PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. They influenced those choices by changing the consumer’s path to purchase and payment. The Invisible Innovators .

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Accenture

AUGUST 20, 2019

Guest bloggers Emily Boese and Rom Mascetti explore why ISVs have plenty to gain and little to lose by adding payment acceptance into their existing software and applications. Merchant acquirers and other payment service providers have long provided merchants the tools they need to process payments.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Investors backed a range of B2B FinTechs this week operating in areas including accounting, cross-border payments, virtual cards, expense management, cybersecurity and more. In total, more than $68 million in venture capital was announced — but that’s not counting the $130 million round for one U.K. Buckzy Payments.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital also participated, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The mergers and acquisitions, the deal-making, the funding and IPOs among payments players may be just getting started. Scan recent headlines and you’ll see that Equifax bought Ansonia Credit Data; Corsair Capital bought B2B payments solution provider MSTS, and OnDeck was bought out. to go public.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

There may be talk of a venture capital slowdown, but B2B FinTech saw a busy week, with more than $280 million raised. But the biggest round of the week went to a challenger bank, which also secured unicorn status with its latest funding. The company offers banks, businesses and consumers real-time payments capabilities via its API.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Innovation is expensive. And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Innovation is expensive. And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Commercial payments technology firm WEX landed a $400 million investment this week, but when it comes to venture capital, investors set their sights on B2B eCommerce, small business funding, payroll and more. PYMNTS breaks down the companies that did manage to secure funding, below. With a combined $43.3

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

With corporate card products offering an opportunity for businesses to manage their working capital, service providers have explored new opportunities to promote adoption of the payment tool. Some FinTechs are targeting small businesses directly with technology to ease card payment and acceptance capabilities.

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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. The valuation puts the accounts payable (AP) and mass payments company well into “unicorn” territory, meaning it is valued at over $1 billion.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Jody Perla, managing director at cross-border payments company Payoneer, told Bank Innovation this relatively new reality has led to increased customer and corporate expectations for seamless and transparent payments. For small business owners, freelancers, and gig economy workers, the minute you’re online — you’re global.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

-based corporate payments and treasury technology company AccessPay , reports in The Telegraph said on Sunday (Jan. Based in Manchester, AccessPay provides a digital platform for payments, cash management and treasury operations by integrating businesses’ back-end operations with their banks. and U.S., and U.S.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The B2B payments ecosystem experienced a sudden and dramatic acceleration of change upon the onset of the global pandemic, and its impacts reach far beyond the mere digitization of the B2B transaction. How that is achieved is a matter of innovation and experimentation. The Coexistence Of Rails.

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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. Increased security and controls were cited by 44 percent of professionals as a driver of implementation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

Open banking regulations across Europe kicked open the door for a wave of FinTech competition, with consumer-facing personal finance management (PFM) right in the crosshairs of innovators’ efforts. Connecting Accounting to Payments. But it’s not the only use-case for open banking. Optimizing Business Lending.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

When it comes to strengthening the B2B payment proposition, oftentimes, tackling friction for only one side of a transaction is no longer sufficient. As solution providers position innovative commercial payment solutions in the market, they're increasingly having to benefit both buyers and suppliers.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2017

Don’t miss your chance to secure your spot at Bank Innovation 2017 for the lowest available rate, and join attendees from companies already registered, such as: BBVA Braintree Capital One JPMorgan Chase Mastercard Rabobank Concentrix Silicon Valley Bank TD Bank U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The Central Bank of Iceland (CBI) is debuting a new instant pay platform with partnership with SIA , a European company specializing in high-tech payment services and infrastructures, according to a press release. In October, SIA was bought by Italian digital payment company Nexi for $5.4

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

based company whose artificial intelligence-powered software platform enables in-home network security for network operators, after a Series B funding round. International expansion is on tap for CUJO , a U.S.-based Each solution can be implemented as a white-label offering.”.

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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

OCTOBER 14, 2020

To that end, Ken Gavrity , head of enterprise payments at KeyBank , told Karen Webster that companies must re-examine the most basic operations in order to stay afloat and maybe even thrive – or face existential threats as they mull the great digital shift. Tech helps, of course, but innovation alone won’t solve corporates’ problems.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The value of the global cross-border payments market is expected to grow from $27 trillion in 2020 to $35 trillion by 2022. . Embracing cross-border digital payment innovations is critical to mitigating the excessive costs and frictions of relying on old-school cross-border payment rails.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Cloud services like AWS , Dropbox and Google Cloud store terabytes of users’ personal information and payment data, making them prime targets for fraudsters looking to wreak havoc. The cloud security space needs to completely rethink its options if such strong systems can still be breached.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. They saw a greenfield waiting to be planted.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

No one payment rail can solve every point of friction in B2B payments. This week’s look at payment rail innovation explores how corporates and FinTech providers embrace variety to ease friction in card acceptance, employee payroll and invoice payments. Mixing Payment Rails Drives SMB Revenue.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

What is the state of banking innovation today? Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

HSBC has launched its new HSBC Open Payments solution, which will enable companies to install alternatives to debit or credit for customers to pay for things, according to an emailed press release. The HSBC Open Payments application will let businesses connect their checkout pages with the customers' online apps or app-based mobile platform.

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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. However, in this week’s Commercial Card Innovation roundup, it wasn’t the point of friction that technology firms were addressing. Check out the latest in corporate card innovation below.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

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. Apica said it will use the funds to expand across the U.S. The company raised $2.5 SMB Lending.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Despite some drawbacks, legacy rails have mounds of potential to tackle a multitude of B2B payments friction points. For payments technology players, finding the opportunities to build upon existing infrastructure continues to open up new doors in B2B payments improvements. Mastercard Track Business Payment Services Launch.

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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

JANUARY 13, 2017

CSI Kick Start, a FinTech incubator operated by corporate payments company CSI globalVCard, said it has officially kicked off its second year of searching out B2B payments innovators. The firm also introduced new cross-border corporate payment solutions in 2016, with capabilities to transact in more than 140 currencies.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2019

Interested in joining us for Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 on March 11-12 at the Hyatt Olive 8, Seattle? Register here to secure the lowest possible rate! In Seattle, you’ll see four Ignite Ideas sessions from the following fintech innovators: Lisa Frazier, Head […]. You’d better hurry!

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

FinTechs are helping companies understand and optimize their total cost of payments acceptance through technology. Big online eCommerce, gig economy or other merchants “tend to have a lot of different payment services that they use,” he told PYMNTS in an interview.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

While 2020 has been a monumental year for B2B payments digitization and innovation, plenty of friction still exists in the way corporate buyers pay their suppliers. One of the most prominent culprits behind that friction is the intrinsic conflict that buyers and suppliers face in their payment flows. The Rise Of BNPL.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

When it comes to payment rails innovation, financial service providers can either improve upon existing infrastructure, or build entirely new rails altogether. This week's look at the latest innovation initiatives finds a big push for the latter. FIS, The Clearing House Link For Real-Time Payments.

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