PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

This week’s B2B Fraud Tracker looks at the latest cases and allegations of fraud, which show rising sophistication in fraudsters’ tactics: internal bad actors are no longer acting alone, BEC scams are no longer reliant on chance and financial institutions face a growing trend in loan fraud. Smaller Lenders Fall Victim.

Fraud 157

Fraud Philadelphia Pennsylvania Lending 157

PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

Reports Wednesday (May 10) said Moneycorp has agreed to acquire Commonwealth FX, though the companies did not disclose the price tag of the deal, but did say that it would finance it by paying 20 percent using cash on hand. -based foreign exchange company Moneycorp is entering the U.S. million in value, according to reports.

United States 108

United States Operations Report Payments 108

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

That is the crux of the dilemma playing out on the new real-time payments rails arena as it relates to the B2B side of the payments ecosystem. Buyers in the B2B payments ecosystem have the gold and, therefore, can largely make the rules about when money flows out of their bank accounts and into the sellers’ accounts.

Payments 152

Payments Innovation Connecticut Policies 152

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Up to 5 percent of all cross-border B2B payments are subjected to additional inquires or investigations beyond basic levels of scrutiny, causing significant payment delays and carrying hefty price tags. Handling such investigations costs banks up to 35 times more than payment processing itself.

Technology 193

Technology Payments Security Survey 193

PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

But the price tag is rarely painless. In addition to promoting flexibility for shoppers, the technology can integrate directly into back-office platforms like their B2B eCommerce portals and other sales channels. Financing Modernization.

Capital 168

Capital Technology User Experience Strategy 168

William Mills

JULY 27, 2017

In fact, more than 90 percent of B2B buyers say they conduct some form of online research before purchasing a business product. This makes search engine optimization (SEO) even more important for B2B companies looking to attract new prospects and turn them into customers. Adding New Services/ Updates to Your Site.

Strategy 41

Strategy Fintech Marketing Examples 41

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In broad terms, audio signals make their way between merchant’s machines (such as a ToneTag “pod”) and the customer’s phone (possibly a feature phone), and a “tone tag” carries an encrypted code that is valid for a set length of time. ToneTag, being a B2B company, does not have direct interaction with [end] customers,” he said.

Payments 152

Payments Course Retail Mobile 152

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

The latest is global consulting firm McKinsey, whose new report has put a price tag on the potential of blockchain: $110 billion. Trade finance, for instance, could see up to $17 billion in new value by integrating blockchain, while cross-border B2B payments could see even more: up to an estimated $60 billion, the report found.

blockchain 100

blockchain Industry Tools Survey 100

PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2016

In its first year, Amazon’s B2B sales of office supplies and other products came in at $1 billion. But the hits may just keep on coming, especially if it turns out that physical retailers being tagged by Amazon don’t even have the power to tag team the problem to strike back.

Retail 100

Retail Marketing Regional Online 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

.; the price tag for buying its competitor was $36 million, the firms said. 68% of B2B buyers made their purchases online in 2014 , found Accenture Interactive in a newly released research report. That’s up from 57 percent in 2013. The analysis clears any doubt that procurement is going digital.

Survey 100

Survey Lending Analysis Management 100

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 1, 2016

Tags: Consumer, investing, real estate, wealth management. Latest round: Undisclosed Seed. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Bangalore, India. Source: Crunchbase. Blockchain-based rewards platform. Latest round: $1.5 million Seed. Total raised: $1.5 HQ: New York City. Latest round: Undisclosed Seed. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Bangalore, India.

New York City 12

New York City Company Fintech San Francisco 12

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Tags: Security, enterprise, FinDEVr 2015 alum. HQ: Shenzhen, China. Latest round: $223 million. Total raised: $303 million. Source: Crunchbase. ZestFinance. Consumer credit underwriting. HQ: Los Angeles, California. Latest round: $150 million Debt. Total raised: $262 million (including $150 million debt). HQ: Irving, Texas. InvestCloud.

New York City 12

New York City Company Fintech San Diego 12

CB Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Shoppers would use a mobile app to scan products themselves and pay, at which point anti-theft tags on the products would unlock automatically. RFID tags: RFID (radio frequency ID) tags can be attached to products to track them through the store. Key players to watch.

