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1.6KB2B 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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1.2KEarningsBottomline 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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2.2KRetailHow 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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2.7KIPOThinking ‘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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2.5KB2B 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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2.4KSubscriptionsAmazon 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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3.1KLoansAvant 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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2.9KPartnerships / 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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3.5KRegulationIdentityMind 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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2.0KB2B 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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1.6KInvestmentsTeamleader 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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2.9KB2B 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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2.3KGlobal 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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2.1KStartup 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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2.8KSubscriptionsCar 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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3.8KB2B 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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2.3KNewsFive 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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2.1KB2B 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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4.9KInvestmentsBigCommerce 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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3.6KSubscription 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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2.8KB2B 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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3.1KB2B 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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3.5KB2B 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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2.4KIPOZuora 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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2.4KB2B 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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2.1KB2B 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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3.1KPayment 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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5.2KPayments 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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4.1KB2B 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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2.9KAPICloud 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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3.5KRetailFedEx 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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2.6KB2B 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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5.8KRetailBeyond 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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2.4KB2B 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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5.4KRetailFood 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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3.7KB2B 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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3.3KB2B 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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5.9KPayment 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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3.2KPartnerships / 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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4.1KToday 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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5.3KB2B 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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6.8KB2B 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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5.8KSubscription 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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3.7KLoyalty & 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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8.5KB2B 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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4.1KB2B 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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7.7KSMBsIntegrated 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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6.2KB2B 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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6.8KB2B 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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4.9KB2B 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...
