PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Capital One Financial Corporation announced Friday (June 21) that it has reached an agreement to acquire purchase-to-payment and credit management company BlueTarp. In a press release , Capital One pointed to augmented B2B finance capabilities as a result of the takeover, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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PYMNTS

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. For Capital One, approaching the future of treasury management means collaboration. “We’re

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The method will grow tenfold in the next five years, the release stated, citing a Lightyear Capital analysis, as businesses look for ways to access simple, transparent business solutions. It will also offer a full-service funding manager team so enterprise partners can offer users expertise.

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PYMNTS

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 startup that offers corporate spend management solutions in the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

With corporate travel still on pause, commercial card innovation has taken a different direction. In a recent announcement , the Singapore company revealed its BizPay solution, an online platform enabling businesses to use their existing commercial cards and converting their credit limit into working capital to pay suppliers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The companies range from product life cycle management solutions to those that help other SaaS firms retain clients. million , news reports this week said, from Grotech Ventures, Middleland Capital, the Center for Innovative Technology and Charlottesville Angel Network. Here are all the top B2B FinTech deals from the week.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

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. Small businesses, while they may struggle to have the resources to invest in the tools they want, can be more agile and flexible to handle changing markets.

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BankBazaar

JULY 31, 2023

Leading the charge was none other than the tech giant Amazon, along with support from Fidelity Growth Partners, Sequoia Capital, Walden International, and Mousse Partners. With this innovation, customers could complete the Know Your Customer (KYC) process online, swiftly and effortlessly. First of all, so many options to choose from!

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Though having a choice in financing products is vital for small and medium-sized businesses to manage their cash flow, not all tools are the right fit for every business. Some of the old rules still apply, but there are new tools to help us seize the opportunity.” A Digitization Push.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR) and other capital management workflows are also not immune to pandemic-related struggles. That's a shift that’s here to stay, where cash and cash management in the business becomes a core part of every decision we make, whereas before that was sort of relegated to finance.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

The bank is integrating Identitii tokenization technology to launch HSBC DART, a secure digital information exchange offered under its Global Liquidity and Cash Management (GLCM) business. “HSBC’s DART is an industry first,” said Identitii CEO Nick Armstrong in a statement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

South Korean asset management firm Hanwha Asset Management headed up the round. Flourish Ventures, Arbor Ventures, GGV Capital and K3 Ventures were some other investors in the round. Saudi Arabia’s Open Banking Plan Aims To Advance Digital Innovation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

Small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending company Breakout Capital is expanding its product line, according to company reports on Friday (Jan. Breakout Capital explained that the tool allows factoring firms to use its platform to reach borrowers.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Koho, a Toronto-based digital banking startup, is on track to expand its product suite to include credit and savings products in 2020, CEO Daniel Eberhard told Bank Innovation on Wednesday. In late November, the […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Individual consumers are certainly driving many of those changes, but so are businesses that are eager to use the same cutting-edge corporate tools for travel that they use for other forms of B2B transactions. Innovation Challenges. Innovation Willingness. Where is that spark for innovation coming from? Corporate Push.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Innovation in the accounts payable (AP) space continues to expand, with FinTechs looking to capture their piece of a growing market driven by businesses’ desire to digitize their operations. Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest examples of how AP innovators pull suppliers’ accounts receivable processes into the fold. billion valuation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

million in fresh funding, capital that will go toward “a B2B offering (that allows) individual travel agents at large online travel management companies and tour operators to offer a ‘seamless travel experience’ to their end customers, making the booking experience simpler, faster and cheaper.”. based startup called Duffel.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Indeed, the late payments epidemic is heightening awareness of the importance of cash flow management – but, according to Toni Dare, MD of Pulse Cashflow Finance , full understanding continues to lag, particularly among young businesses. However, many businesses fail because of poor cash flow management.” In the U.K., ”

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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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South State Correspondent

APRIL 4, 2024

Secular changes occur over many business cycles, tend to be slow-moving, and are more difficult to manage with business strategy. However, because bank capital has an average expected life of 15 to 20 years, bank managers must gauge and react to secular changes that will impact their business model.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2021

The new funding, according to the announcement, comes from two existing investors: Durable Capital Partners and Fidelity Management & Research. Durable Capital Partners is based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Fidelity Management & Research is based in Boston. British delivery power-house Deliveroo said Sunday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

One of the key reasons for the complicated relationship – the term “frenemies” comes to mind – is that FinTech newcomers are demonstrating innovative approaches to traditional banking practices, including financial management services and money transfers, while older banks tend to be wedded to older systems. New tools for new FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2017

unit is offering an update on the progress made by PayPal Working Capital. The company revealed Monday (June 19) that it has facilitated more than $500 million (£400 million) in working capital to U.K. Managing Director Mark Brant in a statement. “In In releasing the latest statistics for PayPal Working Capital in the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Among PingPong’s sellers, the fact that the outbreak was caught between the Chinese New Year and spring festival celebrations meant there were already significant inventory build-ups going into the season, which managed to absorb many of the supply chain and production issues. An Opportunity for Innovation .

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Operational Efficiency: Digitization and Automation Operational efficiency remains a key focus area for insurers, with digitization and automation driving fundamental changes in how insurance processes are managed. Utilizing digital tools to break down operational silos and facilitate data flow.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The company announced in February that it would acquire the expense management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm that already underpins Visa’s IntelliLink Spend Management platform, designed for commercial and small business (SMB) customers. Microsoft, KPMG Enter SMB Management. Square Links Up With Handshake.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Expense management technology is now a saturated market, particularly for the small business space – which is notoriously difficult to serve, because they are too small for large, enterprise-grade solutions, but too large for consumer-specialized tools. “We are more than welcoming them.”

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Perficient

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Throughout 2020, the cloud has also proven critical for enabling remote workers access to necessary services, tools, and applications. If your organization is looking to capitalize on cloud technology in 2021, here are a few trends to keep in mind. The Public Cloud Market Will Surge.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 30, 2023

There are various models investors may use to assess return and risk, but the most widely used is a risk premium model called CAPM (capital asset pricing model). The relationship between actual returns and cost of capital for banks is shown in the graph below. These intangible factors can also lower the bank’s cost of capital.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As payments giants like Visa and Mastercard shift the innovation spotlight onto B2B transactions, developers of new accounts payable solutions are ushering in a growing trend: designing payment tools not just for the payer, but for the B2B supplier as well. Below, PYMNTS looks at the latest in AP that does exactly that.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Our new financing will allow us to further distinguish our offerings and customer experience as an industry innovator," said Modal CEO and Founder Aaron Krane. American Honda has worked with Modal, formerly Drive Motors, since late 2018 to create branded online buying tools for Honda and Acura.

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PYMNTS

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 PYMNTS rounds up the latest funding rounds below. Firms in the U.S.,

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Notable Tactical Differences in Lending Competition Many of the largest banks in the country consider themselves technology companies that manage and measure profitability and maintain relationships. Scale, security, and innovation are all linked to better information technology design and implementation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2017

and will provide cash management services for such corporate customers. The portal provides access to various desktop tools and offers a 24/7 communication channel with the bank. The financial institution (FI) announced Tuesday (Dec. 12) that its Treasury Link solution is now live in the U.S.

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