Tips & Guides – Plastiq

Plastiq Pay Quick Start Guide: Make Your First Payment on Plastiq

Lauren Henton — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:21:23 +0000

Ready to pay your suppliers through Plastiq? Here’s a short guide with a tour of our product and how you can add payment methods and vendor details.

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Stop Letting Cash Flow Delays Slow Your Growth

Lauren Henton — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:21:51 +0000

You’ve landed the order you’ve been chasing for months. It’s a huge PO from a major retailer. Your team is buzzing, your suppliers are lined up, and your marketing plan is ready to roll. Then reality hits: The retailer’s payment terms are Net 60. Your suppliers wanted their money yesterday. And last week’s deduction dispute…

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What is Friendly Fraud and How Does Plastiq Help Protect Your Business?

Plastiq — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:48:53 +0000

By: Tal Yeshanov – Director, Risk and Strategic Financial Operations By: Tal Yeshanov – Director, Risk and Strategic Financial Operations Spurred by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a steep 14.2% shift to e-commerce in 2021, with digital payments also on the rise—and here to stay. Further, the global digital payments market…

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Plastiq’s Top Tips to Help Optimize Your Cash Flow

Lisette Aguilar — Tue, 24 May 2022 16:59:55 +0000

Managing cash flow plays a pivotal role in every business’s ability to, frankly put, survive in today’s economy. Today, with the economy on shaky ground, businesses of all sizes are seeing a steady decline in cash flow and this is not only impacting goals but creating an atmosphere where companies are struggling merely to get…

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Stop waiting for your money

Plastiq — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000

No matter what industry you’re in, you’re in the business of making money. But too often, it can feel like you’re in the business of waiting to be paid. Of course, you’re not just waiting. You’re figuring out which payments are overdue, following up, following up again, stressing about when the money will arrive, and…

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Why Cash Flow Should be Your Primary Business Accelerant

Stoyan Kenderov, Chief Product Officer — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 15:36:29 +0000

When Guidant Financial and the Small Business Trend Alliance surveyed businesses at the end of last year, they found that 78% of them expected to survive. But do you want your business simply to survive this year or do you want to kick it up a notch, make up for a year lost to the…

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Forget everything you know about accepting credit cards.

Stoyan Kenderov, Chief Product Officer — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 18:30:00 +0000

If your business only accepts cash, checks, or electronic bank transfers, and you feel like credit cards aren’t something you can afford to accept, then you should probably unlearn what you know about credit card acceptance. We’ve got a surprise for you, and we think you’re going to like it. There are two types of…

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Amazon Sellers: Are Your Products at Risk of Being Delisted?

Plastiq — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 22:50:00 +0000

By Keaton Goldsmith Convenience, but With Strings Attached Selling on Amazon opens up a huge market of potential customers for your business , whether you’re selling your own product directly or listing products as a third-party seller.r. However, for third-party sellers there is a real risk that your inventory can be deemed unsellable at any…

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A Money Transfer Service for You

Amanda Goldman — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:29:00 +0000

Plastiq is just like a money transfer service for small businesses, but offers so much more. Using our cash flow super tool, you can use your credit to pay for things that normally cannot be paid with a credit card. Such as rent, taxes, utilities, vendors, and suppliers. Plastiq isn’t a lender, nor do we…

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How General Contractors Can Use Plastiq

Amanda Goldman — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:42:00 +0000

Tired of high interest loans and lines of credit? As a general contractor, you know all about the vast amounts of upfront costs needed to start a construction project. You’re probably also familiar with the cash crunch that happens after you buy materials but before you’re given the final payment. Buying enough materials with your…

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