According to the brand research report released by a well-known overseas research institution recently, as a sampling national survey, in the United States, the brand awareness of Ali International Station has consistently ranked in the first echelon of cross-border B2B online purchasing platforms. Data from 2024 shows that more than 70% of respondents are aware of Ali International Station. At the same time, 66% of respondents plan to increase their participation in online cross-border purchasing in 2024.

On April 29, Ali International Station said that the survey showed that the willingness of overseas buyers to purchase through Ali International Station, a B2B online cross-border platform, has increased significantly, and 66% of respondents in the United States are planning to increase their participation in online cross-border procurement. Ali International Station has ushered in a rapid rise in the number of buyers overseas.

Paystand, a blockchain B2B payment company, has acquired Teampay with the aim of becoming the DeFi version of Venmo for B2B payments. The specific financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Teampay has raised $65 million in funding since its establishment in 2016. (TechCrunch)

Crypto Assets financial infrastructure provider Januar ApS announced the completion of a €1.5 million seed round with participation from CMT Digital, Third Prime and Skyfall Ventures, as well as Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Michael Grønager and existing investors, with a total funding of €7.5 million to date, with new funds to be used for its launch B2B crypto service platform and institutional Wallet and Crypto Assets trading solution "Januar Crypto". （eu-startups）

PANews reported on February 19 that the latest Startup Request (RFS) of Y Combinator (YC), a well-known American startup incubator, highlighted the innovative areas they want to see more Long people engage in. These areas include applying machine learning to robotics, using machine learning to simulate the physical world, new defense technologies, bringing manufacturing back to the United States, new Short Companies, climate tech, commercial Open Source companies, Short Computing, new enterprise resource planning software, developer tools inspired by existing in-house tools, explainable artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs) for traditional enterprise back-office manual processes, building enterprise software with AI, Stable Coin Finance, ways to end cancer, The foundational model of biological systems, the managed services organization model of healthcare, the elimination of middlemen in healthcare, the better enterprise software "glue", and the small fine-tuned model as an alternative to the giant general-purpose model. Regarding the Stable Coin financial component, YC said that there is a lot of debate about the usefulness of Blockchain technology Long, but it is clear that Stable Coin will be an important part of the future of the currency. $136 billion worth of Stable Coins have been issued in the market, but the opportunity seems to be far from being fully tapped. So far, only about seven million people have traded Stable Coins, while more than half a billion people live in countries with annual Inflation rates above 30%. U.S. banks hold a total of $17 trillion in customer deposits, which are potential conversion targets. However, there are only a handful of major Stable Coin issuers, and even fewer major Liquidity Providers. Y Combinator wants to fund the talented teams that build B2B and consumer products, tools, and platforms on top of the Stable Coin, as well as more Long Stable Coin the protocol itself.

Odaily Planet Daily News Y Combinator posted an article listing its main investment categories, including stablecoin projects. Y Combinator stated that it hopes to fund excellent teams to build B2B and consumer products on the basis of stablecoins, tools, and platforms, thereby realizing stablecoin finance and more stable currency protocols themselves.

Monetary infrastructure B2B trading and compliance marketplace AbbeyCross announced the closing of a new $6.5 million funding round led by Valar Ventures, with participation from BNY Mellon, Third Prime and Gaingels, including Third Prime led a $2.47 million seed round in August 2022, which AbbeyCross plans to use to further develop and deploy its ABX Sync innovation platform.

