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Panel: Small Businesses Want Control, Automation Gives It to Them
SMBs // November 13, 2024

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have historically faced outsized challenges relative to their own footprint. From managing ever-growing tech stacks to optimizing cash flow amidst economic volatility, SMBs already have their work cut out for them when it comes to driving competitive differentiation versus their...

Earnings Season Shows Quickening Pace of SMB Cross-Border Payments Innovation
Cross-border Payments // November 11, 2024

As earnings season draws to a close, we’ve seen wide-ranging discussions of the consumer, of spending trends, lending trends, tap to pay and BNPL, of cross-border payments and remittances. The digital innovations and momentum are showing up in the business-to-business (B2B) space, too, particularly as...

Volatile FinTech Stocks Highlight Promise, Perils of Financial Services’ Digital Makeover
Earnings // November 08, 2024

On Wall Street, what goes up must go down, and vice versa. A momentous week with a seesaw of volatility in the markets could be rightly chalked up to the seismic shifts from elections Tuesday (Nov. 5). So-called “Trump trades,” assets tied to President-elect Donald...

BILL Leads SMB Focus, Sends FinTech IPO Index Up 8.67% for Week
Connected Economy // November 07, 2024

It was a good week on Wall Street for FinTechs despite one high-profile stock price drop from a member of the PYMNTS FinTech IPO 100: Marqeta. Led by BILL and Payoneer among others, earnings results drove the Index close to double-digits at 8.67% up for...

Interviews & Exclusives
Panel: Small Businesses Want Control, Automation Gives It to Them

November 13, 2024
Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have historically faced outsized challenges relative to their own footprint. From managing ever-growing tech stacks to optimizing cash flow amidst economic volatility, SMBs already have their work cut out for them when it comes to driving competitive differentiation versus their similarly-resourced peers, much less when held up against larger enterprise […]

FinTech IPO Index Adds 0.5% as Chinese Stimulus Package Impacts Share Prices

September 27, 2024
Earnings season won’t be for another few weeks. But earnings reports had some impact on the FinTech IPO Index, and gains were reserved chiefly for firms domiciled outside the U.S....

FinTech IPO Tracker Loses 3.8% Despite Affirm’s Rally on Apple Pay Tie-up

June 14, 2024
Affirm saw its stock rally 7.8% this past week, but the overall trend for the FinTech IPO Index was down, as the group sank 3.8%. Affirm Gets a Bump from...

Earnings Deluge Helps Send FinTech IPO Index 4% Higher

May 10, 2024
Earnings were everywhere this past week, driving the FinTech IPO Index 4% higher through a volatile week of trading.  Buy Now, Pay Later Momentum Sezzle shares soared 52%. The company’s...

Quick Reads
BILL Debuts Cross-Border Instant Payments for Small Businesses

September 25, 2024
BILL has introduced new payment offerings for small businesses and accountants. The new capabilities, announced by the financial platform Wednesday (Sept. 25), include Local Transfer – an international payment option for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — along with upgrades to BILL’s instant payment and invoice financing payment offerings. “SMBs are increasingly facing more complexity […]

BILL Names Ex-Visa Executive Mary Kay Bowman Head of Payments Business

September 09, 2024
BILL has named former Visa executive Mary Kay Bowman as its executive vice president, general manager of payments and financial services. Bowman will oversee the payments and financial services business of the...

BILL Says Financial Operations Platform Helps Businesses Navigate Uncertain Environment

August 22, 2024
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are adopting financial operations platforms to improve their visibility and control of cash flow as they deal with an uncertain economic environment, BILL CEO René...

Regions Bank Launches Digital Payments Solution Powered by BILL

June 12, 2024
Regions Bank has launched a new digital payments solution designed to streamline payment and billing processes for its commercial clients. Powered by BILL’s financial operations platform for small and medium-sized...