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Investors Cozy Up To Invoice Financing

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According to new data from PitchBook and reports from Reuters on Thursday (April 14), B2B startups are receiving venture capital at impressive rates, with growth in VC investments surpassing that of B2C startups. Invoice financing has achieved new popularity among SMEs as their large corporate buyers stretch out payment terms.

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Cybersecurity Unicorn Steals The B2B Investment Show

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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. Find out which startup landed the cash, along with the other B2B startups that saw their share of investments this week, below. secured $10.3

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Embedded Finance Tops B2B Tech Funding For The Week

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Malaysia's microLEAP has secured $3.3 Reports in e27 said MAA Group provided the investment, which microLEAP plans to use for marketing, new staff hires and technological enhancements. Reports in e27 said MAA Group provided the investment, which microLEAP plans to use for marketing, new staff hires and technological enhancements.

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B2B eCommerce Gets Civilized

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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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Deposit Solutions Brings Savedo To Switzerland; Mall Retailers Take WeChat Pay

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Coverage includes Deposit Solutions ’ rollout of business-to-consumer (B2C) open banking channel Savedo in Switzerland. Open banking platform Deposit Solutions has brought business-to-consumer (B2C) open banking channel Savedo to Switzerland, the company said in an announcement. In the U.K. ,

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How False-Positives Complicate The B2B Payments Fraud Fight

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Between data breaches exposing customer details and card information and the rise of card-not-present fraud as operations move online, digital businesses are challenged to stay abreast of payment security trends — and fraud is a massive issue for firms large and small. This isn’t merely an issue for the B2C world, however.

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How Payment Variety Drives Collections Flexibility For SMBs

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“It’s muscle memory,” she said of the ongoing use of the paper invoice. The friction for customers of legacy collections tools is obvious: an experience of a cumbersome process of waiting for an invoice to arrive in the mail, and logging online or calling in to manually enter credit card data. Why Friction Persists.

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