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B2B PaymentsWielding SaaS’s Revenue Predictability For Faster Financing
The subscription economy boom has turned many legacy business models on their heads, not only connecting businesses and consumers to products and...
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Subscription CommerceBrands Bake Novel Subscription Strategies Into Reopening Plans
Physical retailers are building digital bridges to alluring new hybrid experiences and adding value to recurring revenue offerings to keep the great...
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RidesharingUber’s SaaS Push Shows Flexibility Of Platform Model
Pandemics and economic slumps put business models to the test — and the most flexible business models may stand the best chance...
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TaxesHelping SaaS Firms Make Sense Of eCommerce’s Tax Complexities
Beyond the challenges of the pandemic that is forcing businesses to grapple with all manner of operating challenges, tax complexity has been...
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Accounts ReceivableHighRadius Rolls Out Technology Suite For AR Automation
To automate accounts receivable (AR) for mid-sized companies, HighRadius has rolled out its RadiusOne A/R Suite. The FinTech enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, which...
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B2B PaymentsEcwid Notches $42M In Funding For SMB eCommerce Technology
To democratize access to online commerce technology for small companies, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm Ecwid has notched $42 million in a funding round...
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SubscriptionsHow Better Predictive Tech Cuts SaaS Subscription Churn
For software providers, churn is the enemy against which they are always fighting — in both its voluntary and involuntary forms. That’s...
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B2B PaymentsB2B VC Firm FINTOP Exceeds Goal With $126M
Venture capital (VC) firm FINTOP Capital closed FINTOP Fund II with $126 million, surpassing the company’s goal of $100 million, FINTOP said...
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Payment MethodsCeridian Introduces Dayforce Wallet For Real-Time Employee Payments
Human capital management (HCM) software as a service (SaaS) firm Ceridian is launching Dayforce Wallet to give people the flexibility of getting...
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eCommerceFastSpring eCommerce Platform Launches Enhanced Interface
FastSpring, a software service company, has released an improved interface for the company’s platform. In an announcement on Thursday (May 7), the...
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B2B PaymentsAcctTwo Aims To Transform SaaS Accounting With Managed Service
With a managed accounting service (MAS) created for startup founders and chief financial officers (CFOs), AcctTwo has rolled out service called MAS for SaaS....
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B2B PaymentsCorporate Travel Startup Huilianyi Raises $42M Amid Industry Turmoil
Huilianyi, a business travel platform, notched approximately $42 million in fundraising as China begins a possible economic renewal amid the global coronavirus...
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Payments As A ServiceAnt Financial Introduces OceanBase SaaS
China-based Ant Financial has introduced a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version of its popular financial relational database software, OceanBase, according to a press release....
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B2B PaymentsExcess SaaS Spend Emerges From The Shadows
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ushered in a booming transformation for the enterprise. Cloud-based services enable companies to be more agile in adopting flexible technologies,...
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eCommerceNavigating The Sea Change In Global Software Sales
The world of software sales is undergoing a sea change, albeit a quiet one. Until recently, the majority of companies selling software...
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DataTaking A 360-Degree View Of Payments Monetization
Payments, done well and done seamlessly, can open up additional revenue streams for marketplaces and software companies – a new avenue of...
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Payments InnovationMerchants, PayFacs And Monetizing Payments Flows
Amid the seismic changes that have refashioned the payments landscape over the last few years — as large players get ever larger...
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InvestmentsRTP Global Unveils $650M Startup-Focused VC Fund
To continue supporting technology in regions all over the world from North America to Southeast Asia, Leonid Boguslavsky-founded RTP Global unveiled a...
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B2B PaymentsZylo, vCom Team Up For Enterprise Software Spend Management
Software as a Service (SaaS) management firm Zylo has established a partnership with vCom Solutions, which works in IT spend and lifecycle...
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Payments InnovationHow FinTechs Help Companies Optimize Their Payments Acceptance Costs
FinTechs are helping companies understand and optimize their total cost of payments acceptance through technology. Modo Founder and CEO Bruce Parker said...
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B2B PaymentsProcurement, Digital Banking See VC Funding Rounds
Venture capital funding focused on Software-as-a-Service tied to procurement and purchasing, as well as improving cash flow for companies as they streamline...
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B2B PaymentsHighRadius And Genpact Team Up On Accounts Receivable Automation
HighRadius, an enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) FinTech firm, and Genpact, a digital transformation company, have teamed up on improving enterprise accounts receivable and...
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InvestmentsSequoia Leads $35M Round In SaaS Firm Finix
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup Finix, which sells payments technology to other companies, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round led...
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B2B PaymentsHow Big Data Guides The Accountant’s Evolution
Technology continues to initiate change in the role of accountants from number-crunchers to strategic advisors. With client requirements in flux, and with...
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Payment MethodsIn Subscription Commerce, Seconds Matter
Make sign-ups fast, trials free and features rich. These are some of the quick takes from the latest PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Conversion...
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InvestmentsHighRadius Hits Unicorn Status With $125M Round
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered FinTech Software as a Service (SaaS) firm HighRadius raised $125 million in a Series B growth funding round, giving...
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Payments InnovationWhy The 2020s Will Be The Vertical Payments Solutions Decade
Looking ahead to a new decade in payments — and the opportunity to monetize transactions — over the horizon lies the vertical....
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Cross-border PaymentsDeep Dive: Countering Involuntary Subscription Churn
Subscribers expect frictionless payment experiences, whether they are accessing videos, music or software as a service (SaaS). Some subscribers may eventually choose...
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B2B PaymentsSage Continues Acquisition Spree With CakeHR
Enterprise software provider Sage is expanding through the acquisition of human resources (HR) solutions provider CakeHR. On Thursday (Nov. 28), CakeHR announced...
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B2B PaymentsHow Overlay Services Can Break SMB Financial Data Out Of Silos
The rise of the cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has transformed the way businesses operate, digitizing valuable data with the potential for deeper,...
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B2B PaymentsHow APIs, The Gig Economy Drive Payroll-Accounting Connectivity
With open banking business models inspiring FinTech innovators to explore other use cases for data integrations, the B2B financial services market has...
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Cross-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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Cross-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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B2B 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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B2B 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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Cross 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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B2B 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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InvestmentsAkeneo 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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InvestmentsCiti 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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EarningsCoupa 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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B2B 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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B2B 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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Security & 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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B2B 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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EcosystemsCan 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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B2B 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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B2B 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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Payments 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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B2B 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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B2B 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...
