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MARCH 22, 2019

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the lifeblood of many economies — Europe’s among them — and working capital is the lifeblood of SMBs. Yet many firms struggle to gain access to the capital that helps them launch or sustain operations. Initially we plan to operate in the Netherlands.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Coca-Cola’s supply chain operations are run by an IT firm called Coke One North America (CONA), and the company recently had such a successful run with blockchain software provider SAP that it’s going to expand the program from two to 70 manufacturers, according to reports. . The funding round was led by Polychain Capital.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Yet, half a century later, even some of the largest multinational conglomerates are only beginning to implement EDI into their procurement and B2B commerce operations. Betting On Blockchain. For Inxeption, one of the most promising innovations to achieve this leap is blockchain. The technology first emerged in the 1970s.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect , a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a press release. . In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

PYMNTS takes a look at those cybersecurity firms, plus a few of the treasury management, blockchain and logistics firms that also grabbed fresh funding. Backers at Meritech Capital Partners and Lead Edge Capital led the Series D investment round, according to TechCrunch news, while Index Ventures and Workday also participated.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

B2B startups saw a little bit of everything this week when it came to venture capital. And that goes for the industries covered, too, with treasury management’s Kyriba, blockchain’s BlockApps and enterprise security’s Druva landing on the board, to name a few. Expense Management. Blockchain.

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JULY 25, 2018

Oracle Financial Services recently announced the launch of a platform designed for corporate banking customers that are in need of consolidated, streamlined views of their global banking operations. The company announced Tuesday (July 24) that its Oracle Banking Virtual Account Management solution is now available to corporate banks.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

As more businesses join collaborative groups and invest in internal research and development (R&D) to explore using blockchain for new services, some firms have begun to use the technology themselves. Currently,” Citi explained in its announcement, “banks have to set aside capital as they wait for collateral to be settled.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A new report from Capital One examined this question, focusing on how technological disruption will affect its finances. Yet, only a minority have implemented tangible strategies to manage technological disruption, such as the collection of data for further analysis, regular firewall testing or the development of proactive countermeasures.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

It’s the reasoning behind Capital One’s latest round of partnerships announced late last month. Deals were made with B2B invoicing and payments firm Viewpost, as well as health care blockchain company Gem and natural language search technology company ClearGraph. Take Capital One’s deal with Gem, for instance.

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MAY 26, 2017

Yet again, the B2B FinTech industry proves it’s quality over quantity when it comes to venture capital. But it was blockchain that turned heads with its record-setting funding. With the second-largest funding of the week, Billtrust landed $50 million for its invoice-to-cash and accounts receivable management solutions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank. Although blockchain technology company HashCash Consultants did not name the FI, the company revealed it is collaborating with a bank in the U.S. to bring its blockchain-powered corporate trade financing technology into the entity.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Spending on blockchain technologies will ramp up to $9.2 Its latest Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide also calculated a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of blockchain spend of 81.2 2018 will be a crucial stage for enterprises as they make a huge leap from proof-of-concept projects to full blockchain deployments.

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APRIL 30, 2018

South Korea’s Korea Credit Data, a FinTech startup that operates in the small- and medium-sized business accounting software market, said it is exploring an entrance into the world of blockchain. Blockchain is a core platform to fuel our digital transformation.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

China Construction Bank ’s vice president has revealed that the bank has added new abilities to its trade finance blockchain platform, including cross-chain and inter-bank transactions. In other news, the Marco Polo Network has announced that it has secured its first Russian-German import-export operations financing project.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Blockchain consortium R3 , trade finance company TradeIX and several global banks are collaborating on a new solution that has entered into pilot phase. 21) said the initiative, dubbed Marco Polo, involves BNP, Commerzbank and ING as they explore how to deploy blockchain to enhance trade finance operations. There is a $1.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Yet, venture capitalists revealed revamped interest in the B2B eCommerce and procurement spheres, exploring technologies like blockchain to enhance supply chains and the buyer-supplier relationship. Based in Malaysia, Dropee operates a B2B eProcurement platform that caught the attention of investors at Vynn Capital. Chronicled.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

Logistics technology provider OpenPort has announced a partnership with blockchain company Fr8 Network in a deal that will enable OpenPort to connect its customers to blockchain solutions. OpenPort currently provides transportation management technology and trade finance to its corporate customers.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

Just like the volatility of bitcoin, the world of blockchain is no stable place. Hype over distributed ledger technology (DLT) has certainly led to a bump in shares for companies operating in the space — and even for some companies with seemingly no connection to the tool. Blockchain Ups. Blockchain Downs.

