PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2016

We’re covering two weeks’ worth of B2B venture capital funding, and across the board, India has come out on top. But the largest venture capital funding round went to an accounts payable automation firm in the U.S. But the largest venture capital funding round went to an accounts payable automation firm in the U.S.

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CPA Practice

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Accounts Payable (AP), in particular, has become ground zero as liquidity and cash flow become even more indispensable. 52% of AP teams plan to adopt or invest more in automation this year, seeing the opportunity to increase productivity, better manage cash flow and reduce risk, among other benefits.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Commercial cards continue to explore more use cases to optimize spend for businesses, from accounts payable (AP) to employee travel and expense management. Event managers are responsible for managing team members’ expenses, reconciling transactions and keeping receipts, she said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

million was placed with B2B FinTechs this week. landed on the board, too, as alternative lending, small business banking, back-office financial management and accounts receivable technology enticed backers. In the waning days of summer, venture capitalists appear to be in a lull: only $51.2

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

India-based accounts payable automation company Finly has announced new funding as it plans to expand its B2B product offering, reports in YourStory said Monday (Dec. We believe the team has built a fantastic SaaS product for the global market,” said Adith Podhar, Gemba Capital managing partner.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

Some of the largest points of friction in B2B payments today boil down to fragmentation and data silos: Traditionally, there is separation between a process (i.e., There are silos between various platforms like accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement and treasury management. The Next Steps.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

CSI Kick Start, a FinTech incubator operated by corporate payments company CSI globalVCard, said it has officially kicked off its second year of searching out B2B payments innovators. The company said Thursday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

Proactis , a U.K.-based based eCommerce firm, is hoping its new bePayd service will help invoices get paid faster, particularly in the trying times of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a press release. The new service will allow invoice payments to go through almost immediately.

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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

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. said this week.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

With $68 million in combined venture capital funding, this week’s B2B FinTech investments are certainly not the highest they’ve been, but considering the current market, the latest rounds remain impressive nonetheless. With $22 million in Series B funding , B2B FinTech Digits is ready for its debut. Material Bank.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

Amadeus B2B Wallet Expands Functionality. In another initiative gearing up for the return of corporate travel, travel management platform Amadeus has announced that its payment offering, the Amadeus B2B Wallet, is now able to automatically generate virtual cards through a partnership with Troovo , PYMTNS reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

After all, money exits a company through more than one avenue, whether it be via the accounts payable department or a firm’s own employees. Traditionally, different categories of business spending, including employee expenses, supplier payments, payroll and others, have been tackled separately.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

Levvel has announced plans to acquire PayStream Advisors in a bid to boost its B2B payments expertise, the firm said. In a statement, Levvel Payment Practice Lead Scott Harkey said the deal will help the advisory group gain stronger footing in the B2B payments space.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

Expense management technology provider Medius and international eDocument service company Pagero have collaborated to help companies handle digital invoices. Medius has long provided companies with technologies related to the accounts payable (AP) workflow. 13) announcement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

Bank has teamed up with accounts payable automation firm Inworks to streamline business-to-business payments within the healthcare sector. In a press release on Monday (June 24), the firms said their tie-up will connect hospitals and other companies in the healthcare services space with B2B payments and other financial services.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Corporate expense management firm Chrome River is enhancing its invoice B2B payment capabilities, the company said Tuesday (Nov. The tool is designed for accounts payable (AP) and professionals that manage and approve invoices for payment.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Expense management and accounts payable (AP) automation solution provider Emburse is rolling out new card solutions designed to help organizations manage their travel spend. From a mobile app to beefed-up rewards, the latest solutions are embracing the shift of spend to the card. Emburse Debuts T&E Cards.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The timeliness of B2B payments raises the stakes for all parties involved, as a missed or delayed payment can ripple across the network. A series of payment innovations are promising to put an end to some common B2B payment frictions, including online portals, same-day ACH and automated accounts receivables (AR).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

