European B2B Office of CFO SaaS: 2025 Market Trends and Key Investments
The European office of CFO SaaS remains a fertile ground for investments and M&A. Rapid market consolidation across CFO SaaS domains, key regulatory mandates (e.g., B2B E-invoicing) and increased adoption of embedded fintech across SaaS domains makes the space an attractive investment hotbed. We advise viewing the slides via the “PDF” icon button. ‹ › […]
Recent Public Market Meltdown of North American B2B Payments SaaS & Fintechs
Recent public market meltdown of North American B2B payments SaaS & fintechs likely to accelerate a wave of public-to-private M&A (along with other fintech domains). Market fundamentals, growth outlook, and opportunity for value creation in the sector remain healthy in the long term.
Ubiquitous Open Banking: Select Global Markets
Open banking enables secure data sharing between banks and third parties, facilitating payments and information access. Beyond UK/Europe (initial markets), we now see other regions at the cusp of open banking adoption, driven by both regulatory and market forces. We advise viewing the slides via the “PDF” icon button. ‹ › General Commentary & Highlights […]
Executive Interview with Ian Drysdale, CEO, One Inc: “Automating Traditional Insurance Workflows from Weeks to Seconds”
Flagship Advisory Partners’ Executive Interview Series provides readers with exclusive insights from thought leaders in the payments and fintech industry. This edition spotlights One Inc, a digital payments platform specializing in insurance premiums and claims. Flagship Advisory Partners met with Ian Drysdale, CEO of One Inc, to learn about how they are revolutionizing insurance payments […]
Authorized Push Payment (APP) Fraud: An Escalating Threat
In today’s digital world, Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud is becoming one of the most deceptive and dangerous scams. As these scams evolve and grow, understanding how they work and how to protect yourself is more important than ever. In this article, we delve into APP fraud growth, use cases, solutions, and ultimately how payments […]
Executive Interview with Rob Straathof, CEO, Liberis: “Embedded Finance Isn’t One Size Fits All”
Flagship Advisory Partners’ Executive Interview Series provides readers with exclusive insights from thought leaders in the payments and fintech industry. This edition spotlights Liberis, a leading global embedded finance platform that provides funding and financial products to small businesses. Flagship Advisory Partners met with Rob Straathof, CEO, to learn about Liberis’ perspectives on embedded finance […]
X-Border Payments: State of the Market, 2024
The x-border payments fintech market is massive. Currently, banks control around 75% of the total transaction volume, but they are steadily losing market share to fintech companies. In this slide presentation, we analyze the growth of x-border fintech, examine recent M&A activity, and explore the various business models within this space. We advise viewing the […]
European Office of CFO SaaS: New Battleground for Embedded Fintech
The European office of CFO SaaS is a new battleground for embedded fintech. Leading SaaS platforms are increasingly embedding fintech solutions with software workflows and creating a winning formula of success. In this article, we analyze this space and present our key takeaways.
Executive Interview Series: Ram Sundaram, co-Founder & COO, TerraPay
Flagship Advisory Partners’ Executive Interview Series provides readers with exclusive insights from thought leaders in the payments and fintech industry. This edition puts the spotlight on TerraPay, a leading fintech that serves businesses and fintechs in the B2B cross-border payments space. Flagship Advisory Partners met with Ram Sundaram, Co-Founder and COO of TerraPay to learn […]
FedNow: Game Changer for U.S. Consumer Payments?
Introduction The U.S. has the highest payment acceptance costs in the world despite being a large and mature fintech market (you can read our prior assessment of this topic here). This situation is ripe for disruption, the question is just when and how. Real-time A2A payments would appear to be the ‘disruption how’ given the […]