ePayment

Every year, Ardent Partners publishes several benchmark studies into the accounts payable (“AP”) marketplace. One of those is the annual research effort into the state of business-to-business (“B2B”) payments, called “The State of B2B Payments 2015: Emerging Business Value” this year, which Ardent is proud to announce is now available. The report captures the perspectives, [...]

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Last week, MasterCard one of the largest payment networks in the world and Basware, a provider of procure-to-pay (P2P) and eInvoicing solutions announced a strategic partnership to bring to market a new electronic payment (ePayment) vehicle. Andrew Bartolini and I had the pleasure of speaking with Esa Tihila (CEO of Basware) and Hany Fam (President [...]

The last phase of the AP process is the scheduling, processing and execution of an invoice payment. In the US, paper checks are still dominant as a payment format; however, this is shifting rapidly. The migration from paper checks to electronic payments (e.g., ACH, card, wire transfer, etc.) is a trend that is only going [...]

Executives and other leaders in procurement (and accounts payable) increasingly have roles with global responsibilities and implications. For this reason, I have taken a European focus with a few of our recent articles, Five Things You Should Know eInvoicing in the Eurozone and Making Payments in the Eurozone. Today we continue with our third in [...]