SaaS

Neiman Marcus To Boost Visibility Of Inventory For Suppliers

Retailer Neiman Marcus is turning to technology to boost visibility into sales and inventory for its supplier base, the company announced this...

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Investments

BigCommerce Raises $64M Led By Goldman Sachs

BigCommerce, the eCommerce platform for retailing brands, announced news on Wednesday (April 25) that it has closed a $64 million round of...

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Subscription Commerce

NEW STUDY: The Four Secrets To A Successful Subscription Offering

Subscriptions are seemingly available for anything, from the more established Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings like the latest iteration of Microsoft Office to video-streaming services...

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Salesforce’s $2.2 Billion Plans For France

Enterprise software conglomerate Salesforce is planning to invest more than $2.2 billion in the French market, reports in Reuters said on Tuesday...

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For B2B SaaS Firms, Smart Data, Smarter Sales Efforts

Software-as-s-Service has its lures and challenges for providers in the B2B realm. Recurring revenue is great, of course, but the ever-present challenges...

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HP Enters Cannabis Enterprise Software Market With Flowhub

HP is reportedly stepping into the cannabis industry with a new partnership to provide businesses with financial management software, according to The Washington...

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IPO

Zuora Closes Debut With $2B Valuation

Subscription biller Zuora has seen its value soar after its public debut — pricing its IPO at $14 and closing at $20....

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Wurk Raises Funds For Legal Marijuana Payroll Tech

Wurk, a startup providing software for legal marijuana enterprises, announced new investment to the tune of $3.2 million provided by Poseidon Asset...

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AI’s Effort To Pull Hidden Costs (And Risk) Into The Light

Corporate expansion – in size and geographic reach – is a complicated beast. Of course, business growth goes hand in hand with...

Payment Methods

How Smaller Grocers Can Tap Into Digital Offerings

With Amazon, Kroger and other large retailers in the grocery business introducing digital technology, such as mobile self-checkout, how do smaller regional...

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Payments Innovation

Stripe Rolls Out Billing Amid Subscription Business Boom

To simplify the recurring billing process for Software as a Service (SaaS) and subscription-based companies, Stripe has rolled out Billing. The service combines...

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

Combined, more than $337 million in funding will fuel growth for an array of B2B startups that revealed their latest funding rounds...

API

Cloud Elements CEO: Too Many APIs, Not Enough Integration

APIs – that is, application program interfaces, or bits of code that allow two software programs to communicate with one another –...

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FedEx Launches New Returns Management Product For High-Volume Merchants

In an effort to help high-volume eCommerce retailers and merchants improve their customer experiences, FedEx has unveiled a new returns management product....

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B2B FinTechs Get Creative With Enterprise Data

This week’s B2B FinTech venture capital roundup is all about data, and, as investors showed, there’s more than one way to offer...

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Beyond The Buzzword: Harnessing Platforms’ Real Power

Two decades ago, talk of platforms was mostly centered around software, often by academics and engineers in highly technical settings. Today, the...

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Direct Commerce Addresses Cross-Border Compliance Needs For Procurement

Direct Commerce has enhanced its procure-to-pay platform to support jurisdictional compliance across borders in Europe, the company announced on Monday (March 12)....

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Food For Thought In (Edible) Supply Chain Management

Getting food from harvest to mouth, from field to fork may just be the oldest supply chain there is. And as far...

ASEAN’s FinTech Reputation Rubs Off On SMBs

Southeast Asia is now front and center on the world’s FinTech stage, and it’s no accident. Regulatory efforts to promote FinTech innovation,...

Partnerships / Acquisitions

How The API Revolution Fuels Corporates’ SaaS Fatigue

Without a doubt, small businesses (SMBs) have more choice than ever before when adopting new technologies, and many of those new tools,...

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Payment Methods

Payworks Raises $14.5M To Grow POS Technology

Payworks announced that it has completed a $14.5M Series B financing round with CommerzVentures and Visa, as well as existing investors Speedinvest...

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Entrust Teams With Gemalto On Instant Issuance

Gemalto, the digital security company and payment card supplier, announced news on Wednesday (Feb. 7) that it is joining forces with Entrust...

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Today In Data

Today In Data: Visa, Mastercard And Apple All Release Earnings Results

Today in PYMNTS data, Visa earnings topped expectations, Mastercard saw positive outcomes and Apple underwhelmed market watchers in their recently released earnings...

