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AUGUST 24, 2018

The big B2B venture capital news of the week was Augmentum Fintech’s trio of investments, signaling the company’s focus on the B2B FinTech market — but it wasn’t the only firm targeting this startup space. Augmentum Fintech announced its investment in Tide at the same time it revealed two other B2B FinTech targets.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Corporate accounting platform ScaleFactor is rolling out its Android app for business professionals to gain real-time visibility into company finances. Small businesses historically don’t have the ability to access accounting, finance and back-office operations from smartphones and tablets,” Rathmann said.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The future of the corporate accountant is in flux. FinTechs are developing ways to automate accounting tasks, forcing human accountants to provide more strategic, value-added services. That doesn’t mean corporate accountants are jumping ship, however.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Corporate accounting standards are changing, with the Financial Accounting Standards Board adopting new standards in ways companies report on leases, hedging and other financial activity. A recent report from CFO.com shed light on another factor driving accounting and financial transparency within corporate America.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It’s common sense that a corporation would want its C-Suite to have some knowledge of accounting practices, and one could assume that a lack of understanding of corporate accounting may heighten the risk for misstatements on financial reports.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

corporate finances following a series of scandals. Separate reports on Thursday in AccountingToday said the nation’s top auditors, including KPMG and PwC, have been urged to improve their corporate accounting processes, with the U.K.’s

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AUGUST 17, 2018

Bots are marching steadily into the corporate accounting department as professionals feel more comfortable handing tasks to a machine. The more bots make their way into the accounting department, the more concerns arise about jobs, compliance, trust and other industry-unknowns. “This is such new territory for everyone.”

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

In corporate finance, automation changed the game. Accountants and other financial professionals once tasked with manual processes and number-crunching were freed up to focus on more strategic initiatives. Robotics process automation (RPA) is a recent favorite among some B2B FinTechs.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

This week's B2B Digest looks at how corporate finance scams come in all shapes and sizes, from employee expense fraud to invoice falsification. Researchers discovered a "spillover effect," in which reports of corporate fraud were linked to an increase in local theft and robbery reports. "It

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MAY 27, 2016

Like an aftereffect of a sci-fi film, the rise in automation within corporate financial teams has led to fears and anxiety: Will humans no longer be needed in the accounting department? Are the CFO and corporate treasurer becoming extinct? Automation and accounting software may be to blame, the publication said.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In the accounting space, that means integrations with enterprise resource planning (ERP), accounts receivable, accounts payable, procurement, banking and other portals. This is one reason why companies may choose to work with a firm like Codence to custom build accounting software into their firms.

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MAY 3, 2019

Chief financial officers are changing their views on how they assess corporate performance in light of changes to lease accounting rules coming into play. Companies including Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Air France have already notified investors that they are amending or changing performance metrics.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

Finance-as-a-Service startup Consero Global secured $50 million in funding for its solution, with reports in AustinInno calling it one of the largest investment rounds for a mid-market financial services startup. The company was one of several B2B FinTech startups this week to secure new funding.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Preparations for corporate banking disruption and PSD2 are stirring the innovation pot, it seems. We break down all the B2B FinTech funding rounds below. Corporate Banking. Corporate Accounting. though, is a particularly bright star this week, as more than 60 percent of that funding went to London startups.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Trade finance is a critical part of cross-border trade, particularly for small businesses. The explosion of different kinds of trade finance enables businesses to address multiple areas of cash flow gaps for both buyers and suppliers, all with the same goal: keep the global trade gears turning. Defunct U.K. Defunct U.K.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

The movement to speed commerce comes alongside the movement to open up trade finance, the funding of international trade through various agreements between sellers and buyers. But when late payments become part of the tapestry, financing options and inventiveness suffer. One notable user of such financing: Carillion, the U.K.

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APRIL 10, 2020

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. While flashy corporate FinTech is exciting, innovation efforts have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

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MARCH 29, 2019

The co-chief executive officer of Asiana Airlines is exiting the company following an accounting debacle that led two auditors to reject the company’s annual reports. Analyst pointed to the company’s lack of accounting transparency as a key factor behind those warnings.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly opened an investigation into the accounting practices of digital industrial company General Electric (GE). Washington Post reports this week said GE revealed the SEC’s probe was linked to its disclosure of a miscalculation in its insurance unit.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Accounting departments, for example, suddenly had employees accessing highly sensitive data remotely via home Wi-Fi, without the data security extant in office-based accounting as we’ve long known it. And operations still using manual accounts payable (AP) methods are really rethinking things. “A And it won’t.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

Corporate treasurers are exploring AI for their own cash management and forecasting needs, while AI is also being explored among both traditional and alternative finance players for risk mitigation and underwriting purposes. ” Even so, only 11 percent of companies surveyed have integrated AI within their finance functions. .”

