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Opn Enters US Payments Market With $400M MerchantE Deal
Acquisitions // November 15, 2022

Japanese FinTech unicorn Opn has entered the American payments market with its purchase of MerchantE, a B2B digital commerce platform. “With the acquisition, Opn’s global footprint now spans seven countries, including the U.S., the largest growing market for embedded finance solutions,” the company announced Tuesday...

B2B Payments Today: Jeeves On Expanding Expense Management; MerchantE On The eInvoice’s Evolution
B2B Payments // June 04, 2021

Today in B2B payments, Jeeves discusses the evolution of expense management, and MerchantE explores the opportunity for eInvoicing to drive B2B eCommerce growth. Plus, Airbase debuts its standalone small business bill payment tool, Plate IQ launches its expense management and corporate card solution, and OneSource...

The eInvoice Evolves In A Shifting B2B eCommerce World
B2B Payments // June 04, 2021

With B2B commerce embracing the jump into digital, the sourcing and procurement process is beginning to look a lot more like online shopping does for consumers. For years, B2B commerce has been in pursuit of the “Amazon-like experience” — a goal that extends into the...

Embedded Payments Build Flexibility For Merchants
Payment Methods // December 04, 2020

We’ll be happy, all of us, to leave 2020 in the rearview mirror. But for payments, the new year will dawn with a combination of disruption and innovation. To that end, as MerchantE Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer Sandra Blair said in an...

Interviews & Exclusives
Embedded Payments Build Flexibility For Merchants

December 04, 2020
We’ll be happy, all of us, to leave 2020 in the rearview mirror. But for payments, the new year will dawn with a combination of disruption and innovation. To that end, as MerchantE Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer Sandra Blair said in an interview with Karen Webster, the future of payments in 2021 […]

FinTechs Prove Their Value During Pandemic

November 30, 2020
At a time when surging coronavirus counts are once again muddying the outlook for consumers and business owners, MerchantE Chief Financial Officer Shim Steinmetz says the crisis has also provided...

Locked Down And Looking Up: New Predictions On Pandemic Recovery

October 27, 2020
What does the shape of recovery look like? Even with a new surge of virus cases coming, MerchantE Chief Financial Officer Shimon Steinmetz says that an Airbnb IPO and increased...

Why 2021 Is No Sure Bet For An SMB Rebound

September 28, 2020
As 2020 limps toward its exhausting conclusion, get ready for a massive rebound in 2021 — for consumer spending, for small- to medium-sized businesses’ (SMBs’) top lines, and for the...

Quick Reads
Fortis Acquires MerchantE’s NetSuite Payments Division

July 24, 2024
Fortis has acquired MerchantE’s NetSuite payments division, saying this move will accelerate the deployment of new, embedded financial and commerce enabling solutions. MerchantE’s NetSuite payments solutions will join Fortis’ existing embedded payments offerings for software providers, enterprise resource planning (ERP) customers and scaling businesses, Fortis said in a Wednesday (July 24) press release. “We are thrilled to continue […]

Opn Enters US Payments Market With $400M MerchantE Deal

November 15, 2022
Japanese FinTech unicorn Opn has entered the American payments market with its purchase of MerchantE, a B2B digital commerce platform. “With the acquisition, Opn’s global footprint now spans seven countries,...

Merchant eSolutions Rebrands As MerchantE, Debuts New Payments Services

June 10, 2020
Digital commerce platform Merchant eSolutions has rebranded to simply MerchantE, which a press release says reflects a commitment by the company to offer more choices, more transparency and better money...