PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2020

This manual system has been a source of frustration for both workers and their employers for years, but the pandemic has exacerbated the systems’ deeper flaws and served as a catalyst for a wave of spend ma nagement innovation. For more on these stories and other recent headlines on everyday spending, download this month’s Playbook.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Airbase, a spend management company looking to consolidate a range of expense management processes for organizations, has announced new funding for its technology. In an interview with the publication, Founder and CEO Thejo Kote described the firm as “the first all-in-one spend management system.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

B2B FinTech startups have stepped into 2021 with a bang, as industry players raised more than $910 million in combined funding. And thanks to several nine-figure investment deals, BaaS, expense management, payroll and B2B eCommerce are now in the spotlight. Corporate spend management startup Divvy is now valued at $1.6

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

It was a big week for B2B FinTech startups in Latin America. It’s an attractive market indeed for investors, with not one, but two Brazilian B2B FinTechs making this week’s venture capital roundup. Until then, PYMNTS rounds up the most recent B2B FinTech investment rounds below. Authenticiti.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

A lull in venture capital funding has only a few B2B FinTechs this week securing new investment rounds. In the meantime, PYMNTS gathered up a shortlist of the B2B FinTechs that were able to secure new funding as backers prepare for their next wave of support. The plan is now open for public comment, reports said. Mailprotector.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It was a busy week for B2B venture capitalists who spread their wealth amongst a wide range of B2B FinTechs, with investments totaling more than $164 million. India-based B2B eCommerce company SOLV secured an investment from SC Ventures , the companies announced this week, although they did not reveal the value of the funding.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Today in B2B payments, TripActions announces new funding that values the T&E startup at $5 billion, while OneSource Virtual launches invoice payment capabilities. Plus, iBanFirst launches B2B payment traceability tool, Georges rebrands with new funding, and HashCash partners with a bank on blockchain payments. 21) announcement.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

“Does your business want to improve its spend management?”. Few CFOs would say “no” if asked that question: Spend management is attractive to companies for obvious reasons, as even successful companies face margin pressures. Controlling spend doesn’t have to mean giving employees less capital to work with, said Duvedi.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Corporations are predicted to bump their spending on SaaS apps to $50.8 And that’s just a slice of the B2B subscriptions sphere, said Tyler Eyamie, CEO of subscription billing solutions provider Fusebill , in a recent chat with PYMNTS. billion by 2018, a 13 percent jump from 2013 levels, while 27.8

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Spend management is among the largest challenges for small business owners, according to research. Center, a spend management firm, released a report last year which found that entrepreneurs struggle to set flexible spending goals and lack real-time visibility into spend data and budgets.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

It’s a phrase that can cause several types of jobsite headaches — stepping away from a project to hit a hardware store with petty cash, for instance, or calling the boss to gain approval to go over a card spending limit. Spend Management Change. Spend Management Misconception. Time Is Money.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Digital B2B payments innovations as diverse as machine learning (ML) automation, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and virtual cards are gaining unprecedented traction as businesses move to build sustainable B2B payments operations outside of th e office. Around The B2B Payments For The Virtual Workforce World.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an interview with Karen Webster, Farhan Ahmad, founder and CEO at B2B payments solution provider Bento for Business , took note of the fact that half of all small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) cite cash flow management as their biggest challenge. To keep the bottom line buoyant, healthy and in the black: Plug the expense leaks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

When the B2B payments industry began considering what to expect for 2018, commercial cards weren’t often on the radar. Cards are still expected to account for only a minor fraction of B2B payments volume in accounts payable by the end of the year, after all, with ACH gaining traction as the go-to ePayments rail for corporate payers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

B2B payments innovation continued to heat up in 2019, with an ecosystem focused on transaction speed and data integration finding new opportunities to build innovative solutions that address some of the biggest B2B payment friction points. The Moving Target of B2B Friction. B2B Payments Digitization’s Next Frontier.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) personnel could no longer be in the office to handle paper, giving rise to the discussion of migrating away from physical invoices and other documents in favor of digital, automated solutions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This week's Commercial Card Innovation Tracker finds Barclaycard and Visa among the latest to embrace v-cards to elevate employee spend management and supplier payments. Barclaycard Debuts V-Card For Expense Management. Dubbed Precisionpay Go, the new Visa-powered solution supports digital spend management for U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . Behind Sysco’s Spend Management Switch To Cards. Gov’t Fights States’ Bid To Block Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Saying Move Would Slow 5G. Trackers and Reports.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

