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BigCommerce Introduces B2B Edition to Assist B2B Enterprise Merchants in Improving Sales Operations

BigCommerce, a leading Open SaaS e-commerce platform for fast-growing and established brands announced the global launch of B2B Edition. This new offering enhances the selling experience for B2B enterprise merchants. B2B Edition provides an advanced suite of B2B functionalities through our exclusive partner integration of BundleB2B with BigCommerce Enterprise to assist merchants in better facilitate online operations and provide customers with seamless transactions and convenient self-service account capabilities.

BigCommerce Enterprise hosts enterprise B2B sales features and seamless integration with point-of-sale and ERP platforms. B2B Edition expands these functionalities to streamline onboarding, support, and contract services into one all-inclusive bundle with a single point of contact. B2B companies with complex operations can now add new channels quickly, create B2C-level experiences and run operations for B2B and B2C audiences on a single platform.

“United Aqua Group has a unique membership-based business model for pool and spa business owners, which creates a complex set of requirements for our e-commerce backend,” said Scott Ferguson, vice president at United Aqua Group. “Through the full suite of capabilities provided by BigCommerce B2B Edition, we can provide our members all the B2B functionality necessary for their business-specific purchasing while offering the visual, content-focused experience that gives the feel of a B2C site. We’re confident knowing we now have a flexible and customizable platform that addresses all of our business needs.”

U.S. B2B e-commerce transactions are expected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2023, which would account for 17% of all B2B sales in the country1. By 2025, 80% of all B2B sales interactions between suppliers and business buyers will occur online2.

B2B Edition combines the speed and ease-of-use of BigCommerce’s powerful e-commerce functionality, focusing on platform openness to easily connect to mission-critical systems and best-in-breed solutions where needed. It comes with six pre-installed B2B-optimized themes to help businesses get up and running quickly and enables developers to build freely with open APIs. Additionally, merchants with multiple stores can combine them into one contract whether each store uses B2B Edition or not.

Key benefits of B2B Edition include:

• Empower sales teams. Speed up deals with the ability for sales reps to create custom quotes and discounts and login, shop, and purchase on behalf of customers.

• Decrease friction in the path to purchase. Attract new buyers and make life easier for loyal customers. Advanced payment options, shared shopping lists and buy-again capabilities allow customers to buy their way.

• Tailor the customer experience. Define custom account hierarchies and price lists to show each customer exactly what they need to see — all on a responsive, mobile-friendly site.

“We are advancing B2B digital experiences through enterprise functionality, platform openness, and flexibility to enable a modernized e-commerce experience for B2B merchants and their customers,” said MaryAnn Bekkedahl, senior vice president of business development at BigCommerce. “B2B Edition gives sellers a definite advantage of a B2C-like shopping experience that helps businesses sell faster, convert at a higher rate, and create repeat purchasing and loyalty.”

About BigCommerce
BigCommerce is a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) e-commerce platform that empowers merchants of all sizes to build, innovate and grow their businesses online. As an ultimate open SaaS solution, BigCommerce provides merchants sophisticated enterprise-grade functionality, customization, and performance with simplicity and ease of use. Tens of thousands of B2B and B2C companies across 150 countries and numerous industries use BigCommerce to create beautiful, engaging online stores, including Ben & Jerry’s, Molton Brown, S.C. Johnson, Skullcandy, Sony, and Vodafone. Headquartered in Austin, BigCommerce has offices in San Francisco, Sydney, and London.

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Nuvei launches upgraded solution for B2B payments in Canada

GlobeNewswire | October 10, 2023

Nuvei Corporation, the Canadian fintech company, announces today that it has launched its enhanced payments solution for business-to-business (B2B) payments in Canada. B2B businesses working with Nuvei are now able to offer their customers in Canada a holistic payments solution including Card-Not-Present and account-to-account processing capabilities, Level 3 processing and Nuvei’s advanced proprietary accounts receivable (AR) solution, directly integrated with their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Benefits of Nuvei’s AR solution include simplified workflows and back office efficiencies, unique payment capabilities designed to handle the nuances and complexities of business to business commerce, and shortened invoice to cash cycles. B2B payments is a rapidly growing sector of the Canadian payments landscape, as well as a requirement for the ongoing growth of many businesses focused on domestic or cross-border commerce in Canada. Nuvei is leveraging existing deep integrations into many of the leading ERP solution providers operating in Canada through partnerships in other geographies to accelerate its launch in the country. Nuvei’s unique B2B payment capabilities are often powered through back-end integrations with ERP software systems that allow organizations to manage day-to-day activities across operations, finance, procurement, and commerce. Additional features of Nuvei’s B2B payment function that are now available to Canadian businesses include the ability to offset the cost of card acceptance with fee recovery, automated invoicing – saving both time and money, tokenized payment account information that is stored on file and accessible, and dynamic discounting to further reduce the length of time to access cash. Philip Fayer, Nuvei Chair and CEO, commented on the announcement: “B2B payments is a key growth vertical for Nuvei. We’ve had tremendous success supporting our partners and their customers with leading payments solutions in the U.S., so we are thrilled to be expanding our capabilities internationally.” Fayer continued: “We’re an international payments services provider, but our roots are in Canada, so we are particularly pleased to be bringing this much-needed holistic payments solution to businesses and our partners supporting businesses in the Canadian market.” About Nuvei Nuvei is the Canadian fintech company accelerating the business of clients around the world. Nuvei’s modular, flexible and scalable technology allows leading companies to accept next-gen payments, offer all payout options and benefit from card issuing, banking, risk and fraud management services. Connecting businesses to their customers in more than 200 markets, with local acquiring in 47+ markets, 150 currencies and 634 alternative payment methods, Nuvei provides the technology and insights for customers and partners to succeed locally and globally with one integration.