Retail 71

Retail Technology San Francisco Mobile 71

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Tags: Consumer, SMB, insurance. Latest round: $56 million. Total raised: $167 million. HQ: Franklin, Massachusetts. Source: Finovate. Finova Financial. Alt-title loans. Latest round: $52.5 million Private Equity. Total raised: $52.5 HQ: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Total raised: $60.9 HQ: Guangzhou, China. Source: Crunchbase. BPS Technology.

San Francisco 12

San Francisco New York City Fintech Company 12

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 10, 2015

This week, a wide variety of fintech companies raised money from blockchain security ( BitFury ) to B2B payments ( Karmic Labs ). B2B payments infrastructure. Tags: Payments, person-to-person, international remittances, fx. The biggest round of the week, was a partial Series C totaling $44 million to Finovate alum Kreditech.

San Francisco 12

San Francisco Company Fintech New York City 12

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 6, 2016

Tags: Enterprise, healthcare, payments, insurance. Total raised: $1.92 billion ($654 million Equity, $1.26 billion Debt). HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Source: Crunchbase. Bridge2Solutions. Incentive & rewards systems for financial institutions. Latest round: $35 million Series A. Total raised: $35 million. HQ: Daytona Beach, Florida.

Company 12

Company Fintech San Francisco New York City 12

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Tags: Enterprise, credit/debit cards, hardware, card manufacturing. Total raised: $300 million. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ. Fengjr.com (aka Phoenix Finance). Alt-lender to consumers. Latest round: $80 million. Total raised: $80 million. HQ: Beijing, China. Latest round: $77 million Series B. Total raised: $93 million.

Company 12

Company Fintech North Carolina California 12

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

We’ve been seeing this same bifurcation, but it stood on its head in the latest week, with B2B carrying the weight of the deal flow, and FinTech relatively lighter. billion price tag represents a hefty profit for Apax, which bought Epicor for $1 billion.
. Drilling down a bit, it’s easy to see what held sway.

Phoenix 100

Phoenix Innovation Google Software 100

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 20, 2015

B2B payments network. Risk metrics for B2B credit . Tags: Commercial lending, underwriting, SMB, credit report. Total raised: $1.75 billion (at least $400 million is debt). Source: Wall Street Journal. Alt-consumer lending. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Latest round: $339 million (Debt). Total raised: $1.43 billion ($1.1 LaunchPoint.

San Francisco 12

San Francisco Company Fintech California 12

William Mills

JANUARY 12, 2017

According to HubSpot , 59% of websites have heading tags and only 42% have properly configured meta descriptions. Heading tags help reinforce the keywords you chose for that page and guide prospects to find information. Search engines essentially look at meta data like a table of contents. This is very important for SEO purposes.

Video 40

Video Strategy Washington Mobile 40

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2015

TickerTags is a public taxonomy comprised of 250,000 keywords and phrases (Tags) that are associated to 8,000 public tickers. The TickerTag library is monitored by select crowd-sourced investors who leverage their knowledge to help refine, broaden, and update tags across sector and stocks. Product Launch: May 2015.

Trends 12

Trends Company Dallas Texas 12

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 22, 2016

Tags: Consumer, SMB, payments, P2p funds transfers, remittances, fx, currencies. Total raised: $170 million (includes $143 million debt). HQ: Dublin, Ireland. Source: Crunchbase. Wheels Financial (aka LoanMart ). Alt-lender focused on lending against existing automobile titles. Latest round: $100 million Debt. Total raised: Unknown.

Company 12

Company New York City Fintech Colorado 12

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 13, 2016

Data for B2B analytics & risk management. Tags: SMB, credit evaluation, risk, valuations, underwriting, analytics, Finovate alum. Latest round: $926 million Series B. Total raised: Unkown. Source: Crunchbase. Bright Health. Consumer health insurance plans. Latest round: $80 million Series A. Total raised: $80 million. Joyowo.com.

New York City 12

New York City Company Fintech Minnesota 12

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Tags: Enterprise, lending, insurance, risk management, underwriting. Latest round: $3.3 billion IPO. Total raised: Unknown (carved out of Royal Bank of Scotland in 2010). Source: NY Times , Finovate. First Data Corporation. Payment processing. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Latest round: $2.56 billion IPO. Total raised: Unknown. Source: TechCrunch.

New York City 12

New York City Company Fintech New York 12

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Tags: Advisors, investing, wealth management, Finovate Alum. Latest round: $37.6 million Series C. Total raised: $47.9 HQ: London, England, UK. Source: Crunchbase. Peer to peer insurance. Latest round: $13 million Seed. Total raised: $13 million. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. Clip (PayClip). Latest round: $8 million Series A.

