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Ardent Partners Launches Technology Evaluation Series New Report Addresses the Accounts Payable Solutions Market BOSTON, MA, March 5, 2019 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that its new ePayables Technology Advisor report, which evaluates the accounts payable (AP) solutions marketplace, is now available. The 2019 ePayables Technology Advisor is the market-leading [...]

A couple of weeks ago, we announced the availability of our annual eBook, “Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2019” (click to download) that I co-authored with Andrew Bartolini. This eBook presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of Accounts Payable (“AP”) today, by drawing on the experience, performance, [...]

We continue our FinTech Influencer Series, which highlights innovative voices in the world of Accounts Payable (“AP”) 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. Today we are speaking with Daniel Saraste, Senior Vice President of Product Marketing [...]

As I’ve written about the last few weeks, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robotic Process Automation are having an impact on Accounts Payable (“AP”), and will continue to do so at an even greater pace moving forward. Today, we are going to take a look at another technology, predictive analytics, which holds great promise not [...]

What exactly is Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially as it relates to the world of Accounts Payable (“AP”) and Finance? Today, AI seems to be a ‘catch-all’ term used to lump together so many different things having to do with automation. In far too many conversations I’ve had, and in articles I’ve read, Robotic Process Automation [...]

[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a preview of our upcoming, Ardent Partners’ Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2019 eBook. Be sure to check back next week when we publish the results.] As modern businesses progress deeper into the digital realm and away from manual, paper-based processes, their automated systems are capturing an increasing amount [...]

Many of the technology innovations that will carry Accounts Payable (“AP”) departments and ePayables solutions into the future have already largely arrived. AP and finance leaders that keep an eye on the horizon will most likely already recognize some of the advancements that are pushing AP automation solutions into the future, and create ever-greater efficiencies [...]

The Ardent Partners ePayables Research team recently met with leaders from Direct Commerce, the cloud-based global ePayables (AP automation) platform provider. On the call were President and CEO, Bruce Hanavan, CTO, Billy Williams, and VP of Marketing, Leela Gill. During our call, the Direct Commerce team provided us with an introduction to the company and [...]

In his first Inaugural address as President of the United States in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt said “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” When he said this, he certainly wasn’t talking about Accounts Payable (“AP”), electronic payments, and business commerce networks. What FDR was saying that being afraid only makes things [...]

Welcome to an all-new Payables Place feature, the ePayables Influencer Series, which will highlight innovative voices in the world of Accounts Payable automation. This exciting new series will be a go-to spot for progressive thoughts on how technology, transformational thinking, and revolutionary ideas are changing how AP work gets done. Our first influencer, Matthew Wright, [...]