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JANUARY 24, 2020

FinTech payments firm WEX is closing a deal to acquire business-to-business (B2B) travel payments startup eNett and B2B optimization company Optal , WEX announced on Friday (Jan. The move positions WEX to establish a leadership position in the growing global travel market. Both startups will be fully combined under WEX.

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MAY 27, 2020

Chris will be a great addition to the executive team, not only because of the deep payments expertise he brings, but also for his passion for people and excellent leadership,” Kelly said in the announcement. “I I look forward to welcoming Chris into our Visa family. and New York.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Indian digital payments platform Cashfree has just landed tens of millions in new capital to help fuel its expansion, the Bengaluru-based company announced on Tuesday (Nov. Cashfree has maintained a leadership position in this space and is now going through a period of rapid growth.”.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

The issues, sources said at the time, could be attributed to problems in how CAN Capital reported delinquencies among its SME borrowers, leading the platform to breach agreements with major lenders, like Wells Fargo. It all stems back to 2010 or so, when CAN Capital launched ambitious growth plans to enter into new markets.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Sezzle , the installments payments platform, will be working on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services with Target , a press release says, which will test how the popular payment trend works with the retail giant's operations. After a recent $55 million capital raise , Sezzle plans to focus more on that area of business.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

B2B startups saw a little bit of everything this week when it came to venture capital. million funding round over the weekend, with the corporate expense management company seeing funding from Sabadell Venture Capital, Venturecap, Bankinter, Telegraph Hill Capital and Kibo Ventures. Spain-based Captio revealed a $1.1

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A summer lull in B2B venture capital appears to have given way to an impressive start to the fall season. This week, two massive deals landed with B2B payments innovators at Fundbox and Tipalti, but they were far from the only players to have secured new funding. said this week. ZenBusiness. Everledger.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Business management cloud solutions simPRO announced that it is partnering with Square to provide payment processing options to field service professionals, according to a press release. By partnering with Square’s trusted payment platform, we are simplifying the billing and invoicing process for our customers.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

South Korean company Viva Republica, which is behind the payment app Toss, has become the country’s fourth unicorn startup after raising an $80 million funding round at a valuation of $1.2 In the meantime, Lee told TechCrunch that there are plans to do an IPO “at some point,” but the more immediate goal is to expand overseas.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

In a move that enhances its global technology position serving merchants, banks and capital markets, FIS closed its acquisition of global payments firm Worldpay, Inc. Several former Worldpay executives will take on key leadership roles at FIS.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Sezzle , the Minneapolis-based installment-based payments platform, has announced the appointment of Reid Bork to its leadership team. Bork will spearhead Sezzle’s enterprise business development efforts, as the company focuses on client acquisition following its recent capital raise. The company offers U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

International and multicurrency payment processing firm Planet Payment was up approximately 2 percent, a continued upswing resulting from news earlier in the month that the company has been exploring strategic options. Capital One Financial shares were down 2.7 Hogan, chairman and chief executive officer, Kony, Inc.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2016

The latest findings from Capital One’s Spark Business Barometer found a significant decline in small business optimism this year compared to their sentiments this time last year, reports said on Monday (May 2). Capital One did uncover good news, however. The economy may be in recovery, but small businesses in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

banking-as-a-service (BaaS) Startup Railsbank closed a $37 million funding deal co-led by MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital. Also participating in the round were Anthos Capital, Global Brain, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Moneta VC, Mitsui Fudosan and Firestartr. “We

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

Six-year-old digital payments startup SumUp has managed to secure a 330 million-euro ($371 million) loan, backed by Bain Capital Credit and Goldman Sachs Private Capital. As of today, SumUp makes credit card readers to help businesses of all sizes receive payments faster, both in-store and online.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

Grab , the Southeast Asia ridesharing company, has inked a deal to acquire iKaaz , the mobile payment startup hailing from India. The FinTech startup iKaaz, which was founded in 2012, has a cloud-based platform for online merchants, point-of-sale hardware for retailers and a mobile wallet for customers who want to make digital payments.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

African FinTech payment startup Chipper Cash has attracted some high-profile investors and raised $2.4 The funding round was led by Deciens Capital and joined by 500 Startups and Liquid 2 Ventures, which was co-founded by legendary former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana. million in a funding round, according to a report in TechCrunch.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, Mastercard is modernizing its business-to-business (B2B) payment ecosystem. Mastercard Track Expands Focus To Faster B2B Payments, Data Collection. Mastercard Track Expands Focus To Faster B2B Payments, Data Collection. Also, Affirm is reportedly seeking to raise around $1.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

It hasn’t exactly been the best of times lately for FreightRover , at least not when it comes to legal drama and company leadership. PYMNTS readers might recall that late last year, FreightRover secured $500 million in financing to fuel its factoring operations, with the capital coming from Crayhill Capital Management.

