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AUGUST 3, 2017

Accounts payable company MineralTree just gave a big show of support for commercial cards when it announced this week it is partnering with American Express (Amex) to offer companies an integrated platform to support supplier payments via virtual commercial card. B2B payments today, in the U.S.,

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JULY 2, 2020

Often at the center of this initiative is the accounts payable (AP) department — and unsurprisingly for these volatile times, the strategy can turn toward lengthening the days payable outstanding (DPO). Some businesses are only just beginning their commercial card journeys as part of a broader push to digitize B2B payments.

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APRIL 29, 2016

In an announcement on Wednesday (April 27), APEX Analytix revealed a four-step cash management strategy to combine data analytics and supplier management tools. Accounts payable and procurement are partnering with treasury to look at cash management more holistically,” the executive said.

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MAY 31, 2019

based B2B FinTechs led the way in this week’s investment roundup, with more than $212 million in new funding falling in the hands of startups targeting a range of enterprise operations. Accounts payable, cloud migration, Big Data and even legal management for startups raising new funding were all targeted among investors.

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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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DECEMBER 30, 2020

As they need to move into more robust back-end services, said Shields, these expanding companies take a more granular look at their treasury and payment services — and banks must have a strong payments and cash management integration with ERP. Many-To-Many Markets . Thus far, the markets are “many to many,” as Shields put it.

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APRIL 11, 2019

Financial management platform Sage Intacct is integrating data from cash management tool Trovata.io to provide real-time visibility into cash positions for corporate users. Joint customers will be able to generate reports and enhance cash management process automation using Trovata.io

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Traditionally, the cost and administrative burden of card acceptance has kept the tool from gaining traction in accounts payable. But shifting priorities among buyers and suppliers have elevated the opportunity for cards to meet changing cash management needs. One hurdle for the rail revolves around data.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

Analysts found a major gap in how executives understand the connection between everyday financial functions, like inventory management, accounts payable and accounts receivable, and cash flow. Surprisingly, 7 percent admitted they have no strategic plan, nor do they plan to create one.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

The ongoing pandemic is also changing the status quo regarding cash flows and placing greater emphasis on quick transactions. Treasury or cash management services that used to be fast enough may therefore no longer be adequate as businesses fight to stay afloat during the economic downturn. Breaking Away From Checks .

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AUGUST 5, 2019

B2B payments startup ePayRails has announced new funding to focus on further technological development of its Payment Hub. million in Series A funding led by Aspire Fund Management, which provided $2 million. In a press release Friday (Aug. 2), ePayRails said it secured $2.45

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

JPMorgan Chase is the latest financial institution to team up with a B2B payments FinTech. 19) announced news that JPMorgan is partnering with Bill.com to integrate its B2B payments technology into its own Chase platforms early next year. It’s not JPMorgan’s first FinTech partnership in its effort to boost B2B services.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Smooth accounts payable and receivable processes depend on the ability to easily access, manage and interpret payments data, but complex workflows and old-school tools can get in the way. That information is then easy to process for generating insights and informing cash management decisions. .

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

When Sourcery launched, CEO Na’ama Moran said there was a bit of a chicken-and-egg issue: She wanted the company to become a holistic B2B payments player, but should it begin with accounts receivable or accounts payable? “It makes it a lot harder to manage cash flow,” she explained.

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APRIL 1, 2016

Electronic payments and FinTech can help businesses across the board improve time and cash management, but each industry is different in the types of solutions they need and the progress with which they adopt more sophisticated tools. Baseball may be America’s pastime, but CSI globalVCard recently made moves to expand across the globe.

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JULY 3, 2019

Accounts receivable departments are often hospitals’ first lines of defense for maximizing days cash on hand, but when cash flow trickles to a drip, the ramifications are felt all the way through to accounts payable. Cash is always important, but for hospitals, it’s extra important,” he said in an interview.

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APRIL 23, 2020

Unfortunately, independent contractors have also frequently been left out of the picture for traditional banks and even newer FinTechs despite the recent influx of small business cloud accounting apps and other B2B FinTech platforms. Accounts payable is the money you owe your suppliers. That means cutting out the jargon.

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APRIL 1, 2016

Corporations have been chastised in recent years as floods of new data reveal the ongoing prevalence of paper checks in B2B payments. Bank’s head of receivables solutions for treasury management. The B2B payments space, on the other hand, not so much. The B2B space has, historically, had challenges.”. B2C To B2B.

