can simplify complexity with improved DPO.

Businesses are looking to streamline payments by embedding them directly into their existing platforms, Chief Revenue Officer Seth Goodman at Boost writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The New Value Equation: 11 Financial Services Leaders Share Their Vision for 2025.”

Pushpendra Mehta meets with Dean M. Leavitt, Founder & CEO of Boost Payment Solutions, to review the latest payments and treasury news and developments.

Embedded B2B payments are poised to become the backbone of business transactions. PYMNTS discusses the issue with Daniel Artin, Head of FinTech Partnerships at Boost, to unpack how embedded solutions are simplifying everything from procurement to payroll.

David Bork, Head of AR Solutions at Boost, explores how embracing automated accounts receivable (AR) solutions and commercial cards can improve operational efficiency, reduce fraud, optimize operations, and more.

Boost Founder and CEO Dean M. Leavitt highlights the importance of a resilient, adaptable supply chain and how diversification through global market expansion protects businesses from disruptions while enhancing efficiency.

Seth Goodman, Chief Revenue Officer at Boost, discusses Boost 100XB, a groundbreaking solution for cross-border B2B payments which enables businesses to pay global suppliers using their existing U.S.-issued commercial cards, eliminating the need for foreign BINs and cutting costly transaction fees.

Boost Payment Solutions CEO Dean M. Leavitt discusses the evolving payment ecosystem reshaping networks as AP/AR platforms, FinTechs and BigTech firms aim to become preferred intermediaries in B2B transactions through solutions that enhance efficiency and financial performance.

Rebecca Schultz, CMO at Boost Payment Solutions, highlights the growing momentum toward digitization in B2B payments in the PYMNTS series “What’s Next in Payments: How Do You Do Digital?”

FinTech partnerships can help financial institutions thrive, Boost Payment Solutions Founder and CEO Dean M. Leavitt writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Beyond the Horizon: How to Identify Unexpected Threats That Could Impact Your Business.”

The ongoing challenge of fraudsters in B2B payments is especially pronounced due to the large transaction values and complex processes that can create unique and attractive vulnerabilities.

Virtual cards and embedded payment options are transforming transactions as well as other areas of business relationships. 

Moving analogue and manual processes to automated, digital ones represents the future of B2B payments.

Within today’s digital world, B2B payment mechanisms are increasingly finding themselves at an inflection point.

Data integrity and technology that provides flexibility are key for businesses in a dynamic market.

Amid marketplace fluctuations, businesses are turning to payment companies for solutions that enhance efficiency and digitization.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of finance, the role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has become increasingly complex.

In the B2B sphere, adapting payment workflows to suit both buyers and suppliers is key to fostering a mutually beneficial environment. 

Find how automation, global connectivity, and shared value approaches are reshaping financial strategies for businesses.