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August 12, 2019

What’s that Fruit in Your Wallet?

Apple finally launched its credit card last week. This long-awaited move makes a lot of sense.  After setting the gold standard for phones, tablets, and laptops, it doesn’t seem like such a big challenge for Apple to set a new standard in credit cards. So what exactly did Apple do? Beyond just issuing a credit…

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July 15, 2019

Banks Morphing into “Bank as a Platform” Players

Forbes published an interesting piece last week offering more evidence that banks understand they must go beyond offering narrow banking services to small businesses. They need to broaden their offering to remain relevant to SMBs and capture a greater share of their wallet. BNP Paribas – the French bank that owns San Francisco-based Bank of…

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July 9, 2019

Is Shopify’s Dual Business Model the Future?

As we posted a couple of weeks ago, Shopify is on a tear. In that post, we said that we’d cover the launch of their fulfillment network and discuss the company’s revenue mix. So here goes. At its investor event earlier this summer, the company announced plans for its new fulfillment network. Bloomberg reported that…

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July 1, 2019

Going to School on Square Cash App’s Customer Acquisition Tricks

My friend Darby Sieben, formerly of YPG and now at RBC Ventures, directed me to this interesting piece about Square and its Cash App, a mobile payments app competing with the likes of Venmo and PayPal. The article in ARK Invest, an investment management company, outlines the approach Square has taken to boost Cash App…

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June 29, 2019

New Endurance Integration Boosts SMB eCommerce

We’ve been saying for a while that the boundaries separating functional SaaS solutions will continue to blur. And this process will only accelerate. So it comes as no surprise that Endurance International Group property Constant Contact made some news yesterday along these lines. But first, some context. Constant Contact is probably best known for its…

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June 28, 2019

Xero Sees Opportunity in “Under-penetrated” North American Market

New Zealand-based cloud accounting giant Xero sees ample opportunity to bring more U.S. and Canadian SMBs into the cloud, according to an article published this week on the financial news site Benzinga. Xero’s premise, expressed by Xero CEO Steve Vamos to Benzinga at the recent Xerocon event in San Diego, is that SMB cloud accounting…

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June 28, 2019

Fundbox Jumps into Race to Solve the SMB Cash Crunch

Solving B2B cash flow inefficiency is getting more and more attention from fintech players. It’s a huge problem for businesses of all sizes, with an estimated $3.1 trillion in outstanding account receivables floating around on any given day (according to this report). And for small businesses, late payment of receivables is a leading cause of…

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