b2b payments

Ardent Partners defines ePayables as the solutions and services that automate all or part of the three phases of the accounts payable (“AP”) process, including invoice receipt, invoice processing, and vendor payments. Ardent Partners developed its ePayables Framework to be used by AP and finance professionals to understand the different types of technology providers, and [...]

Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, P2P and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable, B2B Payments, or Spend Management solution provider and you have news to share with us, please drop us a note at editor at cporising dot com. Thanks, [...]

It is sometimes easy to forget that when you work in an industry that delivers regular incremental innovation, that the aggregate steps taken forward can be quite significant. This is very true in the world of accounts payable (AP) where the common misconception is that not much has changed over the past ten years. Invoices [...]

Members of Ardent’s ePayables Research team (Bob, Andrew, & Phil) recently took a briefing and product demo from the team at Tipalti regarding their announcement introducing automated purchase order (PO) matching to their platform’s AP workflow. The briefing was provided by Robert Israch, Chief Marketing Officer, and Ali Hussain, Solution Consultant Manager. Company Background Tipalti [...]

Spending smart and saving more have given leaders within supply management a higher purpose and new responsibilities that were not there 15 years ago. With the amount of data and innovation available today, it collectively presents a great opportunity for Accounts Payables (“AP”) and other financial leaders to deliver real value to their enterprise. Considering [...]

The economy is global. Raw materials mined overseas are shipped to factories thousands of miles away, and then the finished goods are sold around the world. It is this globalization—and the credit crunch many organizations feel—that drives renewed focus on working capital management. It is impossible to run a business without working capital, and as [...]

[Editor’s note: We will soon be taking down the “State of B2B Payments 2015” market report, so do not miss your opportunity to get our latest research on B2B payments. Get the report before it is too late!] Each year, Ardent Partners conducts a series of market research studies focused on the accounts payable (“AP”) [...]

The accounts payable (“AP”) team has, in recent years, taken on new importance to the enterprise as a source of financial and operational intelligence. The rich data that AP collects through the course of its normal activities can, when made available to other stakeholders, inform data-driven decision making in a variety of different cases, such [...]

Efficiency rules in the modern business world, and cost savings are frequently one of the primary goals of executive leadership. As part of this objective to run an efficient organization, it is vital that the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) team drive as much value from their associated processes as possible. One of many ways to do this [...]

Each year, Ardent Partners conducts a series of market research studies focused on the accounts payable (“AP”) and P2P markets. Our most recent of these looked at the state of business-to-business (“B2B”) payments and captured the key findings in a report called “The State of B2B Payments 2015: Emerging Business Value.” The report captures the [...]