Bluechain and Visa partner to launch B2B payments infrastructure for UK businesses

Finextra

21 hours ago

Bluechain, the B2B payment orchestration platform powering the next generation of business payments, today announced a partnership with Visa to modernise how UK businesses manage B2B payments.
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This collaboration delivers real-time visibility, end-to-end control, and universal payment flexibility through Bluechain's intelligent network.
The partnership introduces a critical infrastructure layer, enabling businesses to pay any supplier with Visa cards—even when suppliers don't accept cards—while Bluechain handles billing, collection, reconciliation, and merchant-of-record requirements. The result is a smarter, faster B2B payments experience working directly with the tools businesses already use.
Tim Annis, Co-Founder and CEO of Bluechain says: 'We're building the infrastructure layer that business payments have been missing'. 'Visa shares our vision, not just digitising payments, but making them frictionless, visible, and intelligent. Together, we're enabling businesses to take control of their working capital and reduce financial admin at scale.'
UK businesses manage over £2.8 trillion in annual B2B spend 1, much of it still routed through slow, manual, or siloed systems. Bluechain and Visa are enabling digital transformation across traditionally underserved verticals, including construction, freight, hospitality, and wholesale distribution, where card acceptance has historically been limited or non-existent.
Alessandro Figueroa, Head of B2B Partnerships, Visa Europe says 'Businesses need smarter ways to manage payments, and data to make better decisions'. 'Partnering with Bluechain brings those capabilities directly into workflows, helping businesses unlock new flexibility, visibility, and efficiency.'
With this partnership, Visa and Bluechain are redefining how businesses pay, get paid, and grow—bringing B2B payments into the same modern, connected world consumers already enjoy.