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JULY 23, 2018

Coverage includes BNP Paribas Asset Management ’s new U.K. billion blockchain fund, and the U.A.E’s Network International has launched a Shopmatic-powered eCommerce platform called Go-Online. BNP Paribas Asset Management plans to launch its BNP Paribas U.K. With the service, customers of myPOS operating in the U.K.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty. Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

FIS is facilitating real-time payments services to the FIs, while The Clearing House operates the RTP system that enables instant payment settlement and availability of funds. As FIs dabble in blockchain-based payment technologies, financial services technology firm Apifiny is also seeking to drive adoption of blockchain.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Data from venture firm Tribe Capital revealed that the number of monthly U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be taking a closer look at its blockchain pilot by the end of the year, according to CoinDesk. Members of the government advisory group Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) met earlier this month.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

Thomson Reuters is joining a consortium that includes some of the largest financial institutions around the world working to determine how to use blockchain technology in global financial markets. Blockchain technology is behind bitcoin, the popular digital currency, and enables data to be shared between a network of individual computers.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

billion | Total spending on blockchain technologies by 2021, according to International Data Corporation figures. It’s latest Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide also calculated a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of blockchain spend of 81.2 percent from 2016 to 2021.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Among the copious potential use cases for blockchain, trade finance has gained the confidence of many industry analysts. In a statement, Barclays said using blockchain technology for trade financing could heighten efficiencies and lower costs by removing paper-based letters of credit between trading partners.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

However, the company wasn’t the only one landing support for its invoice finance operations: India’s M1Xchange and U.S.-based million raised for its solution, which KiWi said will be used to focus on growth in Mexico, where it has been operating since 2015. The company recently announced $3.2

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The afternoon session brought on the blockchain. The morning session at BBVA Open Talent Challenge was all about artificial intelligence. From these sessions, two winners were chosen that will have the chance to engage with a global bank — perhaps the ultimate prize for a fintech startup today. The challenge was part Read More.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Between the rise of blockchain technology, the market debuts of faster payments initiatives and the advancements in virtual card capabilities, small businesses have more choice and power when it comes to their payments needs. and EMEA told surveyors that they access cash flow from their operations. . From the U.S.

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MAY 18, 2018

B2B startups in the small business banking, expense management and analytics sectors led this week’s investment roundup, securing more than half of the $108 million raised. million in the largest investment round ever for a FinTech that operates exclusively in the continent. Blockchain. Cambridge Blockchain.

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OCTOBER 14, 2018

Other cryptocurrencies had an even worse week: Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, dropped 12 percent, while the third largest, XRP, is down 18 percent in seven days. In other news, Microsoft revealed that it will utilize blockchain to develop two products to give consumers more control over their personal data.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

RootAnt has said that it will use the capital to expand in Singapore, Southeast Asia and Japan. One commonality is that firms in these verticals rely on offline operations. Thus, working capital challenges are mounting for these SMBs. Risk Management. Risk management is critical, said Yin.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

The company, which is based in both Switzerland and Singapore, has been talking with regulators and petitioned for a capital markets services license, which will allow the firm to offer asset management as a first step into financial services, co-founders Mathias Imbach and Gerald Goh said, according to Deal Street Asia. “In

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Even some of the largest proponents of blockchain agree that distributed ledger technology (DLT) is still in its early days, and its impact on the financial services market probably won’t be fully understood for some time. About 90 percent of blockchain projects that start on GitHub, researchers found, become idle and inactive within a year.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

Citi has implemented what it calls a “blockchain-inspired” distributed ledger technology in its back-office to manage collateral in its ledger and send cash or securities, the financial institution (FI) announced Friday (Dec. Currently, banks have to set aside capital as they wait for collateral to be settled.

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MAY 11, 2018

Also landing on the board this week are alternative lending, expense management, cybersecurity and blockchain players. Operating in the trade finance market, CCRManager announced $6.5 Expense Management. The company provides cyber insurance for the enterprise coupled with real-time risk management and mitigation.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Blockchain technology — cryptographically-secured, distributed ledgers — has existed for nearly a decade but is just now emerging as a viable solution in healthcare. Last month, Alibaba partnered with the city of Changzhou, China to launch the country’s first application of blockchain technology in the healthcare sector.

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