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1.3KIPOSaaS Security Platform Crowdstrike Files For IPO
SaaS Security platform Crowdstrike has filed to go public, aiming to raise $100 million in its initial public offering (IPO). Crowdstrike’s cloud-based...
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1.6KB2B PaymentsHow To Motivate FinServ To Take Action On Cybersecurity
To those who understand the importance of cybersecurity, and the monumental risks that growing cyberthreats impose on organizations, safeguarding systems and data...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsUS B2B FinTech Firms Lag With VC Investors
It was a slow week for B2B FinTech funding rounds, but investors nevertheless provided an impressive sum to industry startups. In total,...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsChina’s PINTEC Acquires Bank SaaS Firm InfraRisk
China-based financial services technology firm PINTEC Technology has announced its acquisition of Australia-based InfraRisk. PINTEC said in a press release on Monday (March...
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5.2KB2B PaymentsEnterprise Security Returns To Top Of B2B Investment Mountain
Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsFinxact Raises $30M For Banking SaaS
Finxact announced that it has raised $30 million in equity financing, with participation from new and existing investors. New investors include the...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsMixing AWS, Azure Creates Cloud Spend Challenge For Corporates
Corporates are quickly embracing the cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), leading to fierce competition between some of the largest enterprise cloud service providers...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsOnPay Eyes Agriculture With Payroll Partnership
Small business payroll and HR solutions provider OnPay is targeting the agriculture industry with a new collaboration. The company said in a...
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3.9KInvestmentsShopKeep Closes $65M Growth Round
ShopKeep, a tablet-to-cloud and point-of-sale (POS) payment platform for retailers and restaurants, has closed a $65 million round of equity and debt...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsvCom Enhances IT Spend Management Mobile Solution
IT spend management solutions provider vCom Solutions is upgrading its mobile app for iOS and Android devices, the company said this week....
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2.8KEarningsBottomline Technologies Reports 15 Pct Subscription and Transaction Growth
Bottomline Technologies posted fiscal first quarter results that showed subscription and transaction revenue growth of double digits as management pointed to opportunities...
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3.8KRetailHow Subscription Services Are Steering Consumers Away From Owning Possessions
To help consumers save on the costs of owning possessions, companies are offering more goods and services on demand with the subscription...
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4.5KIPOThinking ‘Differently’ Than Ant, Pintec Makes Its Post-IPO Plans
Pintec Technology Holdings Limited may not be a household name in the U.S., but it ended last week with a some very...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsG2 Crowd On Avoiding The Costly Mistakes Of SaaS Procurement
Software company 1E raised eyebrows in 2016 when it released a report warning that businesses have wasted a collective $28 billion in...
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3.3KSubscriptionsAmazon Pay, Zuora Partner On Subscription Billing
Zuora announced Thursday (Oct. 11) that it has been named a Premier Partner in the Amazon Pay Global Partner Program. Founded in 2007...
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5.9KLoansAvant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks
Avant is best known among its financial services peers as a FinTech firm, founded to throw automation and an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced...
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4.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsGlobal Payments Drops $415M On Food Service SaaS
Global Payments, Inc. announced it will acquire SICOM Systems from LLR Partners in a cash transaction valued at approximately $415 million. Founded...
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5.2KRegulationIdentityMind On The Need For FinTech Compliance Marketplaces
Compliance and risk? The top of any FinTech’s to-do — and to-keep-doing — list. Automating that compliance is now a “need to...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsAPAC, North America Shine Through With B2B Funding
A week of more than $200 million for B2B FinTech firms across the globe shows that venture capitalists’ support for the space...
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2.7KInvestmentsTeamleader Closes $22M In Series C
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform Teamleader has closed $22 million in Series C funding, led by Keen Venture Partners, with participation from PMV and...
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4.7KB2B PaymentsSubscription Mania Has Entrepreneurs In A Recurring Payments Whirlwind
Ever sign up for a free trial, then get burned when forgetting about the subscription by being hit with an automatic payment...
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4.2KGlobal PaymentsAccenture Unveils FinTech Lab Startups, Billon Teams Up With FIS
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific. In addition, Europe’s Billon...
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3.9KStartup Check-InDadeSystems: Integrated Receivables Can Enhance Treasury Offerings For Banks
Payments are the livelihood of any business, but the payments landscape has evolved from simpler times. Ten, even 15 years ago, businesses...
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4.6KSubscriptionsCar Subscription Market Set To Grow 71 Percent By 2022
Luxury automakers are upending their traditional business models with a new take on an old idea – a car subscription. BMW, for...
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5.1KB2B PaymentsWhy Banking The ‘Accidental Entrepreneur’ Takes Baby Steps
When you picture a small business owner, who comes to mind? The stereotype may be a young professional beaming at a storefront,...
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3.4KNewsFive At Five: Facebook Adds To Its Marketplace
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today’s stories focus on Facebook’s...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsNeiman 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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6.6KInvestmentsBigCommerce 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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4.7KSubscription CommerceNEW 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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3.7KB2B PaymentsSalesforce’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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3.8KB2B PaymentsFor 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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4.8KB2B PaymentsHP 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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3.0KIPOZuora 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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3.1KB2B PaymentsWurk 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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2.7KB2B PaymentsAI’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...
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3.9KPayment MethodsHow 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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6.6KPayments InnovationStripe 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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6.0KB2B PaymentsUS 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...
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3.1KAPICloud 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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4.4KRetailFedEx 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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3.2KB2B PaymentsB2B 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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6.6KRetailBeyond 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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3.2KB2B PaymentsDirect 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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6.7KRetailFood 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...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsASEAN’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,...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsHow 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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8.3KPayment MethodsPayworks 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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3.9KPartnerships / AcquisitionsEntrust 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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4.5KToday In DataToday 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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6.2KB2B PaymentsB2B 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...
