B2Bpayments

From a technology adoption perspective, AP leaders for much of the past two decades tended to more often than not focus on how invoices were received, processed, validated, and approved than how they were paid.  However, over the last couple of years this mode of thinking has started to change. More recently, the ramifications of [...]

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’s FinTech Influencer Series highlights innovative voices in the world of ePayables  automation. This series is the go-to spot for progressive thoughts on how technology, transformational thinking, and revolutionary ideas are changing how AP work gets done. Continuing our FinTech Influencer Series, today we are speaking with Dave Skirzenski, CEO of Raistone Capital.  Ardent Partners: Welcome Dave and [...]

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 [...]

I’ve been involved in many AP automation initiatives over the course of my career, all of them involved some type of formal (or informal) ROI calculation and cost/benefit analysis. Most organizations when looking to justify a project invariably take a very tactical approach that places increased importance on hard dollar savings for project justification. This [...]

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 [...]

The Resiliency Imperative sessions finish the week in strong fashion with a discussion targeted to CFOs, CPOs, Treasurers, and any professional reporting into these executive job roles.  Tomorrow at 11 AM ET, we will be discussing The Role of Supply Chain Finance in Today’s COVID-19 World  (click to register) The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted enterprises all over [...]

In 2019, businesses and consumers are now fully engulfed by technology and the data it both creates and captures. The same holds true for accounts payable (“AP”) departments across the globe. Accounts Payable’s Big Data has the potential to become the next major force and catalyst for the profession. In fact, over the next few [...]

[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”) [...]