PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Investors continue to fuel the growth of the B2B technology startup community with another busy week in funding. In total, investors placed nearly $600 million for firms in the B2B payments, T&E, financial management and other B2B spaces. B2B payments FinTech Qolo has announced a $3.8 In total, Qolo has now raised $6.8

Embedded Finance

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Yet, with AP solution providers enticed by the high payment volumes and values of the B2B arena, emerging solutions can sometimes be too large for the mom-and-pop shop on Main Street. Businesses that embrace Venmo in their personal lives, as well as high-tech B2C payment solutions like Square, end up in the back office mailing paper checks.

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

In a recent conversation with PYMNTS, Michael Brackpool, head of product at bunq , emphasized the role that flexibility plays in being able to address end users’ needs. The opportunities to address friction in the B2B banking arena are numerous. The Back-End Strategy: Flexibility. “Entrepreneurs value time.

B2C

Fintech Finance

JULY 1, 2024

“I have been fortunate to work across both B2B and B2C payment spaces and have an understanding of how making payments friction-free can impact the lives of millions of consumers and businesses across Asia”, said Sapan.

Visa

Tearsheet

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Morgan as an early adopter for its B2B virtual card offering. To discuss this development and its implications for the B2B payments sector, we spoke with two key figures: Stephen Markwell, Head of Product Strategy and FinTech Partnerships for Global Banking at J.P. This partnership comes at a significant time for B2B payments.

B2B

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Companies in this subcategory (1) provide technology to accounting and tax, bookkeeping, and expense management players, or (2) leverage technology to provide these services directly to end-users. APIs) directly to end-users. or (2) leverage technology to provide P&C or life insurance products directly to end-users.

FinTech

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

The absence of friction is also a big indicator of how users rate their subscription experiences. This is how B2B merchants scored higher than their B2C counterparts in the latest Index: a 65.1 That’s mostly due to differences in checkout time for B2B and B2C subscriptions (B2B is generally faster).

B2C

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Brandon Spear, president at MSTS , said the stark differences between B2C and B2B payment speeds boil down to a case of having too many cooks in the kitchen. As he told Webster, when it comes to B2B, “more often than not, there’s not just a single person who’s involved in the purchasing process.”

B2B

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The last decade of B2B FinTech innovation not only led to an explosion of product options for businesses to manage a variety of processes, including accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP) and accounting. According to McCarthy, the end-users of AR solutions aren’t the only users that technology providers have to keep in mind, either.

Accounts

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

There are those high-profile credit card data breaches that create massive headaches for merchants, while the Federal Bureau of Investigation has continually warned the nation about corporate phishing attacks that specifically target the B2B and supplier payment process, convincing businesses to pay a fake supplier.

Fed

The Payments Association

MAY 16, 2025

trillion digital payments industry, redefining everything from B2C shopping to B2B procurement. We must prioritise the end-users. What’s needed is an industry-wide approach to keep users in the loop, ensuring unified control, visibility, and oversight over AI agents’ activities across the ecosystem.

AI

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

In the consumer commerce world, offering customers choice in how they pay for goods and services across channels is an important part of offering an optimal end-user experience. For B2B customers, receiving paper invoices and mailing paper checks has its drawbacks as well.

Small Business

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The change is coming and can be anticipated, across C2C to B2C to B2B — and providing at least some sort of roadmap. The balancing act, as always, will be one between convenience and security for end-users — and knowing where the external threats lie. He lays out several lines of defense.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Many of the emerging payment scenarios are business-to-consumer (B2C), Mason explained, and stretch into many verticals. Beyond B2C, organizations’ employee and gig worker payments are growing in complexity as well, particularly as these professionals get hired from across borders. From Gig Workers to Rebates.

B2C

PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

He pointed to the need for SMBs to remain competitive and provide consumers a best-in-class end-user experience that can often only be achieved with modern technology. On the vendor side, meanwhile, Jones noted that there are similar benefits to the POS financing models seen in the B2C commerce space.

