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The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken many businesses to their core, replacing traditional business structures and protocols with an entirely new paradigm. The ramifications of the pandemic have increased attention on cash management, and therefore, onto suppliers and B2B payments. CFOs, treasurers, and other finance leaders are rethinking not only how to manage and execute payments, [...]

New Report Addresses the B2B Payments Technology Landscape BOSTON, MA, August 17, 2020 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that its new B2B Payments Technology Landscape report, which analyzes and evaluates B2B Payments technology and leading solutions in the marketplace, is now available. The 2020 B2B Payments Technology Landscape is the market-leading [...]

Ardent is excited to announce a brand new webinar, “ePayables 2020: Smart Strategies for Tough Times“. Join Ardent’s VP of Research, Bob Cohen, and special guests as they discuss the key strategies for AP and finance leaders to utilize to help broaden their influence and make a larger impact within the organization. Making the AP function [...]

This week we continue our conversation about Accounts Payables’ new agenda.  The new agenda focuses on three steps that include 1) ensuring business continuity, 2) building resilience, and 3) supporting the recovery when it eventually comes. Last week we began by introducing ‘Step One – Ensuring Continuity’. This week we are going to explore the [...]

There will be many lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic and over the coming weeks and months we will cover and discuss their impact on accounts payable, the financial supply chain and overall business operations.  But, now is the time to face today’s challenges and ensure that AP’s resources are focused on the most important [...]

Last week we took a look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on overall business operations, this week we delve into its impact on AP operations. The pandemic forced stay-at-home restrictions on a majority of workers in North America, Western Europe, Asia-Pacific, and in other developed nations, causing great unrest at the company, community, [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent released its 15th annual “State of ePayables 2020: Ensuring Continuity, Building Resiliency, and Rising to the Challenge” market research report. Click to get your copy.] As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, maintaining operations and the liquidity to fund them has become the top priority for enterprises around the world. And, while the [...]

In 2020, the accounts payable (“AP”) profession continues to gain momentum and impact business operations and results in an increasingly strategic way. The global uncertainty that pervades today’s market indicates the very real threat of a deep economic downturn. In response, the CFO’s new “hierarchy of needs” has placed a laser focus on business continuity [...]

Some hear the word ‘compliance’ and embrace it, others hear the word and fear it. ‘Compliance’ is a concept that haunts nearly many professional across the greater enterprise, no matter the function: IT, finance, human resources, procurement, and accounts payable. But in reality, there is no reason for dread, to the contrary – it should [...]

The global uncertainty that pervades today’s market indicates a very real threat of a deep economic downturn. In response, the CFO’s new “hierarchy of needs” has placed a laser focus on business continuity and the liquidity needed to fund ongoing operations. Let’s examine a few ways that Chief Procurement Officers can support this top priority. [...]