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How FinTechs View Emerging B2B Payment Innovations In 2020

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FinTechs are keeping an eye on emerging technologies at the beginning of the year — and predicting how they will impact business-to-business (B2B) payments in 2020. Praeger said it was forecast that the industry would see a decline in merger and acquisition activity in 2019. ePayments.

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Billtrust Finishes SPAC Merger To Go Public

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Billtrust , which works in accounts receivable automation and integrated B2B payments, has completed a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with South Mountain Merger Corp. Billtrust works to provide cloud-based software and integrated payment solutions to help streamline and automate B2B commerce.

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The Uncharted Territory Of M&A Cyber Risks

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Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity continues to accelerate as 2019 progresses, both in terms of volume and value of M&A deals. Deloitte research found 79 percent of organizations expect merger activity to grow in the coming year, up from 70 percent that said the same for 2018.

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M&A Emerges As Key Strategy To Drive SMB Finserv Collaboration

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This week's look at the latest in partnerships finds players in the SMB financial services landscape embracing a range of avenues to collaboration — including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) — to connect SMBs to financing, digital banking services and more. Lloyds Pilots Satago Technology. Orange Bank Acquires Anytime.

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Today In B2B: FLEETCOR's $1B M&A Plans; Statrys Lands Funding For SMB FinTech

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Today in B2B Payments, commercial payments technology firm FLEETCOR reveals $1 billion plans for M&A activity. FLEETCOR Looks To Invest $1B Despite Pandemic M&A Slowdown. FLEETCOR is looking to invest $1 billion this year, despite an M&A slowdown in the payments sector due to the ongoing pandemic.

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2018 Recap: B2B Payments Innovation Welcomes Bank-FinTech Collabs — And Beyond

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In B2B payments and corporate finance, it wasn’t only bank-FinTech collaboration that made headlines in 2018. Partnerships, joint ventures, as well as merger and acquisition (M&A) activity between banks, startups, payments firms, technology conglomerates and everyone in between became a popular strategy for tackling friction.

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Corporate M&A Breaks New Record

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Corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has broken a new record this year, according to the latest data from Jeff Golman, vice chairman of Mesirow Financial. 21), Golman noted that not only is corporate M&A at its highest level ever, it also accounts for the largest-ever portion of total M&A activity.