AlphaSense has raised another $100 million for its market intelligence and B2B search platform. The latest fundraise joins the firm’s $225 million Series D financing round, brings its valuation to $1.8 billion and includes new investment by Alphabet’s independent growth fund, CapitalG, AlphaSense said in a Tuesday (April...
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions says it’s extending the reach of its point-of-sale (POS) network. The company on Tuesday (April 11) announced it is teaming with POS firm BlueStar to help make the expansion happen. “The strategic partnership with BlueStar provides unique benefits to both organizations,”...
Societe Generale has teamed with payments firm Lemonway to help European companies launch B2B marketplaces. “Large corporates are accelerating their digital transformation, which has become vital for their clients and ensuring B2B revenue growth,” the European banking giant said in a news release Tuesday (April 11). “In this context, launching...
It’s a new go-to-market landscape with a new set of rules for B2B players. Modern B2B marketplace platforms are helping reshape how organizations of all sizes operate and scale, while digital capabilities are rapidly transforming the ways in which buyers and sellers interact across every...
KeyBank has adopted solutions from Qolo to offer its business clients embedded banking solutions. With this deployment, KeyBank can enable its customers to instantly create virtual accounts and connect to underlying payment modalities like real-time payments (RTP), automated clearing house (ACH) and wire transfer, the companies said in...
Tracking items instead of people is gaining steam with some retailers, but the strategy may not work for most products. As reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) March 28, some clothing and accessories merchants are rethinking their in-store inventory systems. Navigating both security and...
Whether paying with a traditional credit card, stored payment credentials or cold hard cash, consumers love points and rewards. Points and rewards programs connected to payment options offered by banks and other financial institutions (FIs) seem to be offerings as old as the payment options...
If there’s anything the past few years have taught the retail industry, it’s that the ability to respond and pivot accordingly is king, all while staying true to your core customers and creating the best experience for them. It’s a daunting task that few retailers...
Sampler has acquired Abeo to expand into the global beauty industry. The acquisition adds Abeo’s beauty industry-focused digital sampling agency to Sampler’s omnichannel product sampling platform, the companies said in a Tuesday (April 11) press release. “The beauty industry was an early adopter of digital...
