PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

“It’s muscle memory,” she said of the ongoing use of the paper invoice. It’s what they’ve always done, and it works with their accounting system.”. For B2B customers, receiving paper invoices and mailing paper checks has its drawbacks as well. Why Friction Persists. Time is of the essence for B2B small businesses,” said Gray. “To

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Coverage includes Deposit Solutions ’ rollout of business-to-consumer (B2C) open banking channel Savedo in Switzerland. Yooz launched an automated accounts payable (AP) solution based on the cloud for the U.K. Yooz launched an automated accounts payable (AP) solution based on the cloud for the U.K. In the U.K. ,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The first and oldest writings of human civilization were not poems or prayers: they were invoices. Unlike simpler more streamlined business-to-consumer (B2C) purchasing, B2B sellers still ship goods or extend services on the promise of being paid later on an unspecified date, usually months. Where’s the Trust?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Entryless, a cloud-based financial network that allows small and medium-sized businesses to react more quickly to the needs of their buyers and suppliers, announced an integration with accountancy platform Sage Live. This integration will improve companies’ ability to pay bills and complete accounts seamlessly.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

But onboarding isn't just about obtaining bank account or payment details of a potential buyer. Credit scoring a new customer provides visibility into the probability that the buyer will actually pay an invoice upon receipt of goods or services. That's one thing where B2C selling merchants can learn from B2B selling merchants.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Those that relied on traditional buying and selling methods and manual back office operations have had to find ways to digitize their operations for everything from ordering and invoicing processes to how payments are collected. This is especially the case as more B2B transactions — both domestic and global — are conducted digitally.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Malaysia's microLEAP has secured $3.3 The company offers automated accounting solutions, accounts receivable solutions like payment reminders and invoice generation, expense management and other tools for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to manage finances.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2016

The venture capital world lit up last week with reports that B2B tech startups are now seeing increased funding, raising money at a faster pace than B2C startups. Transactis’ Series E funding is a massive show of support by traditional FIs for the digitization of the accounts payable and B2B payments space. Invoice Finance .

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

WannaCry’s explosive impact on the industry has enterprise security on everyone’s mind, and this startup is now a unicorn because of that attention, closing $100 million in Series D financing. The company revealed Crosslink Capital led the funding, which also saw participation from Talis Capital and Enterprise Security Syndicate.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Mastercard struck a deal to help automate the accounts payable process for businesses in the United Arab Emirates , reports said Sunday (Feb. The credit card firm inked a partnership with technology firm Swipezoom, which operates in both the B2B and B2C spaces. ”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

Investors also took a liking to accounting technology, alternative small business finance and eProcurement, with B2B FinTech startups raising more than $107 million in all. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week. In all, Previse raised $6.8 OfBusiness.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

million landed this week (including the blockchain company that secured most of it) below. Accounts Payable Automation. Landing the second-largest funding of the week is Tipalti, which helps companies automate accounts payable and manage cross-border transactions. We break down where $77.5 Alternative Finance. Neptune Financial.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

For example, the payer company may have a convoluted invoice approval process to complete before it can compensate its small business (SMB) supplier. Additionally, an account-to-account transaction can become seriously derailed by an error like an incorrect bank account number.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

But there is a semi-persistent idea that for payors to offer instant payments, they must be willing to give something up — namely “the float,” that gap of time between when a payment is paid out by the payor, but still technically in their possession until the funds are final in the payee’s account.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

to fully embrace real-time payments for both B2B and B2C activity.”. When payment is made, she noted, billers have to find ways to match the payment to the actual invoice. Cheney continued, “RTP supports secure, real-time conversations between trading parties, customers and employees with detailed, standardized messages.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

As soon as the job has been completed, the field technician issues an invoice electronically via a connected smart device,” he said. The customer can then make a ‘live,’ secure online payment by entering their card details into the smart device.”. The device is synced into the IntegraPay network to then process those payments.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Accounts receivable company Billtrust landed major bucks, while a cross-border payments startup stayed mum about its own investment. Accounts Receivable. With the second-largest funding of the week, Billtrust landed $50 million for its invoice-to-cash and accounts receivable management solutions. Honorable Mention.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

.” Those solutions, Bindra explained then, are designed to connect FIs using a set of tools, including private, enterprise-grade, blockchain-type networks to facilitate global payments and settlement, securely and in real time.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

