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DECEMBER 2, 2016

We’re covering two weeks’ worth of B2B venture capital funding, and across the board, India has come out on top. It’s certainly not the largest funding round the B2B FinTech industry has seen. Cash Flow Management. B2B eCommerce. Another Indian B2B eCommerce startup announced its own funding.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Uber for Business is continuing to broaden its corporate expense management support with two new integrations for business travelers. Business travelers using Expensya’s expense management solution will be able to see their Uber trips automatically added into the platform for streamlined record keeping and reconciliation.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 million in total funding across nine rounds, with startups ranging from corporate travel and expense (T&E) management and small- and mid-sized business (SMB) accounting to artificial intelligence and beyond. Travel and Expense Management.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Today in B2B payments, Unifiedpost reveals acquisitions to build out its B2B platform, while Tally Solutions launches eInvoicing technology in India. Unifiedpost Unveils Acquisitions To Build European B2B Platform. Unifiedpost Unveils Acquisitions To Build European B2B Platform. 23) announcement.

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MARCH 1, 2018

But it can also mean booking rides a year in advance, “which is something businesses love in terms of planning, budgeting and expense management,” the CEO noted. The B2B ground transportation segment also has to cater to the differing corporate cultures around the world. Yes, that sometimes means a quick ride on the fly.

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JULY 24, 2020

Venture capital is no guarantee in times of market volatility, but this week’s B2B venture capital breakdown finds several companies managing to secure millions for solutions that enable B2B eCommerce, financial management and alternative lending. The firm is based in Israel and the U.K.,

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JANUARY 18, 2018

17) that UBS will integrate PredictX artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to improve its travel and expense management. According to UBS, the financial institution (FI) is working to develop more accurate corporate travel budgets and forecasts that recognize the nuances of seasonality.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

B2B FinTech startups came close to hitting the $100 million investment mark this week, with funding rounds in the U.S., B2B eCommerce. B2B FinServ. Travel Expense Management. India, Australia, Germany, Sweden and the U.K. Alt-Lending. Industrybuying. The startup, based in the U.S., Soundtrack Your Brand.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

Last year, WeChat announced a partnership with corporate travel and expense management firm Concur, integrating the T&E tool into WeChat to facilitate users’ fapiao tax receipt needs. The fapiao system offers both proof-of-purchase as well as tax data necessary for businesses to comply with tax law.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

According to Ken Tan , co-founder of Singapore-based small business travel and expense management startup Navisteps , there is cause for optimism. On the other end of the spectrum, however, just under half of those surveyed said it is likely to be only two or three years until the industry recovers.

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JUNE 24, 2016

A new solution by business service provider TMF Group is looking to help corporations manage employee spend, regardless of location. An announcement on Thursday (June 23) said TMF is rolling out InternationalXpense, a platform to automate employee expense claims across more than 80 countries.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The firm revealed this week that it is working with Argo , a corporate travel and expense management company operating in Brazil and Mexico, to offer a virtual card solution for corporate travel managers. Virtual cards are widely considered to be a more secure payment method for B2B payments.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

“Concur TripLink with TripIt Pro is the preferred solution for customers who aren’t a fit for Concur Travel, an online booking tool.” ” Separate reports in Skift on the same day said that SAP Concur rebuffed a buy-back offer from Hipmunk’s founders, Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman.

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MARCH 23, 2017

Bank has lent support for mobile B2B payments. Jones said he envisions platforms like Apple Pay as having potential to take off in other areas of B2B payments, like procurement. “As The bank announced earlier this week that some of its commercial cards are now compatible with Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

SalesTrip , a new corporate travel expense management firm, is launching its product this week in the U.K. The company has integrated a travel booking and spend management solution that it says is the first to operate on Salesforce , reports in Realwire said on Wednesday (Feb.

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MARCH 10, 2020

In B2B FinTech, spend management is a greenfield opportunity as innovators explore how to help corporates understand the nuances of how money flows out of the enterprise. A business may have one platform for their corporate card, another for AP, and another for employee travel expense management.