San Francisco 12

San Francisco Company Fintech New York City 12

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 23, 2015

Tags: Real estate, investing, off-the-plan property, B2B, SMB, enterprise. Latest round: $50 million Series B. Total raised: $86.2 Source: Crunchbase. BIMA (Milvik). Mobile insurance provider in emerging markets. HQ: Stockholm, Sweden. Latest round: $38.4 million Series C. Total raised: $60.4 HQ: Mumbai, India. Total raised: Unknown.

Company 12

Company Connecticut Fintech Austin 12

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2017

This time around, the B2B sector led FinTech as the area where the most funds flowed, with about $456 million. Every time we run into a situation where the AI isn’t sufficiently confident, humans step in, and we tag that information in a way that allows us to make our system smarter.”.

Capital 100

Capital US Company System 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Numerous businesses — especially small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — still utilize paper checks for many of their B2B payments, and the method’s frictions have deepened in recent months. Checks are still the most popular B2B payment method despite these drawbacks, accounting for 42 percent of such transactions in 2019.

Payments 191

Payments Fraud System Study 191

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

According to Anneke Stender, executive vice president at accounting and software solutions provider TAG , this is a growing segment at a time when new, younger millionaires are continuing to emerge from places like Silicon Valley. “There is a specific need for these families,” she told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

Management 153

Management Fraud Security Examples 153

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

It was one of the biggest weeks for B2B FinTech investment in months. The firms kept the price tag of the funding private , but LendingFront said it will use the backing to strengthen its solution, which uses continuous integrated monitoring of business lifecycles to mitigate borrower risk. eProcurement. Tradeshift. BuyerQuest.

Fintech 100

Fintech Lending Capital Taxes 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Checks are cumbersome and costly for businesses and FIs, with a price tag of about $8 to $10 per processed check, and they can take up to 15 days to process,” the new Tracker states. Today it’s about cash flow , but not at any cost, and especially not the one thing money can’t buy: time.

Fintech 167

Fintech Resources Innovation Payments 167

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

According to Reddish, while FinTech can automate the integration of various payment rails, smaller players in the B2B financial services space can struggle to offer all of the touch points end-users need. Delivering a ubiquitous payments experience comes with a price tag that most businesses cannot quantify.

Innovation 141

Innovation Payments Fintech Management 141

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2016

Plus, research places a price tag on B2B sales efforts, the alternative lending industry and small business expense practices. 591 billion is wasted every year on B2B sales meetings that lead nowhere , found Altify in its latest Buyer/Seller Value Index. Expanded globally, the price tag of wasted money hits $1.4

Lending 100

Lending Survey Meeting Report 100

CB Insights

JULY 22, 2017

Warehouse RFID — These companies offer software, bar code readers, and RFID tags, focusing on improving the tracking of goods and equipment in warehouses. B2B-Center. Eigen Innovations , for example, integrates video and sensor data on factory floors to ensure process and quality control. AI, ML, Predictive Analytics. Arena Solutions.

Marketing 29

Marketing Resources Capital Analytics 29

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

B2B payments platform. Tags: Consumer, SMB, payments, merchants, funds transfer, FinDEVr alum. Here are the fintech deals by size from 13 Feb to 19 Feb 2016: StoneEagle Services (VPay). Latest round: $76 million Series. Total raised: $76 million. HQ: Richardson, Texas. Source: FT Partners. Aria Systems. Billing platform. million Seed.

Company 12

Company Fintech San Francisco Texas 12

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 21, 2016

B2B ecommerece credit management. Tags: Consumer, lending, underwriting, alt-lending, loans, secured lending, lead gen. Latest round: $60 million Series D. Total raised: $136 million. HQ: Dublin, Ireland. Source: Crunchbase. Account aggregation APIs. Latest round: $44 million Series B. Total raised: $59.3 Total raised: $52.7

New York City 12

New York City Fintech Company San Francisco 12

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2016

Tags: SMB, billing, invoicing, payments, accounts receivables, inventory management. Total raised: $33 million. HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase. Payroll, benefits & compliance platform for employers. Latest round: $33 million Series C. Total raised: $53 million. HQ: New York City. Total raised: $83 million. D3 Banking.

San Francisco 12

San Francisco New York City Fintech Company 12