Tearsheet

JANUARY 9, 2025

Embedded payments are becoming a staple in the B2C world, and more businesses are also jumping on board, aiming to streamline and automate processes from payroll (automated invoicing) to procurement (trade credit). However, B2B transactions in embedded payments are more challenging and don’t flow as easily as B2C ones.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

APRON , the business payments powerhouse, has raised a $30 million Series B funding round to help more small business owners make it by digitising and simplifying the payments process, and bring greater security to these companies’ cash flow. Apron gives SMBs the tools to do business better and more efficiently.”

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Fintech News

APRIL 24, 2025

The fintech unicorns in Asia are moving to reshape the very fabric of how people and businesses interact with money. From digital payments to decentralised finance (DeFi), these companies are solving real-world challenges like financial inclusion and cross-border transactions, while setting new global standards for innovation.

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FinTech Online and Mobile Banking Payment APIs and Integration Push-to-Card 138

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In this week's B2B Data Digest, PYMNTS breaks down the numbers behind the latest cases of fraud, including the growing risks of small business loan fraud, a case of expense fraud, and the ever-persistent Business Email Compromise risk intensified by Brexit uncertainty.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Today in B2B payments, Barclays debuts a corporate trade finance platform, and Adobe introduces B2B data capabilities on its real-time Customer Data Platform. Plus, Zact introduces its expense management solution, Monit adds new small business Banking-as-a-Service features and Plaid teams up with Jack Henry.

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Payroll, benefits and HR management solutions company Gusto and B2B credit and financing expert Nav are partnering this week. Under the agreement, Gusto’s small business clients will have access to Nav’s financial health insights as well as its network of financing options.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 25, 2025

Looking to diversify its distribution channels through its growing B2B business and provide AI-driven origination capabilities to a broader set of customers, Better.com , the AI-powered digital homeownership company, has partnered with Biz2Credit , the small business financing platform.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Earlier this week, reports said two researchers from Bloomsberg University of Pennsylvania made their case for safe harbor rules and overall easing of regulatory penalties for small businesses hit by a cyberattack. Yet small businesses rarely have the resources to pay and survive fines of thousands or even millions of dollars.

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Small Business Cybersecurity Ransomware Compromise 78

PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

Flipkart has rolled out its Flipkart Wholesale operations, which serves as a B2B marketplace for small businesses and shops. Change the way you buy bulk products for your business with Flipkart Wholesale’s efficient technology and logistics,” Flipkart Wholesale said on its website.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Small businesses have landed at the center of B2B FinTechs’ and financial service providers’ latest collaborative efforts. small business lending platform Funding Circle is reportedly considering whether to wield open banking to enhance its own product offering. Agora Services To White-Label Technology.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

Nevertheless, this week’s B2B venture capital roundup found some healthy investment for startups in both Europe and the U.S., In Germany, Candis, a B2B platform to automate accounting and payments for businesses, announced a $15.8 based small business lending platform iwoca, which secured $131.45

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Finovate

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Paychex launched Paychex Funding Solutions , expanding its offerings into small business lending to give SMBs quick access to funds via invoice factoring. Paychex Funding Solutions supports B2B companies by providing capital based on customer creditworthiness to help them cover payroll, vendor payments, and growth needs.

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Product Payroll Small Business Underwriting 59

Payments Source

JUNE 2, 2020

As small-businesses' cash flow tightens during the pandemic, Alibaba Group is enabling SMBs to postpone payments for 60 days on cross-border e-commerce purchases.

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Taking a step towards achieving this goal, it has partnered with Boost , the business-to-business (B2B) commerce platform, to drive the growth of firms operating in last-mile fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) distribution networks. times the current level of global MSME lending.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 7, 2025

This solution is designed to elevate payment acceptance capabilities for small and medium enterprises, driving the widespread adoption of contactless payments while accelerating the country’s digital transformation agenda.

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Visa Digital Payments Payment Solutions Payments 85

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Global payments startup Veem is launching a new business-to-business (B2B) tool to simplify and automate domestic payments, the company announced in a Wednesday (Nov. Veem enables payments from a central platform, which can mean faster business transactions at a lower cost for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The way entrepreneurs are managing their businesses — and their businesses' finances — is changing, with complexities and pain points multiplying. Amid the market uncertainty of the pandemic, small business owners often have to do more with less, and they're expecting the financial technology solutions they use to do the same.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

PayMate , a B2B payment solutions provider, has officially entered into a strategic partnership with De’Xandra – Malaysia’s leading perfume brand, in a move aimed at revolutionizing B2B payment processes and boosting the growth of Malaysian SMEs.

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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

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

million in combined funding, B2B FinTechs remain resilient in today’s current market. Investments ranged across geographies and industries, but the biggest highlights landed on trade financing and early wage access innovators, as startups bolster their value by supporting small businesses’ and employees’ financial recovery.

