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FinTech Innovation Eases B2C Sellers’ Entrance Into The B2B World

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The takeover signaled an evolution of the company's business model from a traditionally business-to-consumer (B2C) seller, to one that includes business-to-business (B2B) operations. It was also indicative of a growing trend of B2C merchants expanding into the B2B realm in an effort to take advantage of a surging market.

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B2B Payments Forging New Paths With B2C Tools

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Intuit has just announced a host of partnerships that integrates financial services from B2C payments giants into the QuickBooks small business accounting platform. Part of that evolution, Pai told PYMNTS, is that traditional trend of B2B payments following B2C’s path. Canada, U.K.

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Anticipating B2B Payments Evolution With B2C Payments Trends

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According to Viewpost CEO Max Eliscu, B2B payments often follows in the same footsteps as B2C. Paper invoicing and checks are well on their way out in the consumer setting, and more businesses across the spectrum are beginning to follow suit with transactions among their trading partners.

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Getting Invoices Off The CEO’s Desk, Approved — And Paid

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When it comes to invoicing, micromanagement stands in the way of corporate progress, and is the false light at the end of the tunnel. Nowhere is that more apparent than when the CEO or other executive in charge of approving transactions examines every invoice, whether in paper form crossing their desk or through emailed PDFs.

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B2B Payments Speed Up

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In the March 2020 Innovating B2B Retail Payments Playbook: Optimizing Payment Solutions For Business Customers edition, a PYMNTS and MSTS collaboration, we’re reminded that typical B2B invoices take over 14 days to process, and the more people involved the longer it takes. In fact, B2C has been out in front on this one much more.

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Why It’s So Hard To Kill The Check In The Booze Business

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The new coronavirus swiftly impacted small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) rather harshly, with these entities now struggling to manage remote workers who need to send out paper invoices to suppliers and other business partners attached to checks. Co mpanies like digital invoicing firm Invoiced are responding to SMBs’ COVID-19 struggles.

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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.