B2B Payments Today: Earlytrade Eyes Supplier Financing’s Evolution; FreshBooks Reaches Unicorn Status

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Today in B2B payments, Earlytrade discusses supplier financing’s evolution, and FreshBooks reaches unicorn status. Plus, Knowde discusses B2B eCommerce in the chemicals industry, Kofax strikes an acquisition, and Airbase integrates with QuickBooks.

Supplier Financing Gets Specific To Promote Supply Chain Resiliency

What B2B Chemicals Trade Modernization Means For The Everyday Consumer

From shampoo to shoes, chemicals are often found at the core of everyday products. Optimizing B2B trade and payments of these ingredients can have widespread implications for the broader economy, according to Knowde’s Head of Finance and Business Operations Aleks Lyng.

FreshBooks Hits Unicorn Status Following $130M Funding Round

Kofax Acquires Print Management Software Provider Printix.net

Kofax, a supplier of intelligent automation software, is closing a deal to acquire Printix.net, a supplier of cloud-based print management systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a press release on Tuesday (Aug. 10) Kofax CEO Reynolds C. Bish said that the customers, partners and staff of Printix will fold into Kofax. Kofax will continue to invest in Printix and support marketing and development.

Airbase, QuickBooks Integrate To Streamline Accounting

Spend-management platform Airbase will be integrated with QuickBooks Desktop, a press release said Tuesday (Aug. 10), to help automate the company spend and the general ledger workflow. Through the integration, businesses will shorten their month-end close with automatic data syncing, produce reports using real-time data and possibly save time and minimize errors by reducing the amount of manual data entry needed.