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Finovate

MAY 3, 2024

Danish fintech unicorn Pleo raises €40m in debt financing Pleo , a Danish B2B spend management platform founded in Copenhagen in 2015, secured a $43 million (€40 million) debt financing facility this week. The financing came courtesy of HSBC Innovation Banking UK, a subsidiary of HSBC Group.

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Small Business Finance Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border 64

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

Finance Factory has rolled out its new automated credit review platform, which will be able to analyze 27 data points quickly and determine a borrower's fundability, a press release says. In addition, according to the release, the company is now paying its finance agent referral partners 25 percent commission rates.

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Finance Automation Small Business Credit Limit 97

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

To remove the frictions inherent in B2B transactions, there will be no one rail to rule them all to connect corporates as they transact. The conversation marked the capstone of a month-long series of panels and individual interviews with a range of companies as part of PYMNTS’ deep dive into the state — and future — of B2B.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

With nearly $90 million in new funding landing at B2B FinTechs this week, investors showed off a diverse range of focuses, from procure-to-pay to small business payments. Digital small business payment services provider Statrys , based in Hong Kong, announced $5 million in fresh funding. and Hong Kong.

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B2B Cross-Border Cross-Border Payments Small Business 91

Fintech Finance

JUNE 13, 2024

Muse Finance , a leading financial technology company, is excited to announce the launch of musePay, its Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) integration with global small business platform, Xero. The integration between musePay and Xero works to ensure that businesses can manage their finances easily and smoothly.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

Several B2B FinTechs topped the list in Q2, however, including commercial card startup Brex, which raised $150 million, as well as global business account service provider Airwallex with $160 million and small business alternative lender Fundbox with a $200 million raise — the largest of the quarter. TradeDepot.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

B2B ’s pain points when it comes to payments are well known — where paper checks dominate, where even the fax machine makes an appearance. Along the way, they said, the B2B payments landscape itself will be transformed, chiefly through digitalization and verticalization. Interconnectivity And Embedded Finance.

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B2B Payment APIs and Integration Online and Mobile Banking Payments 97

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

B2B FinTech startups have stepped into 2021 with a bang, as industry players raised more than $910 million in combined funding. And thanks to several nine-figure investment deals, BaaS, expense management, payroll and B2B eCommerce are now in the spotlight. With plans to launch a new small business lending bank in the U.K.,

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B2B FinTech Payroll Small Business 81

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Although the COVID era continues to have an outsized impact on small businesses, frontline lending experts say SMBs have recently begun to catch a break when it comes to getting loans through FinTechs and other non-bank lenders. And the cost of underwriting a large borrower vs. a small SME was virtually the same.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

B2B payments are mired in delays, in errors, in an imbalance in funds flow and credit terms. Access to financing (trade finance, that is), especially online, can level the playing field a bit. Simply put, buyers stretch out payments and suppliers play the waiting game – at least as well as it can be played with checks and cards.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2020

Though the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the impact of late B2B payments in the U.S. Speaking with the publication, Federation of Small Businesses Senior Policy Advisor Daniel Bellis warned that even top-performing vendor payers may still have lackluster processes in place. both due to U.S. Australia and Malaysia.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Though 2020 was full of volatility, the B2B FinTech landscape persevered with venture capitalists and other investors for a lucrative year. Highlighting the increasing interest in this startup space is this week's B2B venture capital roundup, which recaps the final two weeks of 2020 in B2B FinTech investments. Deliveristo.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

There's no doubt that the small business community is facing a period of immense tribulation. In addition to navigating forced shutdowns and supply chain disruptions, business owners are now tasked with making some difficult decisions about how to keep their business alive, or whether to throw in the towel.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

With $521 million raised this week among B2B FinTech startups, the industry continues to prove its appeal among venture capitalists. MaxWholesale targets India’s kirana stores, connecting the small, mom-and-pop retailers to a digital wholesale platform to restock their inventory. MaxWholesale.

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B2B Payment APIs and Integration Small Business Cybersecurity 72

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With more than $1 billion raised — and more to come — this week became the most lucrative for B2B FinTech venture capital funding. million in new funding for its technology targeting small businesses in the U.K. million in new funding for its technology targeting small businesses in the U.K. Digital Risks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Today in B2B payments, European banks grow wary of small business loans, and Xero collaborates on API bank connectivity. At the same time, however, big problems are building over their earlier loans to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). CFOs ponder their cash reserves. 20) announcement. trillion as well.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

This week’s B2B Data Digest looks at the latest news in how businesses are responding to that call. Elsewhere in the region, analysts warn of a deterioration of B2B payments practices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and a rising demand for trade credit in markets like China and Taiwan. Federation of Small Businesses.

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B2B Payments On-Demand Finance 73