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163B2B PaymentsHow Accountants-Turned-Advisors Can Manage The FinTech Deluge
Technology may be enabling automation in small business (SMB) accounting and financial management, but rather than cutting out the need for human...
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6.8KB2B PaymentsCorporations Stuck In The Planning Phase Of Supply Chain Digitization
The enterprise may understand the importance and value of digitizing their supply chains, but understanding it and executing it are two very...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsCorcentric Lands Financing For M&A Expansion
Procurement and financial process automation firm Corcentric announced a new credit facility that it secured as it prepares to invest in expansion....
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3.9KB2B PaymentsCFOs Held Back From Driving Digital Transformation
Like many positions in corporate finance, the role of chief financial officer (CFO) is facing new pressures in a climate of innovation...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsInsurTech Oyster Launches Workers’ Comp Service In California
A new insurance technology (InsurTech) company is rolling out its workers’ compensation solution in California. Insurance Journal reported late last week that...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsIn Expense Management, Data Emerges As The Currency Of Control
Amid the digital transformation of the enterprise, data is now considered the most valuable currency for corporates looking to transform via technology....
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2.4KInnovationWeBank Banking On AI To Improve Customer Service
Tencent’s WeBank, China’s first internet-only bank, is banking on artificial intelligence to improve customer service, reported CNBC. According to the report, citing...
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3.5KB2B PaymentsFinTech Firms Show Banks The ‘Art Of The Possible’ In SMB Lending
The metaphor has been repeated countless times: Small businesses (SMBs) are the backbone of the economy. So, access to capital isn’t just...
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4.0KB2B PaymentsRobotics Process Automation Rakes In The VC Cash
In a week of multiple nine-figure venture capital funding rounds, B2B FinTech has proved it plans to end the year on a...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsComdata Powers Virtual Card Payments For Construction Sector
Financial solutions provider Comdata is teaming up with Computer Guidance Corporation to integrate virtual card payment functionality for the construction industry. Computer...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsMastercard Enables Vendor Payments Within MYOB Platform
Mastercard and Australia-based small business accounting platform MYOB are collaborating to streamline vendor payments and payroll. In a press release on Thursday...
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3.4KArtificial IntelligenceHow Robots Are Shaking Up The Grocery Industry
It’s a combination of the latest technology and prehistoric human need: the increasing trend of using robots in the grocery industry. It...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsKodak, CoreIntegrator Roll Out Accounts Payable Automation Platform
Kodak Services for Business is introducing a new accounts payable solution, the result of a collaboration with business process automation software firm...
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1.5KRetailAhold Launches Automated Supermarkets
Grocery group Ahold Delhaize is set to launch automated warehouses to speed up completion of orders and slash delivery times. Reuters reported...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsRecent Bout Of SMB Cyberattacks Only The Beginning, Warns Zeguro
Recent years have forced many business owners to wake up to not only the threat of cyberattacks, but the massive repercussions if...
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4.3KArtificial IntelligenceNEW REPORT: Buzz Vs Reality — Measuring The AI Gap In Payments And Banking
Let’s play buzzword bingo: “AI” is so abuzz right now, it’s positively ablaze. However, does its usage live up to the label...
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2.7KInvestmentsJD.com’s Q2 Tech Investments Jump 70 Percent Year Over Year
China’s JD.com’s quest to expand into technologies such as artificial intelligence and automation is causing its expenses to soar, with the company...
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3.5KB2B PaymentsHarvard And Capital One Survey Mid-Market B2B ePayments Adoption
When it comes to B2B payments digitization, not every company will experience the same journey. That’s especially true for firms of varying...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsBloomberg, Shell Design Treasury Tool To Centralize FX Management
Technology developed by Bloomberg is now being used by Shell‘s Foreign Exchange Central Treasury unit to interconnect the fuel conglomerate’s operating units...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsSantander Launches Enterprise Payment Link
Santander Bank is rolling out a new corporate payments solution aimed at supporting visibility into business transactions via wire, ACH and check....
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7.5KB2B PaymentsADP Enhances QuickBooks Payroll Integration
Payroll technology firm ADP is strengthening its integration into Intuit‘s QuickBooks platform, the company said Thursday (Nov. 1). An expansion of its...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsYooz Taps SnapCheck To Digitize Checks In Accounts Payable
Invoicing and payments Software-as-a-Service company Yooz has struck a strategic partnership with SnapCheck to address the friction of companies paying suppliers by check....
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3.3KB2B PaymentsMastercard Weighs In On B2B Payments’ Tipping Point
In B2B payments, the tipping point looms — away from checks and toward payments done electronically. At least, if the tipping point is...
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2.9KBlockchainHSBC, StanChart Launch Blockchain Trade Finance Platform
HSBC, Standard Chartered and 10 other banks launched a new blockchain-based trade finance program in Hong Kong on Wednesday (Oct. 31) aimed...
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2.9KRetailAEVI Software Launch Targets SMB Checkout Improvements
It’s never easy being a mom-and-pop merchant, or a similarly small retailer, given the resources of the bigger rivals out there, along...