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JUNE 4, 2020

With a cautiously optimistic outlook, corporate travel technology firms continue to press forward to introduce new tools for businesses in preparation for returning T&E spend. For CWT, that means a recently-announced partnership with corporate travel expense management FinTech SAP Concur.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Corporate expense management platform Captio announced a $1.12 The firm said it will use the latest funding round to help fuel expansion of its travel and spend management solutions. million funding round on Friday (Sept. BBVA and Toyota are among some of its clients, reports noted.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

Some financial institutions, including Bank of America and UMB Bank, have also invested in mobile B2B payments. But so far, mobile B2B payments have been slow to take off. UMB Financial Corporation also spoke with PYMNTS last year about its strategic focus on mobile.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Six corporate travel expense management and accounts payable (AP) solution providers are combining into a single company to form Emburse , according to a press release Thursday (Jan. With significant scale and disruptive technology, we’re redefining how organizations view travel and expense management and AP automation.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Airbnb revealed a new partnership with business travel management firm AirPlus International to develop a holistic business travel solution, including travel booking, payment, billing and expense management. The new solution will roll out next year, the companies said.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

Travel and expense management firm Concur has added new features to its solution empowering employers to gain a new level of transparency over where their employees are while on business trips. Reports on Friday (Oct.

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MAY 15, 2018

Corporate expense management firm Chrome River is collaborating with India-based travel company Yatra , the companies announced on Monday (May 14). India’s expense management market is ripe for disruption, according to Yashwanth Madhusudan, co-founder and CEO of India industry player Fyle.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

5), highlighting the need for CFOs and other financial managers to embrace travel and expense management technology to keep up with shifts in employee spend habits. Concur is looking to expand the capabilities of its own travel and expense management solution.

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JULY 11, 2017

FlitWays, a B2B company that helps businesses book ground travel and streamline expense management processes, has enhanced its services and added new features, the company said Monday (July 10). The corporate travel industry has garnered much attention from FinTechs in recent years, both by B2C and B2B companies.

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APRIL 23, 2018

American Express’ corporate travel unit, Global Business Travel (GBT), is integrating Lyft as the latest ride-sharing service supported by the business travel booking and expense management solution.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The travel and expense management services of Chrome River are linking up with the corporate travel offerings of Amadeus, the companies announced Thursday (Nov. The deal is an extension of their existing partnership, announced last year, that saw the two firms roll out a corporate travel solution across North America.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

India’s largest online travel company, MakeMyTrip, is entering the business-to-business (B2B) space with the launch of a new solution for corporate travel. In 2015, IT service provider Wipro inked a series of partnerships to launch its own corporate travel and expense management app in India.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Rydoo, the mobile T&E app resulting from a collaboration between Sodexo, Xpenditure and iAlbatros, is integrating its expense management capabilities with Uber. 10) said Rydoo is linking into Uber for Business to streamline corporate travelers’ reimbursement and expense reporting processes.

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MAY 12, 2016

Expense management firm Coupa is getting closer to the corporate travel space thanks to a new collaboration with Sabre. One of the greatest pain points for business travelers is the time-consuming process of creating expense reports,” stated Coupa Vice President of Technology Partnerships and Corporate Development J.J. “The

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Travel and expense management firm Concur announced an acquisition this week in an effort to bolster Concur’s travel search capabilities. Hipmunk’s travel search capabilities will integrate into Concur’s travel and expense management platform.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

FlitWays Technology , a company enabling ground transportation booking, is expanding its B2B offering across Europe. 22) said FlitWays is launching its business travel booking tool in London, Milan, Berlin, Paris and Barcelona to address businesses’ ground transportation management and expense management needs in these markets.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

India’s HDFC Bank has teamed up with Mastercard and SAP Concur to manage corporate travel and expense management, according to a report by The Economic Times. The bank will offer a corporate credit card for travelers that provides solutions for expense management and payments while users are on business trips.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

The ridesharing space continues to hit new milestones in the corporate travel space, with businesses choosing to spend their money on these services as opposed to traditional taxis.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Corporate expense management firm Coupa is ready to go public, and sources are now revealing new details about the plans for the firm post-IPO. Reports by Business Travel News late last week said Coupa is likely to use the funds raised from the initial public offering to finance acquisitions.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

On the heels of AirPlus’ partnership with Airbnb to develop a corporate expense management solution, Zorn dove into how an openness to the sharing economy can lead to an openness to virtual payment solutions (and vice versa). “They can’t manage it like they can manage hotels or taxis or flights.”

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MARCH 31, 2020

A Zhonglin Capital official said, per the announcement, “In the connected era, we are optimistic that business travel and expense management platforms have become standard applications for enterprises.”. Fueled by funding in the past, Huilianyi grew into Malaysia and Singapore in 2018, and then into Japan last year.

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