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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Today In B2B payments, NeweggBusiness integrates business financing and payment terms via Behalf, while Deutsche Bank expands its cash management offering into Australia. Plus, GE shutters its staff audit program, and Park Place Payments partners up for small business B2B payments. GE To End Rotational Staff Audit Program.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Today in B2B payments, accounts payable automation firm CPS finds a buyer. Plus, a new FinTech, OpenEnvoy, launches to combat B2B payments fraud, while PCMI collaborates on B2B payments automation, and OpenPayd launches an FX-as-a-Service solution. REPAY Inks Deal For B2B AP Automation Firm CPS. 27) announcement.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

As Travelex works to regain control of its systems, restore operations and mitigate any future fallout from the incident, the cyberattack is yet another reminder that one company’s cyber vulnerabilities can have far-reaching effects throughout the B2B supply chain. Reports said the former finance director allegedly stole $1.5

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Initially, the technology will be made available for B2B transactions, specifically to address the demands of cross-border payments. At the same time, the blockchain guarantees that there is “a fully auditable and valid ledger of transactions.”. On Friday (Oct. Mastercard is not the only firm delving into blockchain.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Usually, the auditing workflow involves looking at expense reports filed by employees, with a focus on identifying potentially erroneous or even fraudulent transactions. Digitizing and centralizing spend across various departments and workflows is the first step to enhancing the auditing process, said McCrossan.

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JULY 6, 2020

The Big Four accounting firms will have to put their United Kingdom auditing and consulting practices in separate business units by 2024, but may keep them within the same parent companies, under regulations announced today by the Financial Reporting Council. The measures by the U.K.’s

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Blockchain technology could have major implications for B2B payments, and some of the top use cases for distributed ledger include cross-border payments and smart contracts. B2B payments company PayStand has another possibility for the tool. An announcement Wednesday (Oct. ”

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MARCH 15, 2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted last week to ease audit requirements for some small, publicly traded companies, the agency said in a statement Friday (March 13).

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JULY 2, 2020

The former chair of the London Stock Exchange is calling for a thorough overhaul of audit standards in the wake of the $2.1 Auditors should be required “to find fraud rather than stumble over it,” Donald Brydon , appointed last year to overhaul audit standards in the United Kingdom, told the Financial Times.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Firms auditing expenses through manual processes and outdated technologies risk missing the chance to flag erroneous or fraudulent submissions from vendors and employees. Deploying technology — especially artificial intelligence (AI) — can streamline the auditing process and boost cost savings significantly.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

This week, the largest funding round went to a B2B startup developing autonomous trucking technology to boost fleet efficiency, with other rounds landing at small business bookkeeping, workforce communications, and IBAN fraud mitigation startups for a combined $236 million-plus landing at B2B startups.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2020

Accounts receivable (AR) platform SurePayd is responding to the coronavirus pandemic by reducing the costs for its remote migration audit services for the next two months for companies that need to go on the cloud during the crisis, according to a press release.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

A number of large accounting groups have turned down requests to audit Greensill Capital as the SoftBank -backed firm mulls a stock market listing, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The United Kingdom-based organization has become one of the most highly valued private finance firms in the nation as of its 2011 establishment.

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JUNE 5, 2020

The new announcement will bring together CaseWare PBC Requests, CaseWare ReviewCompTax, CaseWare Audit and CaseWare AnalyticsAI as one product suite, allowing accountants to take their services entirely to the cloud in bulk. And errors are done away with through automatic updates of information, the press release states.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In a move that helps cement B2B payments within the realm of secure transactions, PayStand, a B2B payment and billing company, has given firms the ability to notarize and also certify payments across the supply chain. Blockchain. It’s not just for banks anymore.

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JULY 11, 2019

s so-called Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte — have reportedly failed to reach audit quality standards set by the Financial Reporting Council , Reuters reported this week. Only 75 percent of the audits of the U.K.’s It will review a larger number of the firm’s audits in the coming year. All of the U.K.’s

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JANUARY 26, 2018

The solution can also safeguard information linked to compliance, auditing and regulatory review, the company noted. While Ripple and other decentralized technologies are addressing payments, the transfer of funds is only a small part of a B2B transaction.

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CPA Practice

MAY 18, 2023

CTCs enhance compliance, reduce fraud, and stream tax collection for business-to-government (B2G) and business-to-business (B2B) transactions. In 2024, France is introducing mandatory e-invoicing for B2B transactions. Several countries across Europe are making e-invoicing a requirement.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Today in B2B payments, Revolut launches a new solution for its business customers, and MonetaGo collaborates to combat trade finance fraud. Through 100 percent invoice integration, the service boasts improvements to savings, and offers a compliance audit feature that can help vendors cut spending.

