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Fleet Sector Travels From Closed-Loop to Future-Ready
Transportation // April 16, 2024

Where an industry goes tomorrow is a step-function from where it is today. And this is particularly true within the fleet management ecosystem, where traditional payment methods like fuel cards remain, by far, the most common payment scenario. Increasingly, addressing the challenges of traditional fleet...

Coast Raises $92 Million to Improve Fleet Management Payments
Investments // March 21, 2024

Fuel and fleet spending management firm Coast has raised $92 million in new capital. The funding round includes $25 million in equity capital from investors such as BoxGroup, Avid Ventures, Accel, Insight Partners, and Better Tomorrow Ventures, as well as newcomer Vesey Ventures, Coast said in a...

Fleet Management Firm Coast, RaceTrac Offer Fuel Discounts
B2B Payments // June 13, 2022

Fleet management platform Coast has teamed up with the convenience store chain RaceTrac to offer Coast customers discounts on fuel purchases. As the companies said in a news release Monday (June 13), the partnership gives customers a 4-cents-per-gallon discount on all fuel purchases at RaceTrac’s...

Today In B2B Payments: Coast Drives Fleet Card Innovation; CAARY Integrates SMB Insurance
B2B Payments // July 15, 2021

Today in B2B payments, Coast talks fleet card innovation, and CAARY embeds small business insurance from APOLLO. Plus, Züm Rails discusses mixing payment rails for B2B payments, Investec launches a business account service and Klasha eases cross-border funds acceptance. Fuel Cards Gas Up For The...

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Fleet Sector Travels From Closed-Loop to Future-Ready

April 16, 2024
Where an industry goes tomorrow is a step-function from where it is today. And this is particularly true within the fleet management ecosystem, where traditional payment methods like fuel cards remain, by far, the most common payment scenario. Increasingly, addressing the challenges of traditional fleet payments, including cumbersome manual processes and security loopholes, are playing […]

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Coast Raises $40 Million to Expand Solutions for Fleet Payments

July 18, 2024
Coast has raised $40 million in new Series B financing to accelerate adoption of its solutions for fleet payments. The company will use the new funding to grow its team, develop its product and partnerships, and expand to other financial services needed by business customers, Coast said in a Thursday (July 18) press release. Its […]

Coast Raises $92 Million to Improve Fleet Management Payments

March 21, 2024
Fuel and fleet spending management firm Coast has raised $92 million in new capital. The funding round includes $25 million in equity capital from investors such as BoxGroup, Avid Ventures, Accel, Insight...