{
  "id": 15907433,
  "title": "Smart Contracts Connect B2B Workflows to Real-Time Payments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/smart-contracts-connect-b2b-workflows-to-real-time-payments",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-21T15:01:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2026/smart-contracts-connect-b2b-workflows-to-real-time-payments/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the commercial payments realm, invoices need validation, discrepancies warrant resolution and someone (or an authorized system) ultimately approve the release of funds. Smart contracts are being used to carry approved payment instructions from business workflows into bank payment systems. For accounts payable and treasury teams, reducing the work between approval and execution smooths the […]…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}