This week’s look at the latest initiatives explores how FinTechs are wielding the corporate card in ways other than business trips, from accessing credit for accounts payable to financing employee lunches. Nium Uses Cards For Credit. Swile Lands VC For Corporate Meal Card.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

The company also has a expense management tool that allows founders of upstarts to make sense of their company spending and changes their capital flows. The Freedom Card also on-boards users to the EnKash platform to automate accounts payable and accounts receivable operations per reports.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

Not so on the B2B side of payments, where payments between trading partners remain dominated by the 20th-century’s favorite payment method — where, staggeringly, 50 percent of all payments between business are made by check. Building a B2B Payments Hub. Mastercard’s Head of Global Commercial Product Development Richard Crum asked.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2018

Corporate expense management firm Chrome River is collaborating with India-based travel company Yatra , the companies announced on Monday (May 14). Rich added, “In addition to the need for increased control and visibility into spend, companies are looking for expense reporting solutions, which work across any mobile platform. .”

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

Corporate spend management firm Coupa has wrapped up its Inspire 2016 conference, with no shortage of announcements for the company. Earlier this week, the firm revealed an integration with corporate travel booking platform Sabre, streamlining the expense management process following business trip planning.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Innovation in the accounts payable (AP) space continues to expand, with FinTechs looking to capture their piece of a growing market driven by businesses’ desire to digitize their operations. billion valuation. HRS Targets Employee Hotel Booking Hiccups.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Visa has teamed up with business expense management firm Payment Logic to support the use of commercial cards in accounts payable for Australian businesses. Reports in IT Wire on Monday (Oct. The tool is designed to enable SMBs to pay their vendors with commercial cards, even if that vendor does not accept them. “In

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) automation software firm Beanworks has rolled out a function for expense reimbursements to assist companies in automating how they get and handle staffer expenditures, according to an announcement. Supervisors can look over receipts and give the go-ahead for reimbursements from anywhere.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Investor confidence largely stems from AppZen’s ability to secure large enterprise clients, a feat Kale recently told PYMNTS is only possible by going in and identifying ongoing instances of fraud or misspend in corporates’ expense management processes. “We The challenge is to apply it in a way that solves a specific problem.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

In B2B FinTech, spend management is a greenfield opportunity as innovators explore how to help corporates understand the nuances of how money flows out of the enterprise. A business may have one platform for their corporate card, another for AP, and another for employee travel expense management.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Corporate travel and expense management solution provider SAP Concur announced an expansion in India thanks to the renewal of its existing partnership with Thomas Cook. In a press release Wednesday (Sept. In a press release Wednesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

This week, Mastercard and Cardlay announced a collaboration that will see Mastercard connecting its network of European issuing banks to Cardlay’s commercial card technology, which unlocks corporate card transaction data for value-added services, including automated expense management and VAT claim processes.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

A corporate travel and expense management solutions provider has struck a partnership with ERP software company VAI, according to an announcement on Wednesday (Aug. VAI will now link corporate customers to SAP Concur solutions, including Concur Expense, Concur Invoice and Concur Travel. million deal.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Expense management and accounts payable (AP) automation company Emburse has rolled out Emburse Cards and Tallie Travel to offer a simple way for clients to handle their travel and out-of-pocket expenditures, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 28) announcement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The corporate expense management market doesn’t look like it once did. The commercial card and expense management market is yet another space in which collaboration between FIs and FinTechs has proved key to driving innovative tools – especially as corporates grow weary with the traditional legacy services their banks provide.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Corporate expense management company Expensify is rolling out a commercial card product to augment its solution. Previously, the company also rolled out software to provide spend management solutions for self-employed and freelance professionals in support of cash flow management and tax filing.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Expense management and reporting technology firm AppZen announced a $50 million fundraise Monday (Sept. AppZen secured the Series C funding from hedge fund firm Coatue Management, with Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners also participating in the funding round, VentureBeat reported.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Yet, just as SMBs can be too small to be considered corporate, high-net-worth individuals can have financial service needs that are too big to fit into the traditional consumer financial management range of products offered to the Average Joe. “There is a specific need for these families,” she told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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