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AUGUST 16, 2019

The retirement-focused United Income will now give automated advice as part of Capital One, which is looking to expand its robo-adviser offerings. . Capital One purchased the company for an undisclosed amount after taking a 10 percent stake last year, American Banker reported on Friday (Aug. billion, an increase of $2.3

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

At the dawn of 2020, commercial cards made up only a fraction of overall B2B payments volume, even as corporates continued their slow-but-sure payments digitization efforts away from the paper check. But in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the corporate card seemed to unlock more value for businesses large and small.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Managing loan workouts and modifications Tips for preparing your bank or credit union to handle an increased volume of problem loans while ensuring prudent credit risk management. Takeaway 2 Meanwhile, banks and credit unions will likely see a beefed-up regulatory emphasis on credit risk management practices, especially tied to CRE. .

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Mooncard, a France-based FinTech that provides businesses with payments cards and expense management solutions, has announced $5.7 Mooncard combines a physical card solution with a digital expense management platform to streamline the spend management process for businesses. million employees, Leteurtre said.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Like many venture capital companies in the payments space, Serent Capital has had a busy year. 15 with the announcement of the launch of its fourth fund, Serent Capital IV — at $750 million. 15 with the announcement of the launch of its fourth fund, Serent Capital IV — at $750 million. That was followed on Dec.

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MARCH 27, 2020

It’s too soon to tell how coronavirus will impact the venture capital ecosystem, but some analysts are turning to the economic crisis of 2008 to make some educated guesses. In a recent report, CrunchBase looked back at how VC investors reacted to the market downturn over a decade ago.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Commercial cards continue to explore more use cases to optimize spend for businesses, from accounts payable (AP) to employee travel and expense management. Increasingly, the corporate card industry is also looking at ways to take advantage of the unique challenges in particular industries. Cards Tackle Event Planning Expenses.

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Abrigo

APRIL 25, 2024

Recent data and trends of the small business lending market SMB Lending Insights is a snapshot of current financial trends and metrics that impact small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending and financial institutions. Almost half sought credit to grow their businesses, and 28% applied to make repairs or replace capital assets.

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APRIL 15, 2020

While small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) continue to hustle to secure portions of various federal coronavirus relief funding, the commercial card industry is finding itself in a position to support SMBs and their cash flow needs, too. Boost Finds A Surge In Corporate Card Interest. Visa Fuels Supplier Card Acceptance.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

With commercial credit cards historically viewed as a payment vehicle for businesses to make one-off purchases for the office or while on a business trip, the small business credit card has yet to catch up to adoption volumes seen by other payment methods like direct bank transfers in the B2B payments space. Opening Access To Capital.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. However, for the average bank, their cost of capital is between 9% and 14% depending on the bank’s equity liquidity with an average of 12.5%. As an industry, we misallocate capital. Bank management is hyper-focused on net interest margin. Why is that?

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., Finaxar Teams With Visa On SMB Spend Management.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

Capital One logged stronger than expected results when it posted its earnings yesterday — the growth was driven largely by rising interest rates and an uptick in its largest lending categories, cars and cards. Supply of card credit is on the high side, although it has settled out a bit. By The Numbers . What’s Next.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

As reported , Walmart is working with Ribbit Capital to create an as-yet unnamed FinTech that would, the companies said on Monday (Jan. You may be familiar with the fact that Credit Karma (where Ribbit already has an investment) helps users scout for the best credit card deals and loans. As reported late last year , a U.S.

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JULY 8, 2020

With commercial cards an increasingly popular choice in the B2B payments space, industry innovators are exploring pockets of opportunity to drive adoption through mitigating friction. For others, commercial card innovation comes in the form of overcoming the adoption hurdle of a lack of supplier acceptance. InstaRem Expands BizPay.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

India expense management company Happay secured more funding after its Series B round, according to an unnamed source cited by VCCircle on Friday (Feb. The company also provides expense report generation tools, international travel cards and other card products based on spend category and scenario.

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MAY 29, 2018

Citigroup said on Tuesday (May 29) that it won’t use high deposit rates to lure new customers to its digital bank – instead, it will go after its credit card customers. Citigroup’s efforts to grow its digital banking offering come at a time when activist investor ValueAct Capital recently revealed that it has a roughly $1.2

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

With more than $89 million raised, B2B FinTechs this week impressed venture capitalists (VCs) with a range of services, including small business accounting, financing, spend management and payroll. based Tribal Credit is targeting small businesses in emerging markets, enabling them to access alternative financing. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

In seed funding from well-known angel investors, corporate card FinTech Karbon Card has notched $2 million. Amit Jangir and Pei-fu Hsieh started Karbon Card last year. The firm offers an alternative to corporate cards. Hsieh said per reports, “Our vision is to empower all startups to achieve more through a Karbon Card.”.

