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. In addition to invoice finance, the company offers SMBs a range of other solutions, including order management and online payments tools. Apollo Agriculture.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A new report from Capital One examined this question, focusing on how technological disruption will affect its finances. Overall, Capital One found there has been no change since last year’s report in the portion of middle-market professionals preparing for disruption. Where does the middle market fit in this spectrum?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

The startup Flutterwave , which picked up $35 million last year in venture funding, has launched an online portal that will enable African businesses to set up online shops. The company said it would focus on making it easier for African businesses to make payments to other companies, both on the continent and elsewhere.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

million in venture capital. As reported by The Business Times , in Singapore, Tin Men Capital, a venture capital firm focused on B2B tech startups, led a $5 million Series A funding round to invest in RateIt. Other investors in the funding round included seed and pre-seed funds Incubate Fund, Better Capital and others.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

When eBay announced that it would be accepting Apple Pay , it wasn’t the only new development for the online marketplace. Bloomberg reported Tuesday (July 24) that eBay will begin offering merchants up to $100,000 in financing through Square Capital. Square Capital is likely to see a significant boost to its financing volumes.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Vilash Poovala , founder and CEO of FinTech Oyster , said online financial platforms, powered by open banking, can serve as alternatives for business banking in a country where business banking seems an afterthought. The world needs a FinTech operating system.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Although they are vastly different beasts, shifts in the consumer payments ecosystem have significantly impacted the flow of B2B payments. This is a great risk because if you don’t have the proper banking tools to get your funds to maintain your business operations, it can be very dangerous for business.”. Diversifying Risk.

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, digital Filipino payments platform PayMongo has come off a funding round with $12 million, while ALDI is taking another big step in the world of online shopping. s license to operate. Stripe Heads Up $12M Funding Round For Payments Processing Startup PayMongo.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

International software and payments technology firm Epos Now has rolled out a significant partnership with American eCommerce firm BigCommerce , according to an announcement. The tie-up connects one of the globe’s top online shopping platforms with one of the globe’s top cloud point-of-sale (POS) firms, according to the announcement.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

How do consumers really want to search online ? That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. The peg for the story is the fresh capital that DuckDuckGo has raised from a Canadian firm, funding that will go toward marketing and other activities. Further regulations are looming.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

With the holiday shopping season in full swing amid the global pandemic, online commerce is booming. Despite a surge in sales, small businesses selling online can struggle to manage working capital, particularly as many rely on third-party marketplaces like Amazon that don't facilitate instant access to revenues.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, IBM has bought Canada-based Expertus Technologies, while Gojek is rolling out its new GoBiz Plus point-of-sale (POS) offering. Gojek Debuts POS System for Indonesian Merchants That Accepts Cashless Payments. Plus, Bridgetown Holdings is reportedly thinking about a deal with Tokopedia.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Entrepreneurs today have more choices than ever before as to how and where they access financing, but in many ways, that journey to capital hasn’t gotten any easier. It’s amazing how much of the industry still operates with fax — it’s expensive, and it’s wasteful.”. An Ecosystem Approach.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

But for payments, the new year will dawn with a combination of disruption and innovation. But the pandemic has starkly illuminated the need for flexibility, especially in verticals where online spend has been strong and where commerce has shifted to online channels from brick-and-mortar foot traffic.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2019

million investment round led by Lead Edge Capital, with participation from Global Founders Capital and other investors. million, with investors also including Sugar Mountain Capital, Fire & Vine Hospitality and Canlis Restaurant. Barn2Door has revealed that it raised a $3.4

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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. Looking at Working Capital – and Security.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

