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DECEMBER 1, 2020

We discover a basic truth upon reading PYMNTS November 2020 CFO’s Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments done in collaboration with Comdata : many treasury operations need digital triage. Companies shifting to digital payment methods are overcoming many of the challenges that have historically plagued business-to-business (B2B) transactions.

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MARCH 14, 2019

That data connectivity is a key component of the firms’ integration, with Cleo Integration Cloud allowing firms to streamline the flow of data from external systems and interactions, such as with suppliers, customers and partners.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

B2B startups are increasingly building themselves on top of troves of enterprise data, uncovering new ways to unlock and aggregate information across enterprise platforms, and introducing new ways to analyze and make use of that data. million was raised by B2B startups tearing down data silos.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Xero , a global small business cloud accounting platform, is working with South Africa’s Nedbank to give small- to medium-size business (SMB) clients a digital, application programming interface (API)-enabled bank feed to access financial data, according to an ITWeb report.

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MAY 18, 2018

Visa’s latest fuel to the B2B payments innovation fire came in the form of its inaugural Small Business Hackathon earlier this year. Christopher Phillips started the company after hearing of invoice management challenges by his mother, a small business owner.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

APIs offer third-party FinTech firms new opportunities to make use of valuable data stored within traditional bank accounts. In some instances, these systems deploy this data to create a solution that banks haven’t developed themselves, often due to restricted investments in small business product development.

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JUNE 22, 2016

In B2B payments, accounts payable automation is a hot topic, as are the challenges AP professionals face when it comes to paying suppliers and managing the data from those transactions. But as Corcentric and IOFM revealed, the accounts receivable department may not have total control over its ability to get automated.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

It was another week of varied investments for B2B venture capitalists, who, in total, raised more than $79 million for the space. B2B payments, alternative SME finance, enterprise cybersecurity, data management and logistics all secured a financial boost — find out which startup scored the most in our breakdown below.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Order-to-cash is an area of cash flow management that has the potential to significantly enhance a business’s financial performance. ” That business model means companies that would have previously invoiced a customer once a year are now splitting that bill into, for instance, 12 monthly bills.

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MARCH 4, 2020

The enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) system has been a staple of corporate finance operations for years, acting as a central repository of data and a hub to initiate a range of processes, from accounting to procurement. He pointed to financial reporting as one example of this shift. The ERP’s Role in a FinTech World.

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MARCH 11, 2020

Bectran, which works in B2B credit management for software-as-a-service (SaaS) programs, announced the release of its enhanced Cash Application solution, which will accommodate multiple data formats and financial data APIs, according to a press release.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

raised venture capital for their SMB-facing tools, including global payments, accounting and banking. company’s cloud-based offering aims to help small businesses make more agile decisions, while also linking its tools to small business accountants, not only to analyze historical financial data, but to help SMBs to look ahead.

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JULY 23, 2019

But when SMB suppliers land a contract with a large corporate buyer, they are often forced to accept whichever payment terms and habits that customer imposes upon the buyer-supplier relationship, and unfortunately, that often means delayed and even late invoice payments for a vendor. Indeed, sluggish B2B payments can be felt the world over.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Corporates are being forced to rethink their approach to accounting as new technologies disrupt the way firms transact and manage financial data. But, tools like electronic payments and cloud accounting software are far from the only forces that alter the corporate accounting landscape.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Cross-border payments, trade finance, smart contracts — blockchain has the potential to disrupt B2B processes, but FinTech players are only beginning to take these concepts onto a real-world stage. For one firm, Finlync , the key to unlocking the potential of blockchain in B2B processes is unlocking the underlying data of that activity.

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MARCH 23, 2016

Accounts payable solution Anybill is getting closer to existing partner Intacct in an effort to streamline the flow of financial data between the two platforms. The companies said data that can be transferred includes information on payments, invoices and digital files, like check images.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

But aside from a government mandate, Mattias Hansson, CEO and co-founder of Zervant , told PYMNTS there are major factors behind encouraging entrepreneurs to invoice their clients electronically. For electronic invoicing to gain traction, it cannot create new challenges for small businesses. Integration.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

For much of the world, electronic invoicing is taking off — not only for the benefits it offers, like enhanced cash flow visibility, but largely because jurisdictions are implementing eInvoicing regulatory requirements to crack down on tax evasion. Data from FEDmanager estimates that of the 19 million invoices issued in the U.S.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

This complicated process can involve everything from accounting and invoicing software to bank accounts. Today’s financial institutions (FIs) no longer need to worry about solely addressing all their clients’ financial-related needs, however. Leveraging APIs For a More Convenient Workflow.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

