PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Expense management and accounts payable (AP) automation company Emburse has rolled out Emburse Cards and Tallie Travel to offer a simple way for clients to handle their travel and out-of-pocket expenditures, according to a Wednesday (Oct. In addition, employee card managers can supervise spend at a detailed level.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

Having $1 billion in bookings and more than 200 destinations globally – those are big numbers, to be sure, but these are not stats gleaned from an airline. Sequoia and Goldman are returning investors, and new backers seen in this funding round include Boyu Capital, based in China, and Technology Crossover Ventures. and Europe yet.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, Goldman Sachs has selected FinTech startup Marqeta to power digital checking accounts for Marcus, while California credit card startup X1 notched $12 million in a funding round headed up by Spark Capital. Plus, the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report noted that the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

14) that they have inked a partnership aiming to bring virtual card payment technology to airlines. The service is powered by Conferma Pay and is integrated directly at the point of sale into all major global distribution systems, including more than 100 booking tools and 500 travel management companies. ” .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

.” As investors and startups remain on-edge about exactly how this will play out, only a few B2B technology startups announced their own investments this week. companies, including $75 million landing at one FinTech looking to bolster small business credit card payment adoption. Arkose Labs.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

American Express said its May card delinquency rate was unchanged from April, according to reports. percent, and the small business card delinquency rate went up to 1.3 Small business card net write-offs also increased, from 1.8 The rate held steady at 1.4 Net write-offs, however, did move slightly in may, from April’s 2.4

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

But presentation materials that accompanied the results showed that of the reserve released in the quarter, $900 million came from the consumer side of the book, so to speak, and were released from home lending. Reserves were held flat on the card business, standing currently at $17.8 Card average loans stood at $141.2

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

Commercial card adoption can face an array of barriers, and one of the largest is a lack of supplier acceptance due to interchange fee costs. In fact, virtual cards’ adoption in business travel has steadily climbed, thanks to the payment technology’s security and travel managers’ ability to set controls on employee spend.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Online business travel booking and expense management company Serko is entering the “world of virtual card payments,” the company said this week, announcing a partnership with virtual card company Conferma. “Integration with Serko is key to getting mass adoption.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

Travel and expense management firm Concur is boosting its virtual card support thanks to an expanded collaboration with hotel solutions firm HRS. Reports on Wednesday (July 27) said HRS will support virtual card payments via the Concur platform. HRS has an existing partnership with Concur, which was expanded in March.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

8) the launch of its new Business Gold Card, which comes with four times Membership Rewards points on the top two categories that the business spends the most on each month. American Express said card members can get up to 250,000 points back per calendar year with the benefit. American Express announced on Thursday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

Supply chain payments firm Tradeshift is expanding capabilities for companies to manage employee spend with Tradeshift Go 2.0, is now live with enhanced functionality that expands visibility into employee spend and enables managers to connect their employees with virtual cards on demand. the company announced Monday (July 1).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Too often, however, the reconciliation becomes an afterthought in the spend management process, and can be even more difficult for a company’s accounting department to address if paper receipts get lost. Those headaches could become a thing of the past, as new solutions integrate spend management solutions directly into company operations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Though commercial card innovation has recently hit an acceleration point, there is still plenty of room for progress. Power took one key friction point of the small business (SMB) credit card market to task. “Basics like credit card terms, and benefits and services, are the lowest-scoring factors in our study.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

In the last decade, automation technology has closed the gap between booking a business trip and filing an expense report for reimbursement, significantly easing friction for both employees and finance teams. Driving Real-Time Data Through Cards. And, he said, the credit card is a valuable payment tool to achieve that insight.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2020

Goldman Sachs is pondering a $2 billion venture and growth fund that could boost its stature in the world of technology investing, sources told Bloomberg. The firm's plan is to manage more money for clients and to bring down investments from its own balance sheets. It could help Goldman Sachs court bigger investors and investments.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

FLEETCOR Technologies , a provider of commercial payment services, reported a data breach as the company announced on Thursday (May 3) a 17 percent year-over-year revenue increase for the first quarter of 2018, beating analyst expectations. The payment services firm booked net income of $174.9

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The travel industry is a highly fragmented, complex web of suppliers, distributors, tourism companies and online travel agents (OTAs), all hustling to keep pace with the changes occurring in how travelers — both for pleasure and business — plan, book and pay for their trips. One of the largest disruptors in this area is the virtual card.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