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JUNE 6, 2019

auditing giant to overhaul operations amid growing regulatory scrutiny on the industry. PwC is reportedly planning to ramp up its auditing operations by hiring 500 more auditors across the U.K., The company will also deploy a digital audit team, strengthen training operations and review existing clients. .”

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The measure targets the non-audit departments of each city branch in China, including consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory and assurance. How Deloitte gave AR postcards the personal touch [ The Drum ] Deloitte has won the Print category at The Drum Awards for B2B. Employees who do not follow will be counseled out.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration is calling into question the Internal Revenue Service’s corporate auditing performance. But according to the report, the IRS rarely uses this new method and is not examining past audits in order to more efficiently prioritize which cases to more closely examine, Bloomberg said.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

And, payments made through PayCargo will now be able to be viewed on the AWB Changes feature in Unisys Diagnostics, the company’s solution for auditing and payment tracking. The platform lets clients have their cargo released the same day.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

So said that in a traditional screening process, SMEs “would send PDFs of bank statements or PDFs or their audited or unaudited financials, and banks [would] take weeks to underwrite. And the cost of underwriting a large borrower vs. a small SME was virtually the same.”.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

One exception may be in the T&E space, in which FinTechs are introducing ways for employees to make B2B payments and integrate transaction data into expense management systems, a reflection of the mobile nature of the traveling employee. The enterprise has been a bit skeptical about mobile payments.

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MARCH 7, 2018

B2B FinTechs are playing an especially prominent role in this trend, analysts noted. We saw more and more B2B FinTech models proving out at the banks, coupled with larger and later-stage investments as the FinTech world scales up,” explained Julian Skan, Accenture practice senior managing director, in a statement. “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

More than 130 startups have been chosen to join Y Combinator’s Summer 2018 class, and according to reports , B2B software is dominating the roster. Of the 132 startups that launched at Y Combinator’s two-day pitching event, Demo Day, 30 percent are B2B software firms — more than any other vertical.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In a statement, Coatue Management Senior Managing Director Thomas Laffont said that artificial intelligence (AI) enables AppZen to deploy more sophisticated analytics and automation within its expense management solution, which allows businesses to assess expenses, automate expense report audits, and identify savings opportunities. “AI

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Parliament will commence an inquiry into the nation’s corporate auditing market, which is currently dominated by the Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG, adding new pressure on an industry already being probed by other policymakers. Reports in Reuters on Sunday (November 11) said the U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

There are some B2B FinTech segments that are mainstays with investors. This week, though, investors revealed their appetite for B2B FinTech firms that can multitask. Yoco provides businesses with payment management and auditing services, targeting SMBs that struggle to get off cash and paper documents.

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MAY 1, 2020

Mnuchin: All PPP Loan Recipients Will Face Audits. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said per reports that firms that borrow money via the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) can expect to be audited prior to forgiveness of the loans. ” JPMorgan Chase Submits Nearly $18B In PPP Loans.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Venture capital funding landed at supplier payment and compliance automation firms this week, among other B2B innovators that raised money. The big B2B investment of the week was Tipalti , which landed $150 million in new funding on a $2 billion valuation. PYMNTS rounds up the latest funding rounds below.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The Big Four auditing firms — EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC — have recently requested that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) provide clarity in how corporates should classify their reverse factoring or supply chain financing agreements, adding more fuel to a long-standing debate as to whether such trade financing tools are debt.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

B2B FinTech is undoubtedly a hot spot for venture capitalists (VCs) this year. However, this summer, a different kind of B2B startup has captured investors’ attention. Cloud-based risk and auditing management provider AuditBoard raised $40 million in Series B funding, announced this week, led by Battery Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Wirecard is having auditing giant KPMG expand the scope of its review of Wirecard financials as the company continues to defend against allegations of fraud. 6) said Wirecard is having KPMG expand its audit review and expects authorities in Singapore to clear the company of any claims of fraud. Reports in Reuters on Wednesday (Nov.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

is in a B2B startup lull, it seems. B2B startups. But a seed-stage startup fund in San Francisco announced its own new $50 million investment pool, so funding for B2B FinTech startups in the U.S. The company has developed a cloud-based tool to audit a mobile app’s security and to detect potential vulnerabilities.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

4) that MPs say an “urgent” new law must emerge to introduce corporate finance and auditing reforms in the wake of the failures of Thomas Cook and Carillion. government has so far failed to adequately address the issue despite its warnings sent to the auditing industry and to large corporates. Finance U.K.

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