Today in B2B payments, Zopper raises $75 million to expand its InsurTech services internationally, while Sievo raises $44 million to accelerate the growth of its procurement analytics platform in the United States and global markets. Plus, MaterialsXchange and Mickey aim to speed the digitalization of...
Early on, marketplace platforms experience what’s known as an ignition problem — a kind of chicken-and-egg dilemma where prime movers need to start adoption before everyone else signs on, too, realizing the dynamics that make platforms so efficient. The digitization of retail commerce is now...
Today in B2B payments, Live Oak Bank adds 10 lenders to its general Small Business Administration (SBA) lending team, while ACI Worldwide’s former corporate online banking unit becomes an independent company. Plus, everphone raises $32 million for Phone-as-a-Service, while a merger creates an end-to-end digital...
Mickey, a tech startup digitizing the trading of physical commodities, has joined with B2B eCommerce and digital marketplace MaterialsXchange, which matches lumber buyers and sellers across the U.S. and Canada, a press release said Thursday (Sept. 1). This will expand Mickey’s footprint into the commodity...
September 20, 2022
Early on, marketplace platforms experience what’s known as an ignition problem — a kind of chicken-and-egg dilemma where prime movers need to start adoption before everyone else signs on, too, realizing the dynamics that make platforms so efficient. The digitization of retail commerce is now firmly rooted in platform dynamics — Amazon being a good […]
February 01, 2023
MaterialsXchange has updated its B2B marketplace for lumber, panels and other building material products. The marketplace now includes a streamlined ordering process that lets suppliers offer an ask/bid pricing structure that allows prices to be negotiated and transactions to occur instantly. It also enables buyers to receive alerts or order products directly, MaterialsXchange said in […]