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6.0KRegulationAuto-Tracking Road Warrior Employees As The Wheels Go ‘Round
A handful of states — most recently Illinois — have changed labor laws and business mileage reimbursement practices. Tracking gas costs, and paying...
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6.4KIntelligence of ThingsCan Brick-and-Mortar IoT Capture eCommerce-Level Customer Data?
Using overhead cameras, scanners and weight sensors to track customers in-store may be the future of physical retail, but what starts as...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsBank Of America Automates FX Conversion For Smaller FIs
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) is introducing a new solution for other financial institutions (FIs) in the interbank payment system to...
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2.1KUnattended RetailUnattended Battery Rentals Keep Mobile Phones Mobile
Cashier-free stores are expanding, offering app-based checkouts and mobile order-ahead fulfilled by robots. However, for all the convenience, the stores can’t deliver...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsMicrosoft Debuts Expense Management App
Microsoft is rolling out a new corporate expense management solution designed for iOS devices, the company announced on Thursday (Oct. 18). Reports...
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11.3KUnattended RetailTRENDING: The Redbox-Inspired Approach To Keeping Cashierless Shopping Juiced
The self-service market is projected to be worth $13 billion by 2023, and food merchants are angling to secure a bigger foothold...
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4.6KB2B PaymentsXerox Explores The ‘Hybrid’ Approach To Digitizing Corporate Finance
Paper is now a notorious taboo in the corporate finance department. Yet, physical documents remain an inevitable, and sticky, part of financial...
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3.6KFaster PaymentsFlywire Streamlines Tuition Payments For Indian Students
Most people know that China is the world-leading supplier of students studying abroad. As of 2017, a little more than 600,000 Chinese students left...
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4.7KB2B PaymentsTipalti On Automating The Yin And Yang Of B2B Payments
In B2B payments, buyers want to hold onto cash. Suppliers want to get paid ASAP. The appetite for eliminating friction in that push and...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsSoftware Procurement Plays Favorites With B2B Investors
Cybersecurity is likely to remain a favorite among B2B investors into the foreseeable future, so it’s no surprise that the industry landed...
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5.1KSecurity & FraudBrighterion CEO: Why It’s Time To Break The AML Fraud Prevention Tech Rules
Sure, the continuing-to-unfold scandal at Danske Bank has been shocking. However, as Akli Adjaoute, founder and CEO of Brighterion, tells Karen Webster,...
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3.1KGoogleGoogle Buys Customer Service Automation Startup
Google has acquired customer service automation startup Onward for an undisclosed sum. According to reports, Onward Co-founders Rémi Cossart and Pramod Thammaiah,...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsGetting Out Of The B2B Payments Slog
The last mile. The concept has a finality to it, a sense of completion. But in business, as in any endeavor...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsLooking Beyond ePayments In Accounts Payable
For years, B2B FinTech players have pressed businesses to adopt electronic payments. With adoption rates now rising, accounts payable (AP) departments have...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsCiti Virtualizes Accounts For Corporate Treasurers
The latest corporate banking offering by Citi aims to virtualize treasurer accounts for more personalized, streamlined services. The bank said in an...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsWhat Newton’s First Law Has To Do With B2B Payments
Maybe Isaac Newton — the hopelessly hopeful alchemist who came up with some solid rules of physics — was a genius of...
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3.4KMerchant InnovationWhy Tech Fails Can (Sometimes) Be Inconveniently Fun
Some failures of technology are very serious. On Jan. 13, 2018, an emergency alert text went out all over Hawaii telling residents...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsSuplari Customizes AI Analytics For Procurement Teams
Artificial intelligence (AI) firm Suplari is targeting the procurement and finance functions in the enterprise with its newest offering. The company announced...
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5.5Kcall center commerceTRENDING: Allstate’s AI-Assisted Approach To Disaster Relief
Governments may not be known for keeping up with cutting-edge technology, but that doesn’t mean they don’t take note of the trends...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsSMBs Claim Control Over Finances With B2B Payments Innovation
There is a disconnect between the payment options businesses offer their customers and the options businesses use to pay each other. Between...
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2.8KArtificial IntelligenceCognitive/AI Biz Spending To See Strong Growth
Spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems is expected to see continued strong growth as businesses invest in projects in those...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsUiPath Lands $3B Valuation For Robotics Process Automation Tech
A robotics process automation (RPA) startup has just secured a $3 billion valuation as B2B FinTech continues to explore how the technology will...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsNEW DATA: An Inside Look At The B2B Payments Satisfaction And Usage Disconnect
Paper checks have long been used in the B2B industry, serving as one of the few ubiquitous payment methods in an otherwise...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsSpend Analytics No Longer Enough For Procurement: Accrualify
Spend analytics has broken through as an essential part of corporate procurement strategies. Businesses need to know how much money they’ve spent,...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsShedding Light On FX And Supply Chain Risks Amid Cross-Border Payments
Smaller firms are boosting their overseas business activity, leading them to be exposed to FX swings and trading partner risk. New options...