When procurement software startup Vroozi announced last month that it secured $4 million in venture capital , the company said it would use that investment to strengthen technological capabilities in sophisticated areas, like analytics and artificial intelligence. ” It’s a tricky challenge.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

More than 25 percent of Brazilians lack bank accounts, and only 20 percent carry credit cards that can be used for international purchases. Those who use this method receive invoice-like tickets – “boletos” – for transactions, and can either pay for tickets online or bring printouts to locations where they can use cash.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

As pertains to B2B specifically, Williams noted that there are inefficiencies in the relationships, as that within all segments of B2B , concerns hover over fraud and data breaches, whether tied to PCI, HIPAA or for individual account information, stated the executive. The Goldilocks B2B Data Dilemma.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Today in B2B, Bloomberg broadens its credit risk data pool, and two ERP solutions secure B2B payments integrations. Everlink, FINTAINIUM Team Up To Offer Real-Time B2B, B2C Payments. Palette Software has connected its accounts payable (AP) automation cloud technology with Aptean ERP , according to a Monday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) departments were no longer in the office to cut paper checks, and accounts receivable (AR) personnel were no longer in the office to receive them. That's especially true, he told PYMNTS , when it comes to capturing data from purchase orders and invoices to accelerate document processing and reconciliation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

While the business-to-consumer (B2C) eCommerce boom has arguably already occurred, the global pandemic is introducing a second wave of digital commerce adoption. But this isn't a trend reserved for the B2C space anymore. But this isn't a trend reserved for the B2C space anymore. Tailoring For Unique Needs.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Recent reports in Citing Venture Intelligence data, LiveMint said B2B FinTech has secured $657 million in India so far this year, compared to $617 million for B2C FinTechs. B2B FinTech companies are more predictable than B2C firms,” he told the publication. “B2B

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APRIL 7, 2020

Being able to track the flow of funds and correctly auto-post those funds to an invoice-level based accounts receivable (AR) system, said Diegelman, can be difficult. He noted that with rates being as volatile as they’ve been of late, time in this instance is literally money for consumers, possibly quite a lot of it.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In late October, Bottomline Technologies announced that it launched a new real-time payments module through its Digital Banking IQ platform, which focuses on the B2B and B2C payments process. She offered an example where an invoice for $5,000 may be paid by a buyer for $4,000. The Security Aspect. roughly two years ago.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

In addition, they can spare tenants from fines related to late rental payments by helping them more rapidly move money into their landlords’ accounts. . These tools allow systems to better interact with one another, helping two parties to more securely transmit data. .

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Ensuring proceedings come together requires scheduling, coordinating participants’ transportation, securing speakers, finding and furnishing venues and more. This demand is evidenced by the $5 billion the United States’ B2B and B2C events and party planning space generated in 2019.

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Bramasol

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As followers of this blog already know, DSE has been a major disruptive force across many different B2C and B2B markets over the past year and is expected to continue evolving rapidly throughout 2022. This is another subject that we've been tracking closely and have addressed in a recent blog on Carbon Accounting Compliance.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The newest PYMNTS eBook is full of expert insight into the future of B2B payments, from commercial cards to accounts receivable. That, said Cloud Elements Head of Strategy Ross Garrett, means the B2B payments industry needs to step up to the plate and perhaps even start acting a bit like B2C payments.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

More recently, today email cybersecurity firm Vade Secure announced the release of its own research on the most common mechanism through which cyberattackers commit their ransomware scams: phishing attacks. B2C Brands’ B2B Risks. The New York Times reported Sunday (Feb. as to which services we use.” A Proliferating Threat.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

It was a week of (mostly) Series A funding rounds for B2B FinTech firms, as startups secured new funding to tackle various parts of the broader business-to-business (B2B) payment process. based Mable has secured $3.1 Slovakia’s Minit secured $7.79 million in Series A funding, reports in Tech.eu reports.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

The B2B eCommerce market has taken a path to innovation and digitization inspired by the ease and speed of B2C commerce. The platform then submits purchase orders to the appropriate suppliers, which are then able to invoice Purchasing Platform. That lowers the risk of late or non-payments.

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JULY 14, 2017

Accounts Receivable. With headquarters in California, PayStand provides cash management and accounts receivable solutions to business customers using blockchain and SaaS tools. Enterprise Security. Check out who it is. Cybersecurity is a hot ticket among venture capitalists these days, to say the least.

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