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B2B Payments
What SaaS’s Business Model Evolution Means For B2B Payments
November 24, 2020

The B2B Software-as-a-Service market has followed a fairy unique evolutionary path over the last few decades. Built with its foundations largely in the enterprise world, software first began being sold to organizations as more of a product, licensed one time to be used on-premise. Get...

Merchant Innovation
Merchants Break Out Omnichannel Innovations To Maintain Sales Through 2021
November 24, 2020

SMBs that have survived the impacts of the pandemic are now confronting new hurdles: winter and a potential second COVID-19 wave. In the 2021 New Merchant Business Models Playbook, Katie Swett Miller, eCommerce product lead at Square, runs down which payments and tech innovations restaurants...

Investments
Digital Bank HMBradley Raises $18.25M To Accelerate Credit Program
November 24, 2020

Digital banking platform HMBradley announced on Tuesday (Nov. 24) that it has raised $18.25 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate its credit program. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Retail
On The Agenda: Five Things Retailers Can Do To Drive Conversions This Holiday Season
November 24, 2020

The holiday shopping season isn’t just going to be very different than any that have come before it. In some ways, it already is. For many consumers, the holiday-shopping rush kicked off in October with Amazon Prime Day and has continued as “Black Friday” sales...

Payment Methods
i2c: Mobile Banking, Credit Drive FinTech Opportunities Beyond The ‘Simple’ DDA
November 24, 2020

At a time when the global pandemic and ensuing economic upheaval have blurred the boundaries between traditional means of payment, the CEO of global payment- and banking-solution provider i2c says the biggest business opportunity ahead will be in credit, with mobile becoming the biggest game-changer....

Payment Methods
Being Accountable: Virtual Cards Encourage Spend, Eliminate Hidden AP Costs
November 24, 2020

There are hidden costs in accounts payable processes undertaken through traditional means – and some of those costs are not necessarily transparent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

B2B Payments
JAGGAER Release Upgrades AI Capabilities For Suppliers, Risk Analysis
November 23, 2020

The latest JAGGAER software release offers new artificial intelligence (AI)-based ways of measuring risk and optimizing the purchasing process, a press release says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

B2B Payments
BBVA Streamlines Expense Management For Card Purchases
November 23, 2020

Spanish financial firm BBVA has created a Global Commercial Cards product that lets firms have more control over the utilization of business cards by staffers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
HelloFresh To Spend Up To $277M For Meal Company Factor75
November 23, 2020

Meal kit provider HelloFresh has acquired Factor75, a fellow company also providing meal kits, for as much as $277 million, a press release says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...