Finance

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In fact, when we started, we weren’t a B2B business, but rather a B2C. Once we realised that, and pivoted to becoming a B2B, the main challenge we had was establishing an identity. How did AI help you pivot from a B2C to a B2B? Originally, we had a simple B2C personal finance management app.

B2C

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

For Fiserv, a focus on financial services innovation means a focus on the end-user experience. As a company that works primarily with other financial institutions to offer solutions for their own customers, both consumer and corporate, Fiserv has a wide reach in the FinServ space.

NACHA

PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

to fully embrace real-time payments for both B2B and B2C activity,” Bottomline Technologies Vice President of Product Management and Strategic Solutions Jessica Cheney told PYMNTS in a recent interview , pointing to the previous rollout of Same-Day ACH and an acceleration of FinTech innovation in the country.

RTP

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

“When making a purchase online, the user’s journey extends from browsing the website through to receiving the item. Modular technology Traditional banks have been held back by legacy infrastructure that can’t easily integrate new digital services and UX desired by their digitally native end users.

Consumer Protection

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

This holds true regardless if a company was selling a B2C or B2B software product. FastSpring, which provides a full-service eCommerce platform that includes features like recurring payments, tax management and subscription services for B2B and B2C software providers, sees a big opportunity for its customers in that change.

Best Practices

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

They also reported notable increases in B2B transactions (up 11.5 Use cases for Mastercard Send and Visa Direct range from P2P to C2B in the gig economy world – and B2C for disbursements supporting a diversity of use cases, including tax refunds, insurance claims and on-demand payroll for W-2 workers.

Faster Payments

Nanonets

APRIL 19, 2024

Whether an organization is B2B or B2C, the AR team is critical in ensuring that cash is coming into the business at a rate that supports business expenses and growth initiatives. Xero proforma invoices are similar to the Xero invoice template, but they are structured slightly differently to fit your business needs.

Automation

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 16, 2015

BehavioSec’s BehavioMobile offers fraud detection by monitoring device rhythm and interaction patterns that are unique to each end user. Fiserv’s Digital Banking Solution helps financial institutions deal with the continuously increasing demands of end users for impactful banking experiences.

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

And, whether your business model is B2B or B2C or something else, always focus on the ultimate end user: the customer. Kasisto: First, make sure that the product or service is a pain killer — a “must have” — and not a vitamin — a “nice to have.” Second, eat your own dog food. Every employee uses our consumer banking bot.

Small Business

Nanonets

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For instance, in the B2B sector, a qualified lead might be a decision-maker in an organization with a specific budget and a need that aligns with your offering. In contrast, in the B2C sector, a qualified lead might be an individual with particular interests or behaviors indicating a likelihood to purchase.

Automation

PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

B2B is dead. Or at least, it’s changed irrevocably since evolving markets have brought businesses and end consumers into closer orbit. B2B will never be the same because of the ‘C’ component,” said David Houser, senior vice president for international sales at the global supply chain management company HighJump.

Irrevocability

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Product: Wikimart ‘s B2C e-commerce marketplace. Buildzar started off as a pure-play B2C ecommerce business. Title: A lot more wearable woe as Vinaya restructures and seeks pivot to b2b. But we never defined clear hypotheses, developed experiments, and we rarely had meaningful conversations with our target end-users.

Posting

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

FinTech business-to-business (B2B) payments firms that have achieved unicorn status? In an interview with Karen Webster, Matt Harris, partner with Bain Capital Ventures , delved into the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for B2B firms as they seek to attract capital and evolve their business models. The General Landscape.

B2B

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

Because we’ve all seen what happens when we let the shiny new toy syndrome (aka what’s best for the innovator and not the end user) drive innovation. Prepaid is another product category that sounded good to innovators but perhaps less compelling, at least so far, to the intended end user. Take checkout.

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech Finance

MAY 28, 2025

Now live in Canada and soon in the UK, the partnership expands payment method optionality for customers and recipients for both B2B and B2C applications offering virtual cards. “Many of our multi-national customers want the same end user experience in other countries as we provide in the US.

B2C