Open banking continues to fuel the collaborative efforts of banks, credit unions (CUs), FinTechs and other innovators. This week’s deep dive into the space finds Canada widening the scope of open banking initiatives, and investors preparing to accelerate funding for new ways to apply open...
B2B FinTech encompasses a broad array of technologies designed to optimize workflows for chief financial officers (CFOs) and other finance professionals, from payroll to procurement. But this week’s venture capital roundup placed B2B payments squarely at the center of investor focus with more than $250...
B2B FinTech continues to thrive with venture capitalists, and this week, a clear winner emerged: corporate spend management. The roundup saw not one, but two nine-figure funding rounds for expense management FinTechs working to boost control over and visibility into business spend at a time...
Investors are diversifying their B2B FinTech targets this week as startups operating in the B2B eCommerce and alternative business lending arena secured funding. Commercial card innovation earned the spotlight, however, thanks to new funding for fleet cards, corporate cards for online content creators and a...
October 17, 2017
The cross-border payments space presents a whole host of challenges for FinTech innovators to try to solve, with new solutions targeting everything from global eCommerce to international tuition payments. The October 2017 X-Border Receivables Report, released last week, outlines just how vast the cross-border payments market is today. One area of global payments that’s garnered […]
May 12, 2017
B2B FinTech startups across the U.S., U.K., Europe, Asia and the Middle East landed some more money in their pockets thanks to investors. Funding was modest and, in a few...
May 05, 2017
Don’t let the seemingly low value of $42 million raised this week by B2B venture capital firms fool you: VC activity in the space was strong, hitting key verticals like...
September 15, 2016
There are some contradicting reports forecasting the strength of FinTech investment this year. The latest report from KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech, released quarterly, found a substantial decline in FinTech investments...
August 01, 2018
Two small business FinTech startups announced Tuesday (July 31) that they have secured big venture capital funding rounds this week. U.S. payroll startup Gusto announced $140 million in Series C funding provided by late-stage investors. Portfolios managed by MSC Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Y Combinator Continuity Fund and T. Rowe Price Associates led the investment, […]
