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India AP Automation Startup Finly Secures Funding

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With Finly, a CFO [chief financial officer] can time his payments to better manage cash and capture early payment discounts, reduce invoice processing time and costs, and engage your accounts payable department in more strategic, higher-value activities.”.

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Invoice Financing Via Blockchain Targets SMB Cash Flow Problems

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One way to secure funding is to use invoice financing. To that end, Netherlands startup Finturi earlier this month said it had secured $2.2 USD equivalent to help fund its efforts to help companies secure loans against invoices (through linkups with investors) using blockchain and artificial intelligence.

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VCs Looking For FinTech Firms To Solve The Pain Of Unpaid Invoices

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This week, Barclays and Santander InnoVentures demonstrated traditional banks’ interest in alternative finance when they led a nearly $34 million equity fundraise for invoice financing platform MarketInvoice. The firm plans to focus on expansion with the investment, targeting a customer base of 30,000 by 2022.

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Security Startup Grabs $22M To Safeguard Corporate Email

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The Business Email Compromise is now a top concern for the enterprise and security providers alike, especially since regulators have released warnings against the crime. One startup wants to safeguard corporate email and has just received new venture capital to move forward with its efforts.

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Chinese Startup Secures Lion’s Share Of $272 Million Raised

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Investment in B2B FinTech startups came through a variety of channels this week, from venture capital to growth equity. Based in Hong Kong, Qupital provides an invoice financing solution that recently caught the attention of Alibaba. trillion market. Alternative Finance. Treasury Management.

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Infibeam Partners With Primechain On Blockchain-Based Invoicing For Global Trade Finance

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Digital payments entity and eCommerce platform Infibeam Avenues and blockchain startup Primechain Technologies have announced a partnership to implement a cross-border blockchain invoicing platform for the $12 trillion global trade finance market.

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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.