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Young B2B FinTechs Secure Their Seed Rounds

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While 2021 has kicked off with a bang in the venture capital arena — with several high-value investments on the books — this week's B2B VC roundup is all about the seed rounds. Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management.

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Harvard And Capital One Survey Mid-Market B2B ePayments Adoption

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When it comes to B2B payments digitization, not every company will experience the same journey. The current picture is quite optimistic: Researchers estimated that roughly half the value of mid-market B2B payments is already digital, with 59 percent of firms reporting the use of electronic funds transfer (EFT) to pay their invoices.

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Deep Dive: How Firms Can Avoid Costly Mistakes Come Tax Season

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A significant number of firms — notably small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — still use such systems, as 25 percent of smaller firms stated in 2018 that their payroll involved pen-and-paper methods. Unusual or unexpected expenses could also crop up each year. That more-measured approach is not necessary, though.

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Microsoft Debuts Expense Management App

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The enhancement supports employee expense reimbursements as well as micropayment disbursement and payment to employees for travel allowances to support mobile workforces, Microsoft said at the time. The solution, developed with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia , is set to go live next year.

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PNC Automates Faster Payments Choice For Corporate Treasurers

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PNC Treasury Management is rolling out a new solution designed to optimize corporate treasurers’ B2B payments. PNC noted that it will deploy its own automated payments routing solution within its employee expense reimbursement program to optimize reimbursement payments made to staff. In a press release Friday (Oct.

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Virtual Cards Can Be Valuable For Analog Industries

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Last week’s launch of the Mastercard Track Business Payment Service, designed to automate payments between the world’s suppliers and buyers, is just one sign that B2B payments are changing. Employees are no longer required to submit expense reports and wait for reimbursements, which are often tied to bi-weekly payroll cycles.

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The Clearing House’s Strategies To Drive RTP Uptake

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The growing demand for real-time employee expense reimbursement and instant payroll has surprised TCH, for example, but RTP’s flexibility means it can be leveraged for such purposes without any adjustments to the network. Such actions ensure that the offerings remain relevant to emerging needs and unanticipated uses.