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Two , aEuropean B2B payments technology provider, is joining forces with ABN AMRO , a financial institution based in the Netherlands, to launch a new ‘Pay on Invoice’ solution, bringing flexible payment options to B2B e-commerce transactions.
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. “But they’ve probably grown up separately because, traditionally, banks have looked at one as a financing opportunity or corporates looked at one as a monetization opportunity, and the other is pure riskmitigation. But I think, for a number of reasons, you start to see the two go more hand in hand.” ”
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