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Bottomline Technologies Buys Software Provider Andrea
April 02, 2014

Bottomline Technologies has struck a $48 million dollar deal to purchase Andrea, whose software platform helps financial institutions leverage digital channels to acquire new customers. “Our strategy is to help financial institutions grow by acquiring and deepening customer relationships through digital channels. Andera’s innovative solutions...

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Handshake Raises $8M In Series A Funding
April 01, 2014

New York-based B2B mobile platform provider Handshake has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Emergence Capital Partners. Handshake’s goal is to become the Salesforce for wholesale buyers and sellers.  To date the company has processed more than $10 billion worth...

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WEX To Drive HealthCare Payments
April 01, 2014

What do medical bills have to do with fleet card provider WEX,  except that it would take a lot of trucks to transport them all? In fact, health care has similar “complexities and inefficiencies” to fleet management, the industry WEX helped pioneer more than 30...

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A New Player On The Crowdfunding Scene
March 28, 2014

After helping several start-ups find funding, CircleUp has brought in some dollars for itself in the form of $14 million in venture capital funding.  The round was led by first-time investor Canaan Partners, Google Ventures had previously invested in the company. CircleUp connects small consumer and...

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Business Travel Seen On Two-Year Rise: Survey
March 25, 2014

Travel and expense management software provider Certify says a majority of companies surveyed reported higher spending on travel last year than in 2012, and about half expect to spend more this year. Top management pain point? You guessed it: Employees failing to submit reports on...

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Oti Goes Fishing in NFC Waters
March 25, 2014

Oti is no startup when it comes to finding cashless payments solutions for the industries that need them, but is has been busy refocusing its energy, and NFC payments is one of the key driver’s behind its latest initiatives. Its efforts paid off last week...

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B2B Networks Get Collaborative: Report
March 25, 2014

Commerce networks used to be point-to-point. But cloud, social, mobile and big data technologies have made B2B interactions “many-to-many,” a report shows. Read More.

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MasterCard Sets Rules To Help Smaller Businesses
March 19, 2014

MasterCard said it was changing U.S. rules to provide greater transparency for smaller merchants.

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Tradeshift Catches the Wind in its Sails
March 18, 2014

Tradeshift, a platform connecting half a million buyers and suppliers globally, saw sales jump 400 percent last year, CEO and co-founder Christian Lanng said. It’s a figure that suggests the Dane was right when he thought that business as usual, especially in global trade, was...