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New MeridianLink Mortgage Access Point-of-Sale Solution Provides Lenders With a Seamless Digital Mortgage Application Experience

Business Wire | October 17, 2023

MeridianLink, Inc., a leading provider of modern software platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies, today announced its new point-of-sale (POS) solution for MeridianLink® Mortgage as part of the MeridianLink® One platform. MeridianLink® Mortgage Access meets borrowers’ demands for a more frictionless digital lending and account opening experience. The highly configurable POS solution for mortgage origination looks to assist financial institutions to slash their application and approval times for consumers. Additionally, the product further strengthens MeridianLink’s innovative SaaS-based mortgage loan origination system by seeking to enhance the borrower’s experience and significantly increase efficiencies. “In today’s economy, borrowers expect to be engaged in their financial experience, whether it’s checking their account balance, transferring money, or originating a mortgage,” said JP Kelly, SVP of Mortgage at MeridianLink. “Mortgage Access functions to make it easy for borrowers to buy or refinance their loans, reduce the friction in the mortgage experience, and decrease turnaround times. In doing so, these efforts will create a smoother process for consumers.” The Mortgage Access launch comes at a time when American consumers expect an increased level of support from their financial institutions. A recent study conducted by MeridianLink discovered that one third of Americans (31%) feel less confident in their ability to afford a home compared to five years ago, and 41% of respondents believed their financial institution did not provide them with sufficient mortgage lending support. The launch of Mortgage Access adds to MeridianLink Mortgage, the Company’s mortgage loan origination system (LOS) with a natively built product and pricing engine and automated underwriting. Other features of the LOS include the capability for financial institutions to customize user interfaces and automate workflows, manage electronic document packages, and access hundreds of partner integrations. The Mortgage Access product completes MeridianLink’s mortgage lending platform, delivering an end-to-end digital mortgage experience. Mortgage Access is the latest offering in a series of investments MeridianLink has made to further grow and improve its product offerings related to mortgage lending. In late 2022, MeridianLink acquired OpenClose™, an award-winning provider of residential mortgage software, to offer omnichannel mortgage solutions and leading POS capabilities that improve efficiency while reducing costs and time to close. In March 2023, both MeridianLink and OpenClose received a HousingWire Tech100 Mortgage Award in recognition of their best-in-class mortgage lending products. ABOUT MERIDIANLINK MeridianLink® powers digital lending and account opening for financial institutions and provides data verification solutions for consumer reporting agencies. MeridianLink’s scalable, cloud-based platforms help customers build deeper relationships with consumers through data-driven, personalized experiences across the entire lending life cycle. MeridianLink enables customers to accelerate revenue growth, reduce risk, and exceed consumer expectations through seamless digital experiences. Its partner marketplace supports hundreds of integrations for tailored innovation. For more than 20 years, MeridianLink has prioritized the democratization of lending for consumers, businesses, and communities.

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PDI Technologies Powers Evolution of the Convenience Ecosystem as It Brings Point of Sale to North America