Odaily Monetary infrastructure B2B trading and compliance marketplace AbbeyCross announced the closing of a new $6.5 million funding round led by Valar Ventures with participation from BNY Mellon, Third Prime and Gaingels. The new funds will be used to further develop and deploy its ABX Sync innovation platform in collaboration with other financial services providers aiming to eliminate money market inefficiencies and bring deeper money liquidity, price transparency and market data to the fragmented emerging market currency payments industry. Odaily previously reported that AbbeyCross closed a $2.47 million seed round in August 2022, led by Third Prime, with participation from Communitas Capital and 11 strategic angel investors. （finextra）

Revo Capital, a Turkish venture capital firm that previously backed tech unicorns Getir and Builder.ai, plans to raise a $100 million fund to invest in regional AI startups, as reported by Bloomberg on December 19. Revo Capital managing director Cenk Bayrakdar said in an interview that the fund will be Revo's third fund and its first investment in the energy and gaming sectors. He said the fund will focus on companies developing AI and big data solutions, and will also support companies in fintech, health, cloud security, and B2B cloud software.

Singapore-based digital payment provider FOMO Pay has entered into a strategic partnership with Zand Bank, the UAE's first digital bank, to facilitate seamless cross-border payments between Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Golden Finance reported. Through this partnership, the two companies are committed to further providing fast, secure and cost-effective digital payment and digital banking solutions to optimize the cost-effectiveness and time efficiency of B2B cross-border transactions and drive the growth of economic activity in both regions. FOMO Pay is a large-scale payment institution authorized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, its cross-border remittance services have covered more than 70 countries, and has recently successfully obtained a Hong Kong license to launch payment and remittance services in Hong Kong, further promoting cross-regional economic ties in the Greater Bay Area. Zand Bank is a leading digital bank fully authorized by the Central Bank of the UAE, focusing on digital innovation and contributing to the development of the digital economy in the MENA region.

Exved, a local digital settlement platform in Russia, announced the launch of cross-border payments and said it would facilitate international settlements of cryptocurrencies processed by local legal entities, according to Golden Finance. The platform, announced on Dec. 7, said Russian importers and exporters can now use its business-to-business (B2B) solution to streamline processes for "foreign exchange operations and foreign economic activity." According to the announcement, the Extended platform specifically allows people to trade cross-border using the Tether (USDT) stablecoin, as well as offshore rubles and US dollars. According to the announcement, Exved's launch involves major industry partners, including InDeFi Bank, which launched a decentralized cryptocurrency ruble project last year. Sergey Mendeleev, co-founder and CEO of InDeFi Smart Bank, said that Exved's internal mechanism has been tested and approved by the Central Bank and the Federal Financial Supervision Service of Russia.

PANews reported on November 26 that, according to People's Daily Online, the Digital Currency Office of the Bank of China's head office released the "Bank of China Cross-border E-commerce B2B Digital RMB Application Solution". The solution explores and improves the cross-border payment experience through digital yuan, provides cross-border business participants with comprehensive services such as cross-border capital flow, Chinagoods order information matching, and foreign exchange compliance. At present, this model has been successfully implemented in some customers of Yiwu Commodity City.

PANews reported on November 12 that Almond FinTech, a B2B technology company that connects fiat currencies and digital currencies, completed a $7 million financing. The funding will help expand Almond's rapidly expanding network in Asia, the Americas and Africa, while strengthening its commitment to making financial services affordable and accessible to people around the world. Almond's proprietary Settlement Optimization Engine (SOE) tracks hundreds of digital currencies and blockchains to determine the best route for international transfers, ensuring the lowest possible cost and highest availability. The technology revolutionizes the way money flows by enabling near-instant settlements, protecting against foreign exchange risk, and minimizing international float requirements. In addition to cross-border transactions, Almond provides clients with a game-changing credit scoring platform driven by behavioral analytics that provides fast, low-risk, and ethical loans to communities with unconventional or limited credit histories.

Almond FinTech, a B2B technology company that connects fiat and digital currencies, announced the completion of a $7 million funding round, according to Golden Finance. The funding will help expand Almond's rapidly expanding network in Asia, the Americas and Africa.

Growcoms, an Indian blockchain B2B marketplace focused on the spice market, announced the closing of a $3.5 million funding round led by JSW Ventures and Arali Ventures, with participation from existing investor InfoEdge Ventures. Growcoms is revolutionizing the fragrance industry by improving efficiency across the value chain by leveraging blockchain technology to ensure traceability and quality, and the new funds will be used to strengthen its product offerings and blockchain technology infrastructure.

