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SMBs Find Revenue Stability In An Offline-To-Online Migration

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Flexibility will be essential to survival, and the pressure is on for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and financial service providers to migrate online as their customers continue social distancing. If there’s one thing for certain for small business today, it’s that nothing is certain. Pinpointing the Opportunity.

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Citcon: Payments Can Be The 'Digital Guide' For Retailers

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Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As Progressive retailers have paved the way for this with email collection at registers, enabling them to connect their customers’ behavior in-store with them online.

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Enterprise Security Returns To Top Of B2B Investment Mountain

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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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Widening Borrower Protection’s Scope To SMBs

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Borrower protection initiatives have taken aim at predatory lenders, both online and brick-and-mortar, with legislators at the state and federal levels addressing concerns that include a lack of transparency and sky-high fees and interest rates. small businesses had sought a loan online, compared to just 19 percent that did so in 2017.

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B2B Startups Welcome Another Unicorn With TripActions Funding

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With artificial intelligence (AI), Fraugster has developed a software solution that prevents fraud for online retailers, analyzing data from multiple sources and cross-checking information to determine whether a transaction is fraudulent or not. SESAMi/Capital Match. Based in Germany, Fraugster raised more than $13.9

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Billtrust’s First Institutional Investor Sells Stake

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A press release issued Monday (May 14) said Edison sold its stake in Billtrust to private equity firm W Capital Partners. That takeover sees Billtrust expanding its Quantum offering to integrate business credit reports, online credit applications, machine learning-powered credit scoring and credit analytics. ”

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VCs Back Autobooks For SMB Banking

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The company provides online banking platforms with small business solutions to help FIs better service their SMB clients. The new funding also saw participation from CU Solutions Group, Baird Capital, Detroit Venture Partners and Invest Michigan, the company said, adding that the round follows its self-funded $2 million in seed financing. “We

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