B2b Investment news and trends

How Corporates Receive — And Revive — Investment Strategies
B2B Payments // November 21, 2016

Businesses today are extra careful about where they place their money — if they invest at all, that is. This week, we take a look at how companies are investing. In some cases, firms are investing in outsourced services to stay ahead of the competition....

SaaS, SME Finance Save B2B Funding’s Week
B2B Payments // November 04, 2016

Not every week can be a home run for B2B startups. This time, the industry saw modest gains — a couple million in funding here, another million there — with just three venture capital funding rounds. Software-as-a-Service earned some surprising investor attention, but it was...

Mastercard’s 3Q Shows Masterful Masterpass
News // October 31, 2016

In the latest earnings report showing that consumers are still happy to use their cards and spend (election be darned), Mastercard’s latest results were above the Street.  And, nicely so, as the payments processor said Friday that its third quarter earnings grew by 21 percent,...

Investors Open Their Wallets For B2B Payments Efficiency
B2B Payments // October 21, 2016

It was another stellar week for B2B FinTech startups, which announced a collective $191.8 million in venture capital and growth equity investment this week. Funding rounds this week were all about the startups that help businesses get paid faster, through more channels, more securely, regardless...

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SaaS, SME Finance Save B2B Funding’s Week

November 04, 2016
Not every week can be a home run for B2B startups. This time, the industry saw modest gains — a couple million in funding here, another million there — with just three venture capital funding rounds. Software-as-a-Service earned some surprising investor attention, but it was small business financing that earned the biggest round of the […]