On November 1, VISA officially announced the pilot test results of a joint study with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank on the use of central bank digital currency for tokenized deposits. The test simulates two use cases, including property payments and settlement between collection agencies and merchants, while focusing on the interbank business-to-business (B2B) payment process, demonstrating the potential benefits of tokenization of B2B payments, including payment speed, settlement risk management, payment network resilience, and transaction transparency. In partnership with the two leading banks in Hong Kong, Visa was selected for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's (HKMA) e-HKD Pilot Programme in May this year, and said it will continue to explore more viable use cases for tokenised deposits, with a focus on asset market tokenisation, programmable finance, scaled retail solutions, and cross-border payments.

PANews news on October 26, the global B2B payment infrastructure platform Thunes announced a partnership with China Construction Bank to cooperate in the field of cross-border payment. Through the new partnership, Thunes will support the bank in providing international payment acceptance services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMBs) in China and introducing outbound cross-border payments for CCB consumers, both products expected to launch in 2024. According to the Shanghai Securities Report, this cross-border payment and collection scheme is being developed by Thunes in cooperation with China Construction Bank under the guidance of the People's Bank of China Digital Currency Research Institute, and will strictly implement all applicable regulatory regulations at home and abroad, and intends to release digital RMB cross-border payment products and services in a timely manner after the product system, operation mechanism, information submission, etc. have passed the comprehensive assessment and approval of regulatory authorities, and after the customer cooperates to complete the trial verification. In June this year, Thunes announced the establishment of its Greater China headquarters, Epay Network Technology Services (China) Co., Ltd. (Thunes China) Co., Ltd. (Thunes China), in Beijing's Fengtai Lize Business District to better support its business development in Greater China.

Golden Finance reported that on October 23, Thunes, a global B2B payment infrastructure platform, announced that it would jointly launch a cross-border payment solution based on digital yuan to customers with China Construction Bank. It is reported that this cross-border payment and collection scheme is being developed by Thunes and China Construction Bank under the guidance of the People's Bank of China Digital Currency Research Institute, and will strictly implement all applicable regulatory provisions at home and abroad, and intends to release digital RMB cross-border payment products and services in a timely manner after the product system, operation mechanism, information submission, etc. have passed the comprehensive assessment and approval of regulatory authorities, and after the customer cooperates to complete the trial verification.

Golden Finance reported that alternative asset B2B solutions provider Ctrl Alt announced the completion of a £2.2 million seed round of funding, led by Forward Partners and MGV, with participation from the Algorand Foundation and others. Ctrl Alt will use this seed round to focus on providing fintech companies, private banks and other investment platforms with the infrastructure and tools to enable their clients to access alternative assets.

Swiss crypto infrastructure company Taurus is opening new offices in the UK and France, led by former Bank of America executive Jürgen Hofbauer and SAP veteran Arnaud Fleischer, respectively. Jürgen Hofbauer is a 15-year veteran of traditional finance and fintech, having previously held leadership roles in several fintech companies and spent 10 years at Bank of America, most recently as EMEA's Head of EMEA Sales for EMEA. Arnaud Fleischer has more than 15 years of industry B2B sales experience and has previously held leadership roles at Salsify, Alkemics and SAP. Outside of the new London and Paris offices, Taurus said it plans to expand further in Europe after receiving regulatory approvals, including opening a new location in Zurich to strengthen its presence in the Swiss market. （The Block） Previously, Deutsche Bank and Taurus partnered to provide digital asset custody and tokenization services. Taurus is a company that provides infrastructure for issuing, hosting, and trading cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, and NFTs.

Golden Finance reports that blockchain B2B payment company Paystand announced that it has integrated with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and will launch a new integrated solution with a zero-fee smart business application portfolio to provide enterprises with a seamless automated accounts receivable. and means of income.