PR Newswire | September 26, 2023

PDI Technologies, a global leader delivering powerful solutions and insights that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem, today announced new solutions and programs to connect operations and address critical industry challenges. These expanded offerings further the PDI mission of "Connecting Convenience" across all parts of the ecosystem, backed by 40 years of industry leadership. "The convenience industry is in the midst of rapid transformation, and our customers are seeking innovative solutions to help navigate these changes," said Linnea Geiss, Chief Operating Officer, PDI. "PDI is committed to fostering continuous progress by investing in integrated solutions designed to drive greater business value and growth for our customers." Among the new solutions announced is PDI Point of Sale (POS). PDI offers a market-tested solution internationally and now will begin offering POS to customers in North America. Designed for its versatility in both retail fuel and convenience, the all-in-one software platform provides POS, self-checkout, and foodservice capabilities. Pilot programs are in development, with wider U.S. availability planned for 2024. "As consumer preferences change and the convenience industry embraces more options to accelerate transformation, we're excited to be at the forefront of supporting customers in scaling their markets across the globe," said Brad McGuinness, SVP, Point of Sale Solutions, PDI. "Our cloud-centric POS solution can work with existing hardware, which means retailers can modernize their systems without having to make additional investments in their physical devices." PDI POS will be demonstrated at PDI Booth #B3419 at NACS Show 2023, being held October 3-6 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, where PDI is headquartered. Visit PDI online ahead of the event to view special NACS Show offers and schedule a meeting or demonstration. Other new offerings and programs include: PDI Firewall as a Service – Small Branch:Now available for smaller distributed businesses. Easily and conveniently increase network security with this cost-effective solution, supported 24/7/365 by PDI network and security experts. PDI Retail Site Management Subscription:From foodservice to lottery and more, PDI Retail Site Management helps c-stores efficiently scale and grow by automating manual processes and increasing access to data. The solution is now available in a subscription model. PDI Sustainability Partner Packages:Four new subscription-based packages that scale with various features to help businesses meet their sustainability goals and address changing consumer preferences. NewPDI Enterprise programs for operational efficiency:PDI now connects its customers with effective task compliance tools from Jolt to improve daily employee processes like foodservice, cleaning, shift changes, and more. Also newly offered will be the reliable full-service B2B Accounts Payable (AP) payments solution from REPAY, which enables PDI customers to reduce costs and improve employee productivity. About PDI Technologies With 40 years of industry leadership, PDI Technologies, Inc. resides at the intersection of productivity and sales growth, delivering powerful solutions that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem. By "Connecting Convenience" across the globe, we empower businesses to increase productivity, make informed decisions, and engage faster with their customers. From large-scale ERP and logistics operations to loyalty programs and cybersecurity, we're simplifying the industry supply chain for whatever comes next. Today, we serve over 200,000 locations worldwide with solutions like the Fuel Rewards® program and GasBuddy®, two popular brands representing more than 20 million active users.

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GK Announces GK Engage, a Highly Personalized Loyalty Solution for Any Retail Touch Point Including Mobile Devices and Point-of-Sale

Business Wire | September 28, 2023

GK today announced its latest solution, GK Engage, a modern, comprehensive and AI-powered loyalty program for every omnichannel retail touch point. This solution empowers retailers to create highly contextualized and personalized outreach including messaging, discounts and rewards that improve customer lifetime value and enrich a retailer’s competitive differentiation. GK Engage was announced at GK’s first-ever Retail Innovation Summit for the Americas, which is taking place Sept. 25-26 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Attendees can view GK Engage, alongside other GK solutions, at the newly unveiled GK Customer Experience Center. GK is a world leader in point-of-sale (POS) technology and, as a result, its product team has talked with retailers who wanted more out of their loyalty systems. To fill this gap, GK developed GK Engage, a modern take on loyalty. The solution draws inspiration from two successful GK solutions, MCA, GK’s mobile loyalty program, and T+ Loyalty. These predecessor technologies have serviced more than one billion transactions per year for over six million registered users. Now, GK Engage customers will reap these benefits at scale using one comprehensive platform that works across a diverse range of online and in-store retail touch points. GK Engage provides retailers with real-time, AI-driven, personalized loyalty offers that surprise and delight customers. The complete solution creates loyalty tiers that automatically track all customer interactions and generate relevant campaigns to safeguard long-term retailer relationships and customer lifetime value. GK Engage can be integrated with merchandise master data and customer data to ensure all recommendations, promotions, coupons and more are beneficial to the individual customer, as well as the retailer’s current inventory availability and financial goals. What’s more, GK Engage is already integrated into GK’s OmniPOS solution across all touch points including traditional POS, self-checkout kiosks, mobile, and frictionless store technology like GK GO. “GK Engage was created for any retailer, regardless of where they are in their loyalty journey,” said Michael Jaszczyk, chief digital transformation officer, GK and CEO, GK Americas. “The solution is extremely flexible. For some retailers, GK Engage will serve as a complete solution, while others may integrate the solution into a CRM or an existing customer offer system. I look forward to presenting GK Engage alongside our other innovative solutions at the now unveiled GK Customer Experience Center.” Today and tomorrow, GK customers and partners from across the U.S., Latin America and Canada are gathering at GK’s US headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina to take part in the 2023 GK Retail Innovation Summit. In addition to hearing from renowned retail experts like Greg Buzek, founder and president, IHL Group, attendees can visit GK’s new Customer Experience Center. The center showcases GK technology and allows viewers to envision a modern, efficient and exceptional shopper experience across various key touch points including the point-of-sale, the fuel pump and the e-commerce site. At the Customer Experience Center, prospective retail customers can hear from solution experts who will help them to design the best solution deployment for their end-customers. The technology featured in the center includes GK Engage, GK OmniPOS, self check-out, GK Drive, GK GO, GK AIR (artificial intelligence for retail) and fraud prevention solutions from Fujitsu, which invested in GK as a strategic investor earlier this year. About GK GK breaks down the barriers to unified commerce with its open CLOUD4RETAIL platform and a broad portfolio based on it, like OmniPOS for point of sale, mobile POS, mobile customer engagement and a full range of store/back-office solutions. The company is a recognized leader in omnichannel retail, offering a single, global software platform for all retail formats and touch points. Ten of the Top 50 retailers worldwide rely on GK, and GK is the fastest growing global POS provider in new installations over the last three years. For more information, visit www.gk-software.com.

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