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2.8KRegulationIdentityMind 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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1.7KB2B 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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1.4KInvestmentsTeamleader 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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2.6KB2B 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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2.0KGlobal 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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1.7KStartup 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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2.3KSubscriptionsCar 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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3.6KB2B 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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2.2KNewsFive 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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1.9KB2B 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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4.6KInvestmentsBigCommerce 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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3.4KSubscription 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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2.6KB2B 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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2.9KB2B 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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3.2KB2B 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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2.2KIPOZuora 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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2.2KB2B 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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2.0KB2B 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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3.0KPayment 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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4.8KPayments 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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3.6KB2B 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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2.8KAPICloud 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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3.3KRetailFedEx 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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2.5KB2B 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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5.7KRetailBeyond 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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2.3KB2B 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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5.0KRetailFood 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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3.5KB2B 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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3.1KB2B 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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5.5KPayment 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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3.0KPartnerships / 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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4.0KToday 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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5.0KB2B 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...
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6.6KB2B PaymentsThe 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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5.7KSubscription CommerceWhy 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...
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3.5KLoyalty & RewardsWhy 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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8.3KB2B PaymentsWhen 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...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsHow 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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7.5KSMBsIntegrated 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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6.0KB2B PaymentsVCs 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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6.6KB2B PaymentsFrom 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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4.7KB2B PaymentsBlockchain 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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4.5KB2B PaymentsThe 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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4.7KB2B PaymentsPayments 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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7.0KBankingAre 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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5.0KB2B PaymentsInvestors 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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7.2KRetailThings 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...
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3.4KeCommerceLoop 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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4.6KB2B PaymentsChinese 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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3.6KB2B PaymentsInvesting 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...
