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1.4KCross-border PaymentsHow Saas Providers Can Tailor Subscription Payments For Emerging Markets
U.S. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers expanding globally may find that card payments give way to paper invoices and cash payments, says SaaS company...
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2.9KCross-border PaymentsHow SaaS Providers Get Emerging Markets To Subscribe
Global subscription businesses looking for a fresh crop of customers are setting their sights on emerging markets. These economies are modernizing,...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsFleet Spend’s Opportunity Beyond Driver Transaction Data
The fleet management space is a hotbed for technological innovation, thanks to solutions like Internet of Things (IoT) connected cars, autonomous vehicles...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsNotion Capital Goes After B2B SaaS With Launch Of Newest Fund
U.K.-based Notion Capital has announced the launch of its newest fund, Notion Capital Venture Fund IV, which will focus on investments in...
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2.0KCross Border CommerceHow BlueJeans Solved Its Recurring Payments Woes
Transaction fees and interchange rates, among other factors, can turn a simple transaction into a complex process for merchants. But Mike Schramm,...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsHow SMB FinTech Elevates (Not Negates) The Need For Humans
Experts may agree that small business owners have more choice than ever before when it comes to adoption of FinTech — thanks...
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2.1KInvestmentsAkeneo Lands $46M To Enhance Product Info For Retailers
Akeneo announced Thursday (Sept. 12) it has raised $46 million in funding led by Summit Partners. Existing investors Alven, Partech and Salesforce...
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3.3KInvestmentsCiti Ventures Co-Leads Even Financial’s $25M Round
B2B2C FinTech company Even Financial announced that it has raised a $25 million strategic round of investment led by Citi Ventures. The...
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2.1KEarningsCoupa Software Beats Estimates For Q2 Revenue
Payment management software firm Coupa Software beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue, sending shares up 10.3 percent on Tuesday (Sept. 3)....
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2.2KB2B PaymentsSage Stocks Tested In Cloud Migration Efforts
As U.K. accounting company Sage continues to bolster its cloud-based offerings, the company is looking to offload its offline products to remain...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsZuora Faces Revenue Woes Due To Slow Integration, Poor Sales Execution
As Zuora’s stock has fallen over the past year, one analyst is giving the company a neutral rating. Zuora provides companies with...
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3.6KSecurity & FraudPing Identity Plans To Raise $100M With Public Listing
The Colorado-based online ID management company Ping Identity is going public and is trying to raise up to $100 million in an...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsHow Tech Takes The P-Card Into The Digital Age
The corporate purchasing card (p-card) has been a tool in-use for years, allowing employees to make purchases on behalf of businesses without...
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4.3KEcosystemsCan ISVs And ISOs Thrive Amid Payments Megadeals?
So far, 2019 has been a year of mergers, refashioning the roster of big (and getting bigger) payments solution providers, bringing myriad...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsAfter B2B Payments Embrace The Cloud: What’s Next?
When consumers use mobile apps like Uber or iTunes, the expectation that payments occur in a seamless, integrated way represents a broader...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsFreshBooks Adds Recurring Revenue Support
Small business (SMB) accounting company FreshBooks is introducing a new feature to support recurring revenue automation for the services industry. In a...
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6.4KPayments As A ServiceHow To Build A High-Performing Platform Payments Fraud Team
In recent years, no type of business has expanded globally at the pace and scale of digital platforms. If there is a...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsWhitepages Pro Spins Out, Becomes Ekata
Whitepages Pro is playing the long game when it comes to payments, with a series of structural changes separating consumer and B2B...
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3.5KB2B PaymentsWhitepages Pro Spins Off B2B Biz Into Ekata
Whitepages Pro has announced that it is spinning off its B2B business from the U.S.-focused direct-to-consumer operations of Whitepages.com, and is changing...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsLooking Beyond Alternative Lenders For Startup Financing
Post-financial crisis, FinTech shed light on the plight of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) seeking capital, often shunned by banks — thanks...
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3.8KInvestmentsBiz2Credit Raises $52M In Funding To Expand
Biz2Credit, the online lending platform that helps banks and other financial institutions manage small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending processes, announced Tuesday...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsCybersecurity, Recruiting Tech Lead B2B VC
U.S.-based B2B FinTechs led the way in this week’s investment roundup, with more than $212 million in new funding falling in the...
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5.2KB2B PaymentsMultibillion-Dollar B2B FinTech Firms Emerge From Investors’ Pockets
The B2B FinTech market flexed its muscles this week, with investments landing at alternative small business lending, payroll and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). However,...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsBiz2Credit White Labels SMB Lending Tech For Banks
Small business lending platform Biz2Credit is rolling out a new technology designed to help traditional financial institutions strengthen their small to medium-sized...
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2.3KIPOSaaS 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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2.6KB2B 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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3.6KB2B 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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5.0KB2B 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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6.0KB2B 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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4.4KB2B 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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4.1KB2B 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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3.7KB2B 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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4.4KInvestmentsShopKeep 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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3.7KB2B 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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3.3KEarningsBottomline 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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4.4KRetailHow 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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5.0KIPOThinking ‘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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5.0KB2B 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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3.7KSubscriptionsAmazon 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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7.2KLoansAvant 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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5.2KPartnerships / 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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5.7KRegulationIdentityMind 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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3.1KB2B 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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3.2KInvestmentsTeamleader 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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5.2KB2B 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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4.7KGlobal 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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4.3KStartup 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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5.7KSubscriptionsCar 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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5.6KB2B 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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3.9KNewsFive 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...
