White paper
B2B Marketplaces
combining digital transformation and business
Purchases made on marketplaces account for more than half of global e-commerce sales. The use of these online marketplaces—which put multiple sellers in contact with multiple buyers—has become a consumer reflex, shaking up many markets. The B2B market is no exception: more and more players in the sector are looking to adopt this transformation tool, which applies personal purchasing experiences to professional practices.
What is a B2B Marketplace?
The main types of B2B marketplaces
B2B vs B2C Marketplaces
Managing payments on a B2B marketplace
As an intermediary, marketplaces may collect the funds paid by customers to then pay them to the receiving merchants. However, the fact of collecting sums due to merchants and then transferring them to them is considered as the provision of payment services’, an activity regulated and controlled by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR).