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APRIL 17, 2020

With only four investment rounds, B2B FinTechs were able to secure more than $181 million in fresh funding — an impressive sum amid turbulent times. In a press release, Everee noted Origin Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures co-led the investment round, which will go towards product development and investments in sales and marketing.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

To streamline B2B payments, MineralTree company Regal Software unveiled its RegalPay One offering in a Wednesday (Oct. announced a $50 million Series D investment round and the acquisition of two firms. 14) announcement. In September, MineralTree Inc. 406 Ventures.

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APRIL 24, 2020

funding to startups,” said Crunchbase data expert Gene Teare in an interview with the publication, which also pointed to Stripe’s recent $600 million investment as an example of the resiliency of the FinTech startup ecosystem. B2B FinTech investments appear to be relatively strong, too. million in new funding.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

When the B2B payments industry began considering what to expect for 2018, commercial cards weren’t often on the radar. Cards are still expected to account for only a minor fraction of B2B payments volume in accounts payable by the end of the year, after all, with ACH gaining traction as the go-to ePayments rail for corporate payers.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Accounts payable FinTech Finexio has announced $2.5 billion in B2B payments to more than 35,000 suppliers each year. In August, Finexio also launched a payment processing collaboration with Payscout to streamline accounts payable and accounts receivable for joint customers.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

And he noted, too, that the “verticalization” of B2B is upon us. Deploying the right solutions hearkens back to the “jobs to be done” theory of innovation noted by Webster during an earlier B2B webinar. Accounts payable and receivable used to be concrete, separate operations. B2B Verticalization.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

And as FinTechs continue to challenge banks, but also offer new opportunities within the B2B space, they’re advancing a corollary to the build vs. buy question: How about partnerships? The question is seemingly an eternal one in the business realm: build vs. buy. Where The Banks Are Focused . Sassone pointed to the fact that half of all U.S.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Indeed, as B2B organizations begin to pay closer attention to the rising threat of fraud in the procure-to-pay process, the issue of false positives can result in similarly negative consequences, from declined card payments to broken vendor relationships. This isn’t merely an issue for the B2C world, however. The False Positive Threat.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Though 2020 was full of volatility, the B2B FinTech landscape persevered with venture capitalists and other investors for a lucrative year. Highlighting the increasing interest in this startup space is this week's B2B venture capital roundup, which recaps the final two weeks of 2020 in B2B FinTech investments.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to take a strategic approach to their fundraising efforts — often by combining a variety of funding sources to mitigate risk. Flutterwave.

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

Corporate Spending Innovations (CSI) has announced that it will be spending more to boost its cloud-based services for B2B payments for advertising and media needs, a company press release says. President David Disque called it a “key focus” for the company to help invest in media payments, which could boost speed and efficiency.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

And here we are, millennia later, exploring space and streaming Netflix, yet over 40 percent of business-to-business (B2B) payments are still made by paper — the same “technology” that replaced clay tablets. After all, B2B eCommerce will be a $1.1 Where’s the Trust? China’s eCommerce titan Alibaba is capitalizing on that.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The latest data from Nacha found a new record-high growth rate for adoption of ACH payments , with B2B payments showcasing a surge in adoption of the legacy payment rail that has recently turned to technologies that can augment the service, from the movement of transaction data with an ACH payment to the deployment of Same Day ACH.

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APRIL 26, 2019

It was a slow week for B2B FinTech funding rounds, but investors nevertheless provided an impressive sum to industry startups. In total, more than $107 million was raised, with investors targeting the small business (SMB) back office, lending and B2B payments. Interestingly, U.S. The company raised $6.7 The company raised $6.7

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MARCH 14, 2018

That seems to be the idea among banks both big and small when it comes to APIs , as several players from around the financial services industry recently increased their investment in APIs, rolling out new solutions aimed at making B2B payments more efficient. . Around the B2B API World . BofA Banks on B2B APIs .

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

Venture capital funding landed at startups focused on accounts payable (AP) and cybersecurity this week — with one payables startup raising $23 million in funding. Venture capital funding landed at accounts payable (AP) and cybersecurity technology firms, among other innovators that raised money this week.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Digital B2B payments innovations as diverse as machine learning (ML) automation, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and virtual cards are gaining unprecedented traction as businesses move to build sustainable B2B payments operations outside of th e office. Around The B2B Payments For The Virtual Workforce World.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

This week's B2B Venture Capital roundup saw more than $76 million in new funding. And while investors targeted an accounts payable payments startup as well as another platform designed to help other startups understand their equity, a common theme this week was investment in risk mitigation capabilities.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Accounts payable (AP) automation certainly has the potential to transform the invoice-to-pay process by allowing employees to turn their attention from monotonous, manual tasks to more value-added ones. “For large corporates, supply chains are in some level of constant churn,” he explained to PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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JANUARY 21, 2019

Corcentric President and COO Matt Clark explained that failing to transform financial functions, like accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR), can actually stall businesses’ expansion efforts. Revenue generated from virtual card rebates, for example, can finance investments in automated AP and AR technologies.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Along with CB Insights, KPMG researchers found in their latest quarterly analysis that FinTech investment by venture capitalists declined across the globe in Q3 of this year. B2B Payments. million Series C funding round with plans to use that money for B2B payments solutions. Find out where the money went in our recap below.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

This week's look at the convergence of accounts payable and accounts receivable finds tools like commercial cards, trade credit, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation easing friction on both ends of a B2B transactions. said they are focusing their automation investments on AR and AP.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

At least insofar as 2020 has shaped up, and especially where B2B payments have been concerned. Every company in the world is wrestling right now with their accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) and they are pondering why they are still reliant on physical checks. Improving the B2B Customer Experience.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

However, other notable B2B FinTech investments this week have come from startups targeting the inefficiencies of corporate banking, logistics and freight booking, and business payments. million investment from ING Ventures , reports in City A.M. In total, more than $360 million was raised by these companies. said this week.

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JULY 26, 2019

Gusto’s payroll technology secured the largest investment round of the week with $200 million. But a closer look at the rest of the B2B funding market shows investors turned to FinTechs helping small businesses grow and operate across borders, with FX, cross-border payment, and trade finance solutions securing new funding. Raising $62.26

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is inspiring many businesses to accelerate their shifts to digital transaction methods as workforces operate remotely from home, and many are finding that doing so is helping them overcome traditional business-to-business (B2B) payment frictions. Around The B2B Payments World. Get the full Deep Dive in the Report.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

We’re covering two weeks’ worth of B2B venture capital funding, and across the board, India has come out on top. The nation saw four startups take home investment out of a total of seven investment rounds. But the largest venture capital funding round went to an accounts payable automation firm in the U.S.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Among other topics extensively reported, PYMNTS' latest Global B2B Payments Playbook , done in collaboration with Worldpay B2B Payments , zeroes in on international B2B payments friction, and how digital invoicing and payments are making it easier for B2B funds to cross borders. B2B, Consumer Payments Experiences Merging.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) automation technology has hit the ground running, with solutions designed to accelerate invoice processing, optimize payment strategies and promote digital adoption. “Buyers and sellers in the B2B world, they do not share interests, many times,” he said. ” Finding A Middle Ground.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In a market ecosystem where Instagram influencers are a new norm in advertising, and where corporate sponsorships are diversifying throughout the digital ether, businesses’ vast network of strategic B2B partnerships is getting even bigger, and more complex. From Discovery To Payment. Slashing The AP Ambiguity.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Venture capital funding landed at supplier payment and compliance automation firms this week, among other B2B innovators that raised money. The big B2B investment of the week was Tipalti , which landed $150 million in new funding on a $2 billion valuation. PYMNTS rounds up the latest funding rounds below.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

million in combined funding, B2B FinTechs remain resilient in today’s current market. Investments ranged across geographies and industries, but the biggest highlights landed on trade financing and early wage access innovators, as startups bolster their value by supporting small businesses’ and employees’ financial recovery.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

B2B payments are marked by an eternal struggle. In fact, as noted in the B2B Payments Innovation Readiness report , businesses that rely on manual accounts receivable (AR) processes tend to have 30 percent longer average DSO and take 67 percent longer to follow up on overdue payments. First — get rid of the checks.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The B2B payments discussion often centers around innovators’ efforts to kill the check. There is no straight line to killing the check, but in the path to B2B payments innovation, a plethora of possibilities emerges. B2B Payments’ Innovation Agenda. According to Phalen, that includes speed, transparency and global scale.

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MAY 1, 2020

In point of fact, most businesses of any size have a hybrid treasury-accounting back office where digital tools and paper instruments coexist. The platform allows businesses to [adopt] digital processes without significant capital or IT investments at a time when business continuity is critical,” he said. Paper Wait.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

B2B And Beyond. In discussing B2B , Banga stated that “we are continuing to see momentum in our core commercial card business,” as the company is developing a new fleet co-branded product that combines “U.S. That pact with MYOB, he said, allows for invoice capture, supplier payments and payroll solutions.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Business payments company Bill.com has secured unicorn status and launched a partnership with Mastercard to accelerate accounts payable for joint business customers. The firms said businesses will be able to cut in half the time it takes to manage accounts payable.

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