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In Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2020, our research indicated 55% of B2B payments were made electronically last year. The positive lining here is the percentage of B2B payments made electronically has been creeping up slowly over the last decade. Unfortunately, besides inertia, there is little sound business reason for North American businesses [...]

Editor’s Note: Join Bob Cohen on a new webinar, Wednesday April 29th at 2 PM ET, entitled The Profound Impact of AP Automation on Cash, Productivity, and Risk, in the “New Normal” World (click to register) AP automation has never been more relevant and necessary than it is right now. Recent events have shown us [...]

Ardent Partner’s 2020 State of ePayables Survey is Now Open All Respondents Will Receive the Study When it Publishes in May (Click Here) Now in its 15th year, Ardent Partners annual ‘State of ePayables’ market research survey seeks to provide an industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of accounts payable today by [...]

Ardent Partners conducts one major accounts payable-themed market research study each year and this is it. By taking the survey (click here), you have an opportunity to help advance the collective knowledge of the entire “AP” profession AND get a full view into the current “State of Accounts Payable” when the report publishes. AP automation [...]

Ardent Partners takes the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Please click here to read our approach in these uncertain times. Right now we are all facing something unprecedented and unplanned for, and recent events have left many Accounts Payable (“AP”) departments scrambling to adjust and adapt. Mandatory closing of non-essential businesses, and workers [...]

We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the spread of the virus in our communities, including a 100% virtual work order and a ban on all work travel, including local, until further notice. [...]

We at Ardent Partners take the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic with the utmost seriousness. Accordingly, we have taken organizational precautions to minimize the risk of staff infection and the spread of the virus in our communities, including a 100% virtual work order and a ban on all work travel, including local, until further notice. [...]

Fraud is a real problem for all organizations, especially those with manual-based Accounts Payable (“AP”) processes. Business email compromise (“BEC”), a type of wire fraud, is on the rise worldwide and, according to an FBI report released last fall, has resulted in $26 billion in losses since July 2016. Common types of BEC attacks include [...]

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Ardent Partners recently published its annual AP Metrics that Matter eBook, which is available for download by clicking here.] The Accounts Payable (“AP”) process is one area that presents a significant opportunity for automation in many of today’s enterprises. All spend, regardless of who makes a purchase or where it is made — [...]