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JUNE 21, 2018

But a company’s interest and efforts to adopt new technologies does not always mean that all B2B payment processes are improved. Instead, new research suggests that the enterprise is embracing some tools and tech (but not all), and applying them to some aspects of B2B payments (but not all).

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

In B2B payments, it’s not just the movement of money that’s a pain point for companies — it’s the tracking of that payment and the ability to reconcile those transactions that can be a major headache for both payers and payees. In an announcement on Tuesday (Oct. In an announcement on Tuesday (Oct.

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MARCH 1, 2016

deals were also joined by B2B companies. Meanwhile, AvidXchange, which provides accounts payable and automation solutions for corporations, also landed among the elite with a $225 million funding round led by Bain Capital in September. The alternative lending platform focuses on student lending, but some of the top U.S.

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JUNE 21, 2016

The B2B payments space has seen significant growth thanks to developers that often focus either on the accounts receivable or accounts payable side of cash management. A new partnership in the industry, however, brings both AR and AP management together.

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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. Many of those pain points are, by now, well-known in the B2B payments space. Understanding businesses’ biggest payment pain points requires a wide line of sight.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Mastercard struck a deal to help automate the accounts payable process for businesses in the United Arab Emirates , reports said Sunday (Feb. The credit card firm inked a partnership with technology firm Swipezoom, which operates in both the B2B and B2C spaces. ”

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DECEMBER 24, 2018

For corporate treasurers and cash managers grappling with currency volatility, “the primary strategy is to have a strategy,” Schamotta said, “rather than hope the exchange rates move in your favor.”. That seems to be changing, as 47 percent of businesses are using same-day ACH credit. Not bad, but there is room for improvement.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Automatically looping information across various financial platforms — including accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR) and expenses — is critical to achieving a real-time view of cash positions and developing more accurate forecasts.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Some B2B payments players have predicted that, on the accounts payable side of the transaction, higher interest rates will lead companies to extend their payment terms and to seek out AP technologies that offer integrated supplier financing solutions to help with that cash flow crunch on the supplier side.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

B2C Brands’ B2B Risks. Microsoft is a heavyweight in the enterprise app space, but increasingly, big brands that are typically associated with consumer-facing solutions, like PayPal, are introducing B2B solutions, further expanding the attack surface for cybercriminals.

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JULY 16, 2019

We’re able to place ourselves in the middle of B2B payments because B2B sellers often face long payment terms until getting paid, administrative burden to handle collections on unpaid invoices, and severe economic risks from payment defaults,” explained the firm’s Co-Founder Dr. Matthias Knecht in an interview with the publication.

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JUNE 22, 2016

Oil and gas is big business, with monumental funds at stake when it comes to B2B transactions. And as one of the largest industries impacting the global economy, the oil and gas sector must push through the pressures of high-volume cash management, regulation and even influences from its own labor force. .

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

At a high level, said Disque, the embrace of automated accounts payable (AP) processes has been consistent across verticals. CSI, he noted, has insight into a number of industries, where the payment processing platform (focused on integrated payables) aggregates and accepts payments on behalf of a wide range of businesses.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Those pain points expand far beyond the retailer’s walls, too, as these businesses are forced to figure out how to utilize high volumes of cash to make payments to their B2B suppliers. Traditionally, B2B commerce is conducted over the phone and via email. An Emerging Late Payments Problem. “Sometimes they forget.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Research from NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association found that only 6 percent of the nearly 2 million same-day ACH transactions made in the first 11 days of the service were B2B transactions.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Cross-border payments, trade finance, smart contracts — blockchain has the potential to disrupt B2B processes, but FinTech players are only beginning to take these concepts onto a real-world stage. For one firm, Finlync , the key to unlocking the potential of blockchain in B2B processes is unlocking the underlying data of that activity.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

As the corporate treasurer takes on a more strategic role in the enterprise, treasury and cash management technologies can often be stuck in the past, failing to keep up with financial execs’ needs. Despite the data challenge, pressures on CFOs and treasurers continue to mount.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

20) that it has launched Alan, chatbot technology designed to assist business accountants. The solution is integrated into Gappify’s cloud accounting software and can complete various tasks related to accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and other cash management functions, the company said.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Solution providers in accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) are increasingly servicing not only their corporate customers, but their customers’ own business partners with their technologies. The AP Impact of Late AR.

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