PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

In B2B payments, the commercial card has experienced a dramatic spike in adoption this year as organizations accelerated their digital transformations and, unable to physically enter the office, began to rely on electronic payments to conduct their business. Winter Blues. Spring’s SMB Support. Spring began in dramatic fashion.

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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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, American Express launched co-branded credit cards with Amazon targeting small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Britain, while Volopay is teaming with Nium for a new and enhanced corporate credit card. million in Blumberg Capital-led seed funding. Plus, Intelage has notched $3.5

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Fiserv partnered with Central Payments LLC , a BAAS provider for fintech, and sold its Frontier Reconciliation and Accurate Reconciliation solutions to Trintech. Petal spun off Prism Data , a cash flow underwriting solution, and raised equity financing with existing investors and debt financing from Victory Park Capital.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

With the pandemic nudging businesses further into the digital payments realm, commercial card innovation is heating up to capitalize on the opportunity for adoption. Boost Bolsters BMO Harris Bank’s Biz Cards. Global Cash Card’s Legal Saga Ends. ADP Eyes Payroll Card Adoption Jump.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

The commercial credit card is increasingly viewed as a critical tool for these small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in need of fast access to credit, but many financial institutions are going further to nix fees on their card programs, including card products for small firms. Comdata Fuel Cards Facilitate Factoring.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The payments digitization push has ramped up for corporates in recent months, with growing corporate card adoption attributed to the pandemic, recent Mastercard data reveals. Lawmakers Eye Expanded Fleet Card Use. Fleet service cards act just like credit cards at a gas station," Rep. Lawmakers in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

With social distancing and an economic downturn the new reality for many markets around the world, venture capital is expected to slow significantly. Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. In the U.S., KarbonCard.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Outsourced FinTech Opportunity. But as Disque noted, advancements in B2B FinTech have created more options than ever before for a B2B seller looking toward technology to solve some of the biggest pain points associated with selling to corporate customers. COVID has certainly changed consumer behavior,” he said.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Revolut , one of the biggest players in the crowded financial technology (FinTech) sector, has yet to make a profit. Other investors included Menlo Park, California-based TCV and Index Ventures , the global venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, along with half a dozen others.

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PYMNTS

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. The trend is not entirely unexpected and can be attributed to the pandemic, with FinTech funding dropping by 37 percent quarter-over-quarter to $6.1 Xtracap Fintech.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This week showed investor interest in B2B FinTech companies in international markets, as a trade finance platform in India and a human resources (HR)/payroll cloud software firm in the U.K. The fundraising was headed up by Advent International via Advent Tech and Sunley House Capital, an Advent affiliate. landed funding rounds.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 28, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Are credit cards the next big hot spot for fintech takeover? That’s what startup Petal hopes its partnership with Salt Lake City-based WebBank achieves, as the startup gears to launch of its first major product: a credit card designed to serve the "credit invisible."

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Danske Bank , the Copenhagen-based retail bank, has partnered with FinTech firm Zenegy to roll out a new method for automating payments made with corporate cards, a report from Crowdfund Insider says. The corporate card is going through a change this year, like many other parts of the business world.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

Tokyo, Japan’s digital banking startup Kyash has closed a $45 million Series C funding deal co-led by Greenspring Associates and Goodwater Capital, Kyash said in a statement on Sunday (March 30). Goodwater Capital also invested in Kyash’s Series B Round. growth equity investment firm Greyhound Capital; U.S.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Two fintechs announced new products and services this week geared toward e-commerce sellers, pointing to gaps in offerings from banks and legacy card companies to provide seamless, affordable solutions for online-based businesses looking to scale up quickly or stock up for busier seasons. provides […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2019

The largest FinTech startup in Latin America — Brazil’s Nubank — is reporting a 25 percent increase in the number of clients since August, Reuters reported on Friday (Oct. Vélez said that 10 million out of the 15 million clients are holders of the bank’s credit card. Nubank offers a no-fee credit card funded in part by China’s Tencent.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

Business-to-Business FinTech-as-a-Service (FaaS) startup Rapyd has notched $300 million in a Series D funding round led by Coatue and including both new and existing investors. The London-headquartered FinTech is striving to enable businesses across the globe to quickly onboard and start tapping the platform’s full capabilities.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 9, 2019

In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, deputy editor of Bank Innovation, speaks with Alyson Clarke, principal analyst at Forrester Research, about the following developments: With the much-awaited launch of Apple Card, the tech giant has taken a page […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Is there anything as awesome as a credit card? Credit cards are the penultimate payments experience that you could say started it all. So deep is our zeal for credit cards that we’re debuting the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Credit Card Apps here and now, as we track who’s on top and who’s climbing the credit card rankings.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

More consumers than ever are turning to online shopping channels to meet their needs during the pandemic, but many are also aware that cybercriminals are looking to capitalize on this stepped-up online activity to steal their card data. based FinTech Jassby. Consumers are also thinking “virtual” when it comes to gift cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

FinTech GoCardless has raised $95 million in a Series F funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. We have enormous confidence in Hiroki and the entire GoCardless team to build a multi-billion dollar company that will redefine the payments industry,” said Matt Harris, partner at Bain Capital Ventures.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Our core products allow our users to take remote and contactless card payments during lockdown situations, and so in a very real way, this [license] will ensure Ireland’s entrepreneurs can keep trading and keep recovering,” Walsh said. The FinTech also has eCurrency licenses in Lithuania and the U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Singapore-based FinTech startup InstaReM , which enables banks and consumers to send money across borders , announced a partnership with First Data to assist businesses that issue corporate credit cards. In November, it raised $20 million in capital from investors.

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PYMNTS

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

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

JANUARY 30, 2020

Virtual credit cards are one of the more flexible electronic payment methods available, and the world continues its steady march toward greater digital payment use. Virtual cards can improve accounts payable (AP) processes, benefiting both buyers and suppliers by streamlining day-to-day payments, and providing greater control over cash flows.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The process involves capturing a user’s live photo to compare alongside an official document, such as an Aadhaar card, which bears a unique, 12-digit ID number. India-based digital lender startup Capital Float witnessed a multitude of benefits from implementing video-based KYC to help onboard its small- to medium-sized business (SMB) clients.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

A high-powered slate of investors led by BlackRock is buying a stake in Trustly , the fast-growing Swedish FinTech, its new investment partners announced in a press release. Nordic Capital welcomes our new partners as co-investors and looks forward to continuing a successful journey with Trustly.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Despite its demonetization policy, a thriving eCommerce climate, and continued growth in electronic and mobile payments, card penetration remains especially low in India, hovering at about 2 percent to 3 percent. It’s an interesting phenomenon, especially considering the path to corporate card adoption elsewhere.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Capital One has reportedly inked a deal to acquire Paribus, a price tracking service, as the credit card company makes another acquisition in the FinTech space. While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, the report noted the acquisition includes bringing the team of Paribus and its technology under the Capital One umbrella.

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Accenture

AUGUST 20, 2019

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. For the third straight quarter, Chase, Capital One and Synchrony led all issuers in purchase volume growth (over 10 percent YoY).

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PYMNTS

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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