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APRIL 18, 2018

A slew of accounting scandals in the U.K. has led the government to launch an inquiry into the powers of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the government watchdog aimed at overseeing auditing and accounting practices in the country. Reports in Reuters this week said the U.K. Reports in Reuters this week said the U.K.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

With the new funding, Finexio is looking at continuing to streamline and optimize the last mile of the corporate accounts payable process. That enables finance teams to work faster and remove clunky manual processes.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The largest round of the week went to OakNorth , but other significant investments landed at supply chain management, corporate accounting and small business finance players, totaling more than $821 million in total VC funding. PYMNTS breaks down all the latest B2B funding rounds below. Chainalysis.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Corporates are gearing up to manage a whole slew of accounting standards changes in the coming years, but one of the more immediate effects involves how leases are recorded on financial statements. Some companies may seek legal advice on adopting the new standards or interpreting loan covenants.

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JULY 2, 2018

Financial Reporting Council’s Financial Reporting Lab has released a new report on the potential applications of blockchain in the corporate accounting space. But the group also acknowledges that blockchain technology is not yet sufficiently developed to actualize its effect in the corporate finance space.

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MARCH 10, 2016

The company said this week that its new enterprise accounting solution, Dynamics AX, will run entirely on the Azure cloud infrastructure. According to reports on Wednesday (March 9), other accounting solutions from Microsoft only ran partially on the cloud; with Dynamics AX, Fortune reports, Microsoft is going “all in” on cloud technology.

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JUNE 22, 2020

Corporate fraud continues to plague businesses large and small, and in this week’s B2B fraud tracker, many of the latest cases of nefarious activity within the enterprise can be traced back to the continued use of paper and legacy systems. The biggest story this past week, of course, was the revelation that as much as $2.1

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MARCH 12, 2020

Nucleus Software on Thursday (March 12) announced the launch of expansions to its FinnAxia services to open virtual bank accounts for customers. Nucleus, which works in the field of lending and transaction banking, introduced the new service to help banks open virtual accounts for corporate customers. FinnAxia 7.0, FinnAxia 7.0,

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AUGUST 14, 2019

In a statement, SAP Concur Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand Matthew Goss said the collaboration will “provide travelers with easy-to-file expense claims and for finance managers [will provide] visibility into these expenses for compliance and control purposes.” ” In the U.S. ” In the U.S.

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MARCH 10, 2020

Accountant close management software company FloQast has upgraded FloQast AutoRec, the company’s AI-powered solution to account reconciliation, according to a release. . For the unmatched transactions that are left, FloQast helps those get resolved through a standardized Excel account reconciliation, and it has a full audit trail.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Several high-profile corporate collapses and initiatives from corporate accounting standard-setters have raised questions about businesses’ use of supply chain finance and whether the trade finance tool prevents investors and auditors from gaining a transparent view into company finances.

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MARCH 23, 2016

Accounts payable solution Anybill is getting closer to existing partner Intacct in an effort to streamline the flow of financial data between the two platforms. An announcement on Tuesday (March 22) said Anybill has extended its venture with Intacct, which provides ERP software.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

There is also the chance (please no, not this time) of some hassle with payments, such as the corporate account or card not going through, or maybe, on the travel agency side, a software glitch or another problem that adds friction and frustration to an already long travel day. Innovation Challenges. Large Firm Advantage.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In addition, B2B venture capital (VC) went to FinTech firms and underbanked consumers and small businesses (SMBs) experienced banking hurdles. million | The amount of B2B VC FinTech funding allotted to corporate accounting, supply chain management and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firms according to PYMNTS weekly B2B VC roundup.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

17), Paychex said its General Ledger Service (GLS) now integrates into QuickBooks Online for faster access to key data for both small businesses and their accountants. Last month, payroll firm ADP enhanced its Accountant Connect functionality to strengthen its existing integration with QuickBooks. In a press release issued Monday (Dec.

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JUNE 25, 2018

Reactive instead of proactive planning, late payments, a lack of visibility: Accounts payable professionals in the U.K. Accounts payable automation firm Invu released its latest survey, “ Changing trends in the purchasing processes of U.K. In its survey of 200 financial decisions at U.K.

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