IAC , the New York-based global media and internet giant, is betting that an investment of $1 billion in MGM Resorts International will pay off in online gambling, according to a press release. IAC has always been opportunistic with its capital, and if ever there was a time, this moment is unique,” they wrote. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Indonesian FinTech LinkAja closed a Series B funding round headed up by Grab, while Nigeria-based Kuda landed $10 million after a funding round. Plus, Canadian payment services company Interac is collaborating with Walmart Canada to expand debit card payment methods in store and online.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As real-time payments make their way to ubiquity in markets around the globe, more small- to medium-sized businesses ( SMBs ) are exploring how instant transactions may be able to add value to their own operations. API integrations can make it easier than ever for third-party FinTech solutions to enhance their own payment capabilities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Small businesses continue to flock to online platforms to find much-needed financing, with banks still failing to fill the demand for small to medium-sized business (SMB) loans despite economic growth in the U.S. But the majority of online SMB lenders do not disclose publicly their fees and interest rates, reports warned.

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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

APRIL 9, 2020

From coordinating a team of newly remote workers to assessing new business models, the coronavirus pandemic is drastically disrupting the way organizations run and it is forcing a complete rethink of almost every aspect of operations — payments included. While it’s still early days, Boost Payment Solutions Founder and CEO Dean M.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Managing inventory, B2B payments and a plethora of food and beverage vendors can be a headache for any kind of restaurant, bar or retailer. Despite a growing community of FinTech solutions geared toward the industry, managing invoices and B2B payments remains a challenge. Managing The Invoice.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Extended payment terms and late payments are a nasty problem in the B2B payments arena, particularly amid pandemic-fueled market volatility. According to Marc Porter , CEO of Porter Capital Corporation , this has indeed been a growing problem throughout supply chains. "We The Big-Box Struggle.

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The Paypers

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The UK-based cash and online payment operator PayPoint has announced it will sell its Romanian subsidiaries PayPoint Services and PayZone to the investment fund Innova Capital.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Virtual credit cards are one of the more flexible electronic payment methods available, and the world continues its steady march toward greater digital payment use. The following Deep Dive explores how virtual cards benefit B2B payments, especially among smaller firms, which have limited resources. PYMNTS reported that 46.4

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Now, the fast-growing operation is tapping into one of the growing trends in payments and commerce by offering online financing for its many partners. is a new program that has OYO partnering with Biz2Credit , a small business online lending platform. market share as this new decade looms. properties. Bigger Trends.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2017

Mercado Libre Inc, the Argentina online marketplace, is gearing up to offer working-capital loans to entrepreneurs in Brazil and Mexico during 2017, reported Reuters. He wouldn’t say how much interest the company would charge on the working-capital loans. . With the new feature, sellers that use Mercado Libre Inc.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether through the use of online marketplaces or proprietary supplier portals, B2B sellers embraced the opportunity to connect with business customers online, while buyers reciprocated by sourcing, procuring and paying for goods the way they do in their personal lives.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

The seeming incompatibility of paper and digital payments is somewhat of an illusion, however. In the inaugural Digitizing B2B Payments Tracker® , a PYMNTS and Deluxe collaboration, the balance between paper and pixels is explored, revealing some unique and surprising strengths of hybrid accounts receivable (AR) operations.

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PYMNTS

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. Investors at Ice Angles and AngelHQ provided new funding for the company.

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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

OCTOBER 22, 2020

I don’t think the second wave of EMV 3DS will be as bumpy, because it doesn’t require the significant investment and the capital required to change out all the equipment,” McCutcheon said. players will start readying their operations today for a switch in liability that’s almost certainly coming down the pike tomorrow. 3DS is software.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s top news, B2B cross-border payments network Thunes raised $60 million, and Klarna debuted a redesigned app for its U.K. B2B Cross-Border Payments Network Thunes Raises $60M. Thunes, the FinTech startup that operates a global cross-border payments network for emerging economies, announced on Tuesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

Alternative small business lending firm Capital Float appears to be deepening its footprint in the personal finance market through the acquisition of Walnut. At present, only about a quarter of Capital Float’s business stems from consumer finance, with the rest coming from small business lending operations.

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