The FSB surveyed 1,000 SMB owners about their data sharing habits. Also included in the findings is the fact that two-thirds of surveyed SMBs said they would not consider sharing their bank account data electronically with other financial service providers. According to reports Monday (Jan.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

The proprietary machine learning technology of the company takes in financial data from multiple sources, categorizing and digitizing it for accountants and bookkeepers. The solution processes and stores 45 new fields of small business financial information each second — from bank accounts, invoices, receipt photos and bills.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

SME accounting company Xero continues on with its streak of announcements at its Xerocon South event. “Using Hey Xero, businesses will be able to access the Xero Advisor Directory and be recommended a suitable accountant or bookkeeper in their area,” Xero said in its announcement late last week.

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MARCH 12, 2019

” It was the latter for Wave, which recently acquired small business account and debit card solutions provider Every. The deal marries Every’s services with Wave’s accounting, invoicing, payments and expense management offering, part of the firm’s broader strategy of building a holistic suite of SMB financial services.

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MAY 5, 2016

If only commercial (B2B) payments could be as frictionless as retail payments, when consumers pay merchants. That’s an ambition shared by many an entrepreneur who sets out to innovate the massively huge opportunity that awaits in the B2B space. It’s what also drove Mike Galarza to found Entryless. Australia … the U.K.,

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APRIL 26, 2019

Separately, in Ireland, the Independent reported that “hundreds of students are staring at the prospect of jail time” in the wake allowing fraudsters to use their financial accounts as mules. The students were complicit in the fraud, and reportedly accepted cash for their accounts to be used for the money laundering.

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MAY 21, 2018

Small business invoice financing platform Fundbox is targeting the events industry through a new partnership with Eventbrite. Fundbox underwrites financing using financial data of customers using Eventbrite, including sales history. According to U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Corporate travel and expense (T&E) management solutions provider TripActions led this week’s B2B venture capital roundup with its announcement of new funding that propelled its valuation to $4 billion. PYMNTS looks at other industry players around the globe that caught investors’ attention below.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Ellis cited that benefit as a key motivation behind EQ Riskfactor’s recent partnership with Codat , an accounting integration API provider that will enable EQ Riskfactor to wield Codat’s API to facilitate the sharing of SMB data to lenders. For lenders, unlocking data also means strengthened fraud mitigation.

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MAY 25, 2016

If you think of the rise of corporate America over the last century, the function of the accounts payable department probably doesn’t come to mind as one of the main players. In an age of disruption, innovation and near-constant change, accounts payable has become a way for businesses to retain control and strategy.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

That skepticism has largely waned, though, with many organizations taking a hybrid approach to cloud solutions and, eventually, entrusting the cloud to store key information like financial data. Within the finance and accounting world, there seemed to be general resistance to the cloud, mainly circulated around security,” he said.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The discussion around sharing financial data today is most often in reference to major industry happenings, like PSD2, Open Banking and the sudden influx of APIs in the financial services space. “Stand-alone businesses are concerned with their own financials,” he said. ”

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JUNE 13, 2018

A business may be able to aggregate invoice data, purchase order data, shipment data and so on, but in order to aggregate it and pinpoint exactly where business units are over-paying, and why, would take months without an automated solution. “That means they get behind in terms of approving and resolving invoices.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

SMBs about their attitudes surrounding Open Banking and, specifically, its reliance on data sharing between banks and third parties. While one-third of SMBs said they are “wide open” to Open Banking, one quarter said they are just the opposite and would not allow sharing of their financial data under any circumstance.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

Primarily, Reckon provides small and medium-sized enterprises with cloud accounting solutions, but now, it’s utilizing the data it has about small businesses to its advantage by partnering with alternative lending company Prospa to underwrite loans to its SME users. “This is transforming the credit risk analysis process.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) personnel could no longer be in the office to handle paper, giving rise to the discussion of migrating away from physical invoices and other documents in favor of digital, automated solutions. In reality, however, paper continues to circulate in AP and AR departments.

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MAY 11, 2018

But the aggregation of troves of data points is a monumental task – let alone sorting, analyzing and making sense of that information. The issue, said Alexander Rinke, co-founder and CEO of Big Data company Celonis , is that oftentimes, businesses approach the analytics process by relying on static data points. ”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

Automation in small business accounting can certainly be beneficial, but when a cloud-based accounting platform remains within the confines of its own interface, there can be unexpected friction that prevents business owners from gaining real-time financial insights. Elevating Functionality. Siloed Platforms.

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