In B2B payments and corporate finance, it wasn’t only bank-FinTech collaboration that made headlines in 2018. Here are some of the biggest stories of B2B payments collaboration from 2018. Last June, the company announced a partnership with B2B eCommerce platform Handshake to further that initiative.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment. The company said it plans to use the investment to further build out its lending operations. Negotiatus.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

While there were no mega-deals in the B2B startup funding realm this week, it was still a busy time for companies and investors, with many funders targeting companies operating in less common markets. Targeting the freight brokerage and transportation management industry, Arrive Logistics , based in Texas, secured $25 million from investors.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

Accounts payable (AP) automation company Tipalti is expanding its reach into the market by partnering with three new B2B companies, which will extend Tipalti’s solutions to their own customers. The enhanced integration aims to strengthen control and communication for both ends of the transaction.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

American Express is working with Coupa on a new partnership to use virtual cards for Coupa's B2B solution, a press release says. Coupa Pay, the Coupa B2B solution, will be available for customers of AmEx's virtual cards, in a move meant to streamline the old payment processes which the release calls "outdated, complex, and inefficient.".

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In the wake of the pandemic, B2B payments have had to evolve. But in an interview with PYMNTS, Mary Beth Joiner , senior vice president of relationship management at Comdata Corporate Payments, said that there have still been pockets of resistance in making the great digital pivot.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A summer lull in B2B venture capital appears to have given way to an impressive start to the fall season. This week, two massive deals landed with B2B payments innovators at Fundbox and Tipalti, but they were far from the only players to have secured new funding. Reports in L.A. OfBusiness.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Small business accountants have a bone to pick with their clients. A survey released by Intuit this week found that SMB accountants say the top challenges to being able to do their jobs include small businesses failing to adequately keep records, not using accounting software and not staying on top of bills.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Visa ‘s next initiative to disrupt B2B payments is focusing on the real estate market. The company is pairing up with Nexus Systems , a provider of accounts payable (AP) solutions for the real estate industry, to streamline supplier payments for joint customers, the companies said in a press release Wednesday (Sept.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 30, 2023

Billtrust , a B2B accounts receivable (AR) automation and digital payments market leader, surpassed $100 billion in payments volume in 2022, a 35% year-over-year increase and a first for the company. Other 2022 highlights include: Billtrust acquired Netherlands-based Order2Cash, a leading B2B order-to-cash platform provider.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2017

Spend management company Coupa has entered the realm of B2B payments. “The rise of globalization has created the need for cross-border payments, which has led to an increase in both the complexity of supplier payments and the efforts of accounts payable teams,” Coupa stated.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

Coupa is enhancing its B2B payments solution Coupa Pay with the help of several top players in the payments space. On Wednesday (June 26), Coupa announced partnerships with PayPal, Stripe, Citi and TransferMate to broaden capabilities of its business spend solution.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

Coupa is enhancing its B2B payments solution Coupa Pay with the help of several top players in the payments space. On Wednesday (June 26), Coupa announced partnerships with PayPal, Stripe, Citi and TransferMate to broaden capabilities of its business spend solution.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Today in B2B payments, HSBC launches cash flow management tool, and TD Bank acquires equipment finance operations from Wells Fargo. AspireHR Teams With SAP Concur For T&E, Invoice Management. EedenBull Teams With NAB On SMB Spend Management. 14) announcement. 14) announcement.

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Accounting Insight

JULY 3, 2023

Chaser, the global accounts receivables software launched Chaser Pay. This innovative payment solution is seamlessly integrated within Chaser’s accounts receivable software, making it simple, secure, and efficient for businesses of all sizes to process payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

However recent analysis from Iron Pillar , as reported recently in the Times of India, suggests that such a slowdown may not be detrimental to the B2B FinTech startup arena. Finland’s Enfuce announced more than $11 million in new funding for its B2B financial services offerings, with Maki.vc leading the investment.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

If it seems like Visa has been on a B2B payments kick lately, it’s because they have. The payments giant has struck several new partnerships, expanded its commercial capabilities into new markets and developed new B2B payments solutions – all within the last few months. “Speed is becoming more important. .”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Mastercard said as a result of the expanded partnership in Europe, Mastercard will support EedenBull’s commercial cards platform to banks seeking to tap into Asia Pacific’s B2B payments market. Last month, PYMNTS reported EedenBull rolled out its commercial card platform to banks to take advantage of improved B2B payment capabilities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Commercial card innovation continues to make big waves in the accounts payable (AP) department, as corporates and card issuers alike explore new ways to drive business spend on cards beyond business trips or ad-hoc purchases. This wasn’t the only initiative in the B2B payments space that American Express has announced this month.

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