The publication recently surveyed the CNBC Technology Executive Council and found that one-fifth of executives expect business travel will never fully recover to pre-pandemic levels. According to Ken Tan , co-founder of Singapore-based small business travel and expense management startup Navisteps , there is cause for optimism.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Commercial card startup Brex, which recently secured funding that propelled it into unicorn status, is augmenting its platform with the introduction of corporate travel booking capabilities. ” “Startups have a disadvantage when booking corporate travel,” added TravelBank CEO Duke Chung in another statement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Uncertainty is at an all-time high, but what is clear is that business travel management FinTechs aren’t sitting idly. With a cautiously optimistic outlook, corporate travel technology firms continue to press forward to introduce new tools for businesses in preparation for returning T&E spend.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

Making sure the books add up properly is key to keeping their legal nonprofit status, and that means cash management is paramount. The nonprofit industry has a lot to gain from this payment technology, claims a new whitepaper from vendor management consulting firm Vendor Centric. The first is cash rebates. Not-For-Profit.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

It looks like a race is shaping up to determine the future management of General Motors ’ credit card business. However, the Journal cited unnamed sources as saying that the London-based Barclays is also bidding for GM’s card business, while current issuer Capital One is unlikely to let the account go without a fight.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The Montreal-based payment technology company was valued at $2 billion at the close of 2019. The lead underwriter for the offering is Goldman Sachs Canada in cooperation with book managers Credit Suisse Securities Canada Inc, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. Nuvei Corp. 2), seeking to raise as much as $600 million, a source told Reuters.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

To help manage the booking and payment needs of its users, Square rolled out its Appointments app for Android. The service enables customers to make bookings online 24/7 via booking links or a free online booking website.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

But any business can find efficiencies in how they get the tangible products they need to function, and one area that is ripe for innovation between technology and cost-cutting is education, and specifically parochial education. In an interview with PYMNTS, Dennis Toohey, principal of Xperience Inc.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Corporate travel and expense management policy and practices have garnered attention from across the enterprise, with everyone from CEOs to CIOs looking at how T&E can promote growth, cut costs, boost efficiency and productivity, and enhance insight into the company via data analytics.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Travel management company Gant Travel is helping companies pay for business trip reservations via virtual payments. 28) that it is rolling out GantCoinSM, a payment solution that lets business travelers pay for hotel reservations made via Concur Travel , phone or email with a virtual card. The company announced news on Thursday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The link between Conferma Pay and Oracle Hospitality OPERA lets Connect, Conferma Pay’s safe communication platform, take the place of emails and faxes with an application programming interface (API) call straight into the property management system (PMS) of a lodging facility, according to the announcement.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

A security lapse at a hotel management startup has exposed hotel bookings and guests’ personal information. Fortunately, there was no financial information in the database aside from the credit card issuer. Several large hotel chains, including Holiday Inn Express and Zenique Hotels, use Aavgo’s technology.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Rather, the difference could be seen in just how significantly technology disruption has slammed its way into bankers’ discussions regarding shareholder value. While the term “accretive to book value” is still the best bet for buzzword bingo at AOBA, the real talk centered around digital transformation and fintech disruption.

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Perficient

JANUARY 12, 2021

The top banks have the funds, technology, and development teams to make this happen. Until businesses receive forgiveness confirmation, they are stuck with loans on the books that prevent additional loans from being approved. Banks will spend a significant amount of time and money in 2021 to create that compelling customer experience.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The 6-year-old who get his hands on Mom’s iPad and manages to rack up $16,000 worth of credit charges for online gaming. The teenager with a Fortnite habit who manages to clean out Dad’s checking account via the debit card linked to the gaming account. Behind the scenes, we built a bunch of technology and whatnot. …

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

As he told PYMNTS in an interview done through written exchange, the hospitality industry has long been marked by ever-increasing booking volume; high margins; and relatively high trust between stakeholders. But there can be sources of friction, too, in processing credit card payments through manual means, which can cause inadvertent errors.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Payments 2016: The Year Of EMV-Enabled Cards. At the transaction level, consumers began to feel like they were more protected from fraud with the introduction of the EMV chip card. Throughout 2016, financial institutions continued to roll out new EMV-enabled cards to their consumers. Worst of Times.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

While 2021 has kicked off with a bang in the venture capital arena — with several high-value investments on the books — this week's B2B VC roundup is all about the seed rounds. Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

The deal, which is expected to be completed this summer, is part of the company’s aim to become an essential part of the digital lives of card members and merchants, the company said in an announcement. Resy , which was started in 2014, features a suite of table management, CRM and booking technology for restaurants.

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