B2B News: Business to Business Payments Report (Canada) 2020 Now Available

The Business to Business Payments report Canada 2020, now available from Research and Markets, is a comprehensive review of the business expense payment and acceptance preferences of over 1,400 businesses in Canada. Looking at key drivers, barriers to payment types and opportunities for financial service providers, this report provides financial institutions with unique data driven […]

Is It Time for B2B to Integrate Bitcoin Payments?

(Image credit: Andre Francois McKenzie) As Bitcoin enters a new phase of acceptance, maturity, and penetration, the B2B sector should take into account its numerous benefits. Even with Thriving E-Commerce, Free Market Shows Its Limits   The internet marked a major milestone for humanity. For the first time ever, instead of relying on institutional gatekeepers, […]

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CapGemini, LinkedIn reveal the roadblocks to greater collaboration between fintechs and big banks

The increased willingness of fintech startups to work with banks and other traditional financial services firms may be hampered by attitudes about their agility and ability to execute on innovative ideas, according to a global survey from CapGemini and LinkedIn released Wednesday. World Fintech Report 2018 was originally released late last month, but executives from […]

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CMO Sunday: Blockchain 101

Breaking Down the Basics of Blockchain Blockchain is a fascinating technology with transformative potential that is gaining momentum. But the concept still confuses a lot of people, including me. Before B2BNN I was at an SAP financial services partner, when Bitcoin and Blockchain were first being talked about. Digital payments were of particular interest to […]

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Wikibrands launches ‘Blockchain Benchmark’ to study adoption of distributed ledger technology

Marketing consultancy Wikibrands has launched what it is calling a “Blockchain Benchmark” study to show how adoption of the distributed ledger technology is evolving in the enterprise. The survey, which Wikibrands estimates will take at least 17 minutes to complete, went live earlier this week. The topline results are expected in early March and will […]

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Blockchain experts predict customer-driven use cases across health care, finance, real estate and government

Companies have been talking about being “customer first” for years, but blockchain experts say the distributed ledger technology behind blockchain may soon turn everyday people into micro-businesses who lead the way in selling access and use to their financial, medical and other data. Speaking at an event Monday night in Toronto organized by consulting firm […]

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Divi Project seeks to create a blockchain-based cryptocurrency businesses will actually use

Companies may not conduct a lot of business with each other using cryptocurrencies today, but a startup called The Divi Project says it can change that — by making underlying technology like blockchain disappear into the background. The Divi Project has already completed its initial coin offering (ICO) as of late last month and is […]

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Sales and marketing tools dominate the $1.02B being invested in ‘SaaS North’

The needs of senior executives in marketing and sales roles are driving investments of more than $1.02 billion in software-as-a-service startups across Canada, according to a study conducted by B2B accelerator L-Spark. “State of SaaS 2017” will be formally presented as part of SaaS North, the second annual event of its kind organized by L-Spark […]

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FlureeDB wants to be the database foundation for enterprise blockchain applications

A cloud-based database called FlureeDB is promising to help companies overcome the cost, complexity and speed associated with creating blockchain applications, offering more trustworthy ways to handle a wide range of transactions. FlureeDB launched earlier this month from Winston Salem, N.C.-based Fluree PBC as a public beta. The company also published an accompanying white paper […]