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APRIL 16, 2019

to help build a new, free and public library in the capital of the Midwest – a gesture that can still make the city’s locals smile with awe and gratitude. As well, links are emerging between digital payments and more charitable giving. One famous effort took the form of donated books sent from common people (and royalty) in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The supplier payment solution by FinTech firm Tipalti has attracted venture capitalists. “We are truly ecstatic to invest in Tipalti and add them to our growing portfolio of marquee FinTech companies who are changing the B2B payments and business finance landscape,” said Frances in a separate statement.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

On the face of it, the lure of real-time payments might seem like an inevitability. a number of leading tech companies have become vocal in their support of a real-time payments (RTP) network, to be created under the leadership of the Federal Reserve and different from what has been previously proposed by the big banks.

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APRIL 21, 2022

Company welcomes Isabel to the Finastra leadership team, as EVP, Lending Business Unit. Isabel will be part of Finastra’s recently expanded leadership team as the company pivots to a ‘Business Unit’ led model. Other roles include President & CEO Global Bank Loans at GE Capital Americas and Head of Enterprise Clients.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

In total, more than $107 million was raised, with investors targeting the small business (SMB) back office, lending and B2B payments. India’s FinTech boom hasn’t ignored the B2B payments realm, and industry player EnKash recently secured new funding to prove it. Interestingly, U.S. The company raised $6.7

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Brazilian digital bank Neon is gearing up for another big wave of expansion after landing hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital funding. The MEI Fácil platform provides tax and payments products. Founded in 2016, Neon Pagamentos on Wednesday (Sept. Neon says its user base now tops 9.4

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MARCH 1, 2019

Finland-based eInvoicing and B2B payments firm Basware has announced to shareholders that discussions about a possible acquisition by supply chain payments firm Tradeshift have ended. News of the decision came on the same day that Tradeshift announced a partnership with TransferMate to enhance cross-border payment capabilities.

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JULY 27, 2020

Payment systems provider REPAY Holdings Corp. Atlanta-based REPAY said terms included $8 million in cash and $8 million in further payments that will be triggered if cPayPlus meets performance milestones. billion in card payments for the quarter that ended May 31 and generated gross profit of $28.7 REPAY says it handled $3.8

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APRIL 11, 2017

Data released by the corporate accounting and payments company this month found that nearly a third of small businesses that took the leap to adopt new technology improved their growth compared to businesses that didn’t. Adoption rates, the NAPCP and Capital One found, correlate with how well-versed a company is with a new technology.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

But the world is full of unexpected costs — just ask the team at CAN Capital. CAN Capital, the small business online lender, has announced that its CEO is on a leave of absence. Starting in 2010, CAN Capital began offering term loans that required borrowers to make payments daily, irrespective of whether they made sales that day.

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JULY 10, 2019

Does digital leadership and the ability to radically transform a traditional bank into a digital-first institution consistently create superior economic performance? Does digital leadership and the ability to radically transform a traditional bank into a digital-first institution consistently create superior economic performance?

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Based at Finastra’s HQ in Paddington, Helen is a key member of the Finastra Executive Leadership Team, reporting to CEO, Simon Paris. Read more about the full Finastra Leadership Team here: Meet our Executive Team. Her career spans more than 25 years in financial services, including experience at Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

Corporate payments firm WEX is teaming up with Crawler2api to facilitate transactions within Crawler2api’s real-time API services. Their collaboration , announced Tuesday (May 30), will see Crawler2api integrating WEX’s payment solutions; Crawler2api already facilitates transactions that work with the custom APIs it builds.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

. “Allison is a highly experienced, much-admired marketing leader with a proven track record of building global brands, making her a natural addition to our leadership team,” Schulman said. I was an early convert to PayPal’s vision of fast, secure online payments. Johnson brings a vast knowledge of marketing to her position.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Lightspeed bought Upserve for $430 million , consisting of approximately $123 million in net cash and up to 5,895,365 subordinate voting shares in the capital of Lightspeed, which is subject to post-closing adjustments, the release stated.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

The venture capital arm of Mitsubishi has provided new funding for treasury management firm Kyriba, reports said Monday (Dec. Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, based in Tokyo, led Kyriba’s Series D funding round , though investors did not reveal how much the company raised. “We

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

Venture capital (VC) is far from the only funding source for B2B FinTechs. Despite a growing array of options, venture capital remains a solid funding source for B2B FinTechs, with this week’s roundup accumulating $104.4 The solution provides a short-term working capital solution by financing unpaid invoices at a discount.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Human resources (HR) and benefits software platform Namely has found a new CEO — and $60 million in venture capital (VC). GGV Capital , a Menlo Park, California-based firm, led the round alongside Tenaya Capital. In addition, the company recently raised a $60 million investment, which will be used to expand its reach.

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