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MAY 22, 2020

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2020. In addition to invoice finance, the company offers SMBs a range of other solutions, including order management and online payments tools. Xtracap Fintech.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

But keeping track of it all can be a challenge — especially knowing what card is being charged, by whom, and when. Knowing which card pays which subscription, let alone canceling them, can be a pain point. Founded in 2016 in Gothenburg, Sweden, Minna enables customers to manage subscription services via their bank’s app.

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MARCH 11, 2020

B2B FinTechs are once again showing off the versatility of the corporate card. While QuickBooks is piloting card payments on invoices powered by PayPal , Airwallex is readying the launch of its own corporate card — both physical and virtual — designed to enable cross-border payments. QuickBooks Adds Card Payment Support.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Commercial card startup Brex is seeking unicorn status with its next funding round, The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ) reported Friday (Sept. Brex, founded by two Brazilian entrepreneurs, emerged on the market as a FinTech issuing corporate cards to other startups.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

The BlackRock-led group is injecting capital into Trustly at a time when the company is building out its network, which enables merchants to accept bank transfers with the same ease as they now take credit card payments. “At Citigroup Global Markets Limited also took part in the transaction, acting as a financial advisor.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

While commercial card innovation certainly accelerated in 2018, progress can always continue. Morgan Managing Director and Head of Commercial Card Product Management Naney Pandit says should be a focus this year is in mobilizing the corporate card. One area of development that J.P.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Even so, the global construction management software market is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2 The latest Workforce Spend Playbook explores new solutions that are enabling construction firms and other SMBs to maximize their capital, pinpoint cost-saving opportunities and improve their cash flows.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Capital One has announced the launch of Business CreditWise , an online tool that enables U.S. Business CreditWise is available to any business in the United States — not just Capital One customers. businesses to check their credit profiles.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the food service sector by helping restaurants boost their sales as well as improve and automate systems that were once managed by staff. to provide its dispute management solutions to the latter’s security platform.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Illustration by The Laundry Room/Stocksy Customer data fuels efficient and effective marketing these days. From these actions, community banks receive data on their income, home address, email address, credit card debt, employer and financial products they want to learn more about.

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MAY 1, 2019

Corporate expense management company Divvy announced a $200 million fundraise on Tuesday (April 30) led by NEA. “Divvy has hit on a compelling product, addressing a pain point experienced by every business in the world,” said NEA Managing General Partner Scott Sandell in a statement. million raised by the company.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

For digital laggards, the coronavirus pandemic will serve as a harsh wake-up call regarding the importance of digitization and automation, with commercial cards uniquely positioned to address many of the pain points companies face today in these unprecedented times. A Surge In Commercial Card Interest. Supporting Unique Experiences.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE — With government-backed initiatives and a finite business of copper export, Nathan Lustig, co-founder and managing partner at Magma Partners, saw huge potential in the Chilean fintech market. Additionally, […].

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Hong Kong businesses now have a way to pay suppliers around the world using credit cards – even if the payees don’t normally accept them – via a new solution from CardUp. CardUp, a Singapore-based digital credit card enablement platform, said on Wednesday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

Happay , a business expense management company based in India, has landed a partnership with HDFC Bank , reports in Business Standard said on Monday (March 5). The company will link HDFC small business (SMB) customers to its travel and expense management solution, which is tied to a prepaid card.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

There is more than one way to drive commercial card innovation. For corporate buyers, adoption can stem from opportunities around rewards and rebates, elevated transparency, fewer hidden fees and data integrations with other back-office financial management tools. Uber Jumps Into Biz Card Rewards. A Focus On Transparency.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

HSBC has added six foreign currencies supported by its commercial card products in Europe in support of corporates operating across borders in the region. We now offer a full range of commercial card products to clients across 26 countries in Europe and 43 countries globally, with the same core capabilities in each market.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Much of what commercial card innovators seek to address is a massive pain point for adoption: supplier acceptance. Such was the strategy of JPMorgan in its latest corporate card initiative. However, in this week’s Commercial Card Innovation roundup, it wasn’t the point of friction that technology firms were addressing.

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