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B2B FinTech Turns Away From VCs For Funds

This week was not, by any means, the biggest week in B2B FinTech venture capital. A modest $33.7 million landed among corporate...

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The New Challenges Of Old(ish) SaaS

The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) boom was grabbing headlines left and right a few years ago, but while the hype may have waned, SaaS...

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Subscription Commerce

Why Free Trials Fail (And What To Do About It)

Acquiring customers in retail is challenging. Even more so when a merchant has adopted a subscription commerce business model. Unlike a regular...

Loyalty & Rewards

Why Aren’t Rewards Redemptions Omnichannel?

If loyalty is the coveted grail of retailers when it comes to consumers — in other words, that sticky relationship that keeps...

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When Too Much Good Tech Can Be A Bad Thing For SMBs

There have never been more tools available to the entrepreneur, and tech adoption among small businesses (SMBs) is on the rise. FinTech...

How The Subscription Boom Can Detail Expense Management

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How The Subscription Boom Can Detail Expense Management

Employee fraud is a monumental issue, especially for small businesses (SMBs) without resources to track every penny workers spend. But that fraud...

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SMBs

Integrated Payments: The Way To An SMB’s Heart

“Small business” (SMB) is a term that could describe any number of ventures — from an individual Uber driver to a micro-merchant...

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VCs Back Bitcoin For B2B Payments, AI For Enterprise Analytics

In total, B2B venture capitalists placed (or announced plans to place) $85 million in funding to businesses, with startups in the U.S.,...

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From Blockchain To Farming, Newly-Funded Startups Embrace Data Analytics

This week’s B2B venture capital breakdown is an impressive blend of startups and, together, they’ve raised more than $279 million. From a...

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Blockchain B2B FinTechs Score With Investors

Blockchain is by no means a technology guaranteed to positively disrupt the financial services market. That hasn’t stopped companies large and small...

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The Dizzying Data Challenges Of Hybrid Cloud Adoption

The traditional financial services market is notorious for being slow to adopt new technologies, and sluggish upgrades to internal IT systems are...

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Payments Apps In The Context Of The Enterprise At Large

When Helcim, Inc. launched more than a decade ago, it began as many other B2B FinTechs do, by developing a single solution...

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Banking

Are Incumbent Acquirers Relevant In An Era Of SaaS Dominance?

Before the Software as a Service (SaaS) model exploded, a small business (SMB) getting off the ground online had two big, but...

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Investors Tap Into The Promise Of High-Tech Data Analytics In The Enterprise

It was a busy time for B2B venture capital this week, and while funding ranged across verticals from expense management to SaaS,...

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Things To Know: The Industries Getting Subscription Commerce Right (And Wrong)

Subscription services are profitable for merchants. Making a one-time sale means receiving a one-time payment, but subscriptions mean that original sale results...

eCommerce

Loop Commerce Awarded Patent For e-Gift Giving

Loop Commerce announced that it has been issued a patent for its award-winning gifting service, GiftNow. The online shopping service digitizes merchandise...

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Chinese Startup Secures Lion’s Share Of $272 Million Raised

Investment in B2B FinTech startups came through a variety of channels this week, from venture capital to growth equity. In total, backers...

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Investing In The Startups That Invest In Innovation

The startups and small businesses that innovate aren’t just coming up with new technologies — they’re creating entirely new business models that, while...

Robotics Aims To Empower Accountants When ‘Automation’ Falls Short

Corporates are being forced to rethink their approach to accounting as new technologies disrupt the way firms transact and manage financial data....

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SaaS Enjoys Venture Capital Boom

The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startup space is no longer in the limelight, but this week venture capitalists put their own spotlight on the...

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Quick.me: The Fundamentals Of Ethical SMB Lending

While some of the entrepreneurs we talk to at PYMNTS seem to have been almost born to solve the problem they founded a...

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Payments Innovation

The ROI On Being A PayFac? Zero

With changes happening all around us every day, the highly adaptive and evolutionary tendencies of technology in the closing years of the...

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Digital Banking

Urban FT’s Bid For Digiliti Money Group Turned Down

In the surprise turn of the week in payments and commerce – it looks like the deal between Urban FT and embattled...