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

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In a recent conversation with PYMNTS, Payference Founder and CEO Prashant Kumar said these conflicting B2B payment strategies aren't the only cash flow challenge finance leaders face today. The biggest barrier to cash flow management is putting together the data in a consumable way for executive teams," he said. Optimizing Payments.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 10, 2024

Banks often don’t know who their most profitable customers are, and if they do, they ignore the basics of targeting those customers and prospects with marketing, sales, and product management. For example, many banks don’t risk-adjust their loans using a risk-adjusted return on capital model such as Loan Command.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

When the pandemic hit, disruptive changes in the workforce meant chief financial officers needed new corporate payment solutions — and they needed them fast. Last month, Visa and Conferma Pay announced their strategic partnership and the launch of Visa Commercial Pay, a suite of B2B payment solutions. And finally, they need efficiency.

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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

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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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

JANUARY 12, 2021

Porter Capital , which works with accounts receivable (AR) financing and asset-based lending solutions, will provide more funding for businesses in need of extra money from their current Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds, according to a press release.

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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

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. These kinds of concerns could encourage shoppers to change up how they make payments.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2021

Welcome to the world of international trade finance and the business of smoothing over the 90-plus day payment lags and quality fears that trading partners often half a world apart must routinely contend with on a daily basis. said Pushkar Mukewar , co-founder and CEO of Drip Capital in a conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster.

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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. India-based Xtracap secured $1 million in angel funding, YourStory reported. There was a nearly 20 percent drop in the number of deals solidified in the quarter, too.

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Perficient

MARCH 30, 2023

The front office is screaming down to the Settlement Office, “Operations, we need more capital!” Any operations team that has dealt with a stock loan trading desk can contest the inherent friction between providing more available securities to the desk and reliance on settlement cycles and market constraints.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

Mumbai-based Tata Capital , a division of Tata Group, is rolling out a mobile app to make it easier for its business loan customers to manage their accounts. Tata Capital is deeply invested in providing easy access of credit to merchants and dealers through its Channel Finance and Term Loan products.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Silicon Valley checkout-free, autonomous retail startup AiFi has secured a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to $30 million, the company said in a press release on Monday (Oct. Faster and more streamlined payments could be the key to the future of shopping.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

TAB Bank is acquiring BAMFi’s BAM Capital Division in a $46 million deal, TAB announced on Tuesday (Nov. This is the digital bank’s fourth acquisition of a working capital loan portfolio. BAMFi , a software provider for the secured lending space, will still own its proprietary solution FactorCloud.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Although Finly did not disclose how much it raised, the company did note it plans to deploy the capital to focus on imbedding business intelligence within its suite of services, which includes B2B payments, eProcurement services and expense management capabilities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Canada’s largest private non-bank payment processor, filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Canada Tuesday (Sept. The Montreal-based payment technology company was valued at $2 billion at the close of 2019. If approved by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the country’s equivalent of the U.S. Nuvei Corp.

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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 Charter Communications led the latest CUJO funding round.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Reports in Blockchain News this week said Panxora has introduced a treasury management service to help the company and project founders who turn to ICOs to secure the capital they have raised, and mitigate the risk of cryptocurrency volatility. Overall, only 44 percent of ICOs live to see their fifth month.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

All those “smart” appliances, speakers, TVs, vehicles, thermostats and other devices connect to networks and infrastructure in certain ways, with that back-end work a relatively significant source of anxiety in the world of digital payments and commerce. IoT Security Concerns. IoT Payments Growth. Security Upgrades?

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

An India-based startup helping businesses better manage their suppliers has raised new funding from investors. Reports on Wednesday (July 13) revealed SirionLabs secured $12.25 “Traditional procurement technology doesn’t cut the ice; managing the vendor after signature is the order of the day.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Lightyear Capital , the New York-based private equity firm working in the fields of financial services, has established ProfitSolv to acquire integrated solutions for billing, payments and software services, a press release says. According to the press release, the addressable market for payments solutions is around $1.4

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The December CFO’s Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments examines why virtual cards' foothold in the B2B commerce space is growing and how straight-through processing tools can further remove frictions. Around The B2B Payments World. IBM Payments On The Future Of Virtual Cards. Check out the full story in the Guide.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

India-based SME lender Capital Float has added a bit of funding to its books thanks to a $2.3 According to Capital Float cofounder Sashank Rishyasringa, the deal brings the total raised for Capital Float in 2016–2017 to $9.2 The company has secured significant venture capital, too. million through this route.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

For B2B payments , the pandemic may be the final nail in the coffin of the paper check — and the plastic commercial card, too. Those pain points center around cash flow, manual processes (where employees match invoice and payment data), and the management of suppliers. Streamlining Payments For Buyers And Suppliers Too .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

India expense management company Happay secured more funding after its Series B round, according to an unnamed source cited by VCCircle on Friday (Feb. The move was in response to India’s sudden demonetization efforts that led to a surge in demand for card payment solutions among the nation’s small businesses.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Tanium, which provides organizations with an IT security platform, raised $200 million from Wellington Management, Baillie Gifford & Company and Adage Capital Management, pushing Tanium’s valuation up to $6.5 Typically, large companies operate security with two different focuses: compliance and breach protection.

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Perficient

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We are excited to announce our partnership with Kyriba and dedicated practice to provide our Oracle clients with a robust cloud-based treasury management solution. Payment fraud is now a high-priority concern. Bank connectivity is one of the most complicated aspects of an ERP project.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Australian supply chain-focused blockchain technology company Security Matters has filed a patent application in the U.S. towards the marking, tracking and managing of the supply chain of cannabis plants, cannabis products and products containing cannabis-based ingredients.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. Swedish Startup Lendify Closes $115M Funding Deal. Morgan Stanley and J.P.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Capital One has announced the launch of Business CreditWise , an online tool that enables U.S. Business CreditWise is available to any business in the United States — not just Capital One customers. businesses to check their credit profiles.

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BankBazaar

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The 10 commandments that can help you part troubled financial waters so you can walk confidently into the ‘promised land’ – a financially secure future! While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to building a financially secure future, there are certainly some best practices that can help. Thou shalt be financially literate.

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