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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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MARCH 8, 2019

Bank-FinTech collaborations have emerged as a viable, lucrative growth path for both sides of these partnerships. For traditional financial institutions (FIs), working with a would-be competitor means integrating technologies for customers without having to build solutions from scratch. 10x Future Technologies. Betterworks.

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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. 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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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Venture capital funding landed at supplier payment and compliance automation firms this week, among other B2B innovators that raised money. Durable Capital Partners led the funding round, while 01 Advisors and Greenoaks Capital participated. “We Zira Technologies , a workplace management technology platform, has notched $3.1

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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. ” 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.

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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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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Indeed, this week did see some cybersecurity funding action, with several big-name backers participating in the $85 million investment for Team8 , a venture studio that explores how corporate collaboration can develop better cybersecurity tools and businesses. Businesses across Asia, South Africa, the U.K. Nisa Finance.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

The global advance of open banking initiatives means many consumers’ online platforms are connected to challenger banks and FinTechs that lack the funds necessary to provide robust fraud protection measures. The Technology Gap That Fosters Fraudsters. FIs around the globe are also grappling with faster.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

It was a slow week for B2B FinTech venture capital investments, though the industry still managed to pull more than $46.8 EED Capital led the funding round, according to TechCrunch reports, while existing investors MI8 Limited and Pierre Lorinet also participated in the investment round. million in fresh funding. Credit Key.

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JULY 12, 2019

Though not the busiest week in B2B venture capital funding, investors presented a clear preference for corporate expense management and B2B eCommerce, with additional funding going toward logistics and small business banking firms for a total of $203.5 Targeting the freelancer and small business space, FinTech startup Sensibill announced $31.5

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The spectrum of corporate technological disruption is vast. Large, multinational organizations have the resources to embrace disruption and invest in the tools that will bring it, but often find themselves too large to change quickly. Where does the middle market fit in this spectrum? ” Surveying 300 U.S.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

With more than $200 million in venture capital funding landing with B2B FinTechs this week, investors had their eyes set on a variety of pain points in corporate finance. Small business finserv was a popular target this week, with startups securing funding for their SMB banking, lending and accounting tools. Lendingkart.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Here are all the top B2B FinTech deals from the week. This week Oxx, which tends to focus on B2B software startups, led the $12 million funding round for the company, which also saw participation from Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital, according to reports. Software-as-a-Service. The company raised $2.5

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Investments in the fintech sector jumped to $24 billion globally in the second quarter of 2021, compared to $22.89 billion during the previous quarter, ensuring a bright future for technology and innovation in the banking sector. The bulk of capital was invested in small and medium business tools at $3.98

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Financial technology company Sleek has reportedly netted $4 million in venture funding for its efforts to take on the traditional corporate services industry. SEEDS Capital , the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore , led the funding round, which also included MI8 Ltd., Singapore itself has a growing economy, with 1.4

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JUNE 15, 2020

Or people push back ideologically, believing that financial education is a political position meant to indoctrinate capitalism into the young. FinTech Is A Tool, Not A Replacement For Knowledge. But Lusardi said technology is an excellent supplemental tool to layer over financial education — not a replacement for it.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to traditional financial services. The investors followed a Series C investment round closed by Veritas earlier this year, which was led by CDC, Pai and Lok Capital.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

Capital One’s Treasury Management Group is already looking ahead to how corporate treasurers will face the most modern of challenges in 2017. A new survey from the group published earlier this month found that 83 percent of treasurers are gearing up to upgrade existing technologies, or implement entirely new ones, in the coming year.

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JUNE 30, 2017

MatrixCare, a technology provider with a targeted focus in the healthcare industry, is rolling out new data and analytics solutions for its clients. The technology uses Microsoft Azure and PowerBI technology to help companies within the LTPAC space manage data and access analysis via dashboards.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

It was a busy week for B2B venture capitalists who spread their wealth amongst a wide range of B2B FinTechs, with investments totaling more than $164 million. Core banking technology provider Modularbank , based in Estonia, has secured $4.85 Procurement Partners. the company said. Fairmarkit.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

And while the concept initially set its sights on elevating the consumer banking experience, the data integration drive continues to expand into new use cases, including business banking, that open up opportunity through bank-FinTech collaboration and data integration. Temenos Targets Banks With Digital Transformation Tools.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

The fintech revolution has been more successful at working with banks than at trying to replace them, points out Gene Ludwig, former Comptroller of the Currency, chair of the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity, and co-founder of Canapi Ventures.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Bookkeeping is at the core of many essential processes in the back office: tax filing, working capital management and access to financing, to name a few. In the case of accessing capital, the Federal Reserve ‘s latest analysis has suggested that small business demand for financing in the U.S. The firm secured $1.8

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MARCH 13, 2019

But mobile devices are an increasingly important part of a small business’ financial management strategy, adding another channel on which banks and FinTechs must innovate to disrupt and improve SMB finances. But outside of basic accounting, manual processes and paper still rule. Open Banking Opens Doors for Mobile.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

One of the biggest shifts in banking that FinTech newcomers ushered into the market is the demand among customers for advisory services. What some financial institutions have come to realize is that collaborating with FinTechs can enable them to offer cutting-edge solutions while reserving resources to invest in meeting those advisory needs.

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APRIL 7, 2017

Capital One released a new survey Thursday (April 6) to uncover why payment professionals who aware of the benefits of new technologies are holding themselves back from actually adopting those tools. Capital One and the NAPCP also found patterns based on the size of the company in which a payments professional works.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. Venture Capital Funding. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Cardlay, based in the U.K.,

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

trillion gap in global trade finance — continues to be used as a driver of FinTech innovation as technology startups look for ways to address friction in global trade financing. Standard Chartered is the latest bank to embrace FinTech collaboration to tackle the trade finance gap, having announced Tuesday (Sept.

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JUNE 23, 2017

More than $30 million in venture capital stuck around the U.K., We break down all the B2B FinTech funding rounds below. We break down all the B2B FinTech funding rounds below. EaseCentral’s new tools include an employee-facing mobile app, as well as an integration with ADP for streamlined payroll. EaseCentral.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend.

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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. PayRange Accelerates Vending Machine Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Next Insurance is aiming to raise new capital that would value the FinTech startup at $2.25 Digital small business insurance provider Next Insurance is negotiating an arrangement to bring in new capital that would reportedly value the FinTech upstart at $2.25

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JANUARY 17, 2018

While this industry is largely reliant on corporates’ adoption of innovative technology, it is also instrumental to getting issuing banks in on the movement. According to the executive, the key is to work “with banks, not against them” – a sentiment that has become a mantra for many in the FinTech market.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

The following Deep Dive explores how these issues are hindering SMB financing as well as how FinTechs are exploring technologies to overcome these issues and give SMBs the help they need to thrive while the world economy faces its biggest challenge in years. FinTechs that harness ML to process loan applications were approving 57.2

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It’s unclear how this focus on more mature tech startups will impact investment in the B2B FinTech market, but as the latest VC roundup below shows, late-stage funding does indeed seem to be a focal point, with Series C, D, and even H rounds. The startup said it will use the investment to fuel innovation in automation technologies.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Plaid Technologies, a startup that helps FinTechs like Venmo and Lending Club access their customers’ bank accounts, has raised $44 million in a Series B round of venture capital funding. According to a report , the venture units of Citi and Amex took part in the latest round of fundraising.

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