ebdex is dead!
ebdex was formed on 25th Nov 2004 with the idea of disrupting the EIPP market dominated by Accountis and OB10. To be fair, OB10 and Accountis had very low market penetration then (and same is true now). But they were the best examples an ambitious startup could look upon. Causeway’s Tradex and Burns e-Commerce’s Bex […]
Birth of eveo Ltd
As you very well know, I have been running events for the Digital StartUp Community in the North of England for over 15 months. Whilst these events hardly make any commercial sense, I am convinced that they can grow to become a worth while business over time. In order to achieve this, the business of […]
Billentis joins the growing edocr Community
Billentis, a company run by highly-respected ExPP evangelist Bruno Koch, is the latest service provider operating in the e-invoicing market to join edocr, your favourite business document interactivity portal. The document below gives an overview of the European e-invoicing and e-billing market: Following document highlights successful e-invoicing network models: What’s stopping you taking advantage of […]
edocr at StartUp Camp 2008
edocr plans to attend the StartUp Camp on 7th and 8th March sponsored by Sun Microsystems, and co-hosted by: This is our first time at a StartUp Camp. According to event organisers: “Startup Camp is an unconference which means you get to decide what the session content is. If you’re thinking of coming to Startup […]
Northern StartUp Mobile 2.0 – Join the North’s premier telecommunications community on 21st Feb 08
The next Northern StartUp 2.0 event is almost upon us. This time bringing the North’s premier telecommunications community together for one evening. Held one week after 3GSM Barcelona, the event aims to update the progress made within the last year and debate on the forthcoming technologies. Without further ado, here is the introduction from Imran […]
FundTech – What analysts said before the acquisition of Accountis
OK, as the title suggests, I thought of capturing the analyst sentiment of FundTech before the acquisition of Accountis. So without further ado, here is a snapshot of analysis from three firms in Jan 2008: D A Davidson & Co BUY. Price on 9th Jan $10.60. Price Targets: 12 to 18 months $18, 5 year […]
The role played by this blog in FundTech’s acquisition of Accountis
Whilst I cannot take any credit for the deal between FundTech and Accountis, I feel exhilarated at the service this blog provided in above acquisition. Here are some clues: OB10 #8 – Ready to be acquired! James Governor # 1 – Learning from a Pro I actually thought there was a blog post giving more […]
Breaking News: FundTech Acquires Accountis
Acquisition further expands Fundtech’s product suite in the corporate banking financial supply chain JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Fundtech Ltd. (NASDAQ: FNDT), a market leader in global corporate banking solutions, today announced the acquisition of Accountis Ltd. of Bangor, Wales, a leading supplier of electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) systems. […]
OB10 – Get ready for some real global competition
Up to now, the e-invoicing market has been dominated by OB10 due to their global expansion strategy, but this is soon to be threatened by a new M&A deal between two players I have come to respect. I cannot go into detail at present without breaching confidentiality agreement, but I consider this as a monumental […]
EIPP and Card vs. ACH
This Guest Post is from Will Donovan of Paystream Advisors of USA There’s been some recent discussion at PayStream surrounding EIPP on the receivables side and payment channel issues. The question: Does/will EIPP drive ACH adoption, thus intruding upon middle-tier B2B electronic payments, an arena that credit-card companies have dominated. ACH payments is a problematic […]