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Ardent’s FinTech Influencer Series 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. Continuing our FinTech Influencer Series, today we are speaking with Mike Ehrenberg, Technical Fellow, Microsoft. Ardent Partners: Welcome Mike [...]

Posted by Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva It may be December, but that doesn’t mean merger and acquisition activity has ceased. This week, news broke that Coupa Software, a leader in business spend management, entered into an agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm. Valued at $8.0 billion, Coupa will [...]

Today’s guest contribution was provided by the team at Corcentric. After the challenges of the past two years—and amid present economic uncertainties—chief financial officers can claim a major victory. Accounts payable teams are viewed as vital business partners at a rate twice as high compared to six years ago, with 66% of businesses saying AP [...]

Editors Note: This article by John Yuva,  Director of Research Operations at Ardent Partners, first appeared on October 27th on The Future of Work Exchange   What does the concept of “team” mean for today’s remote and hybrid enterprises? Many workplaces now operate with dispersed teams. With the criticality of teamwork to execute company initiatives [...]

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 Tiago Silva, Global Key Account Manager, Pagero. Ardent Partners: Welcome Tiago and [...]

  Ardent’s FinTech Influencer Series 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. Continuing our FinTech Influencer Series, today we are speaking with Enrico Liverani, Chief Consulting & Key Account Director, [...]

The Answer Is Obvious. Should your AP department use paper as its main mode of supplier invoicing and payments, or should it leverage the power of automation to create repeatable, scalable processes that drive efficiencies, savings, and value? Any CEO, CFO, or Controller worth their salt would choose automation. Since that answer is obvious, the [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its AP-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2022: Big Trends and Predictions”. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. Prediction #8: AP Will Help Manage the Extended Workforce Ardent’s research has shown that 46.5% of the average company’s total workforce [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Accounts Payable-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2022: Big Trends and Predictions”. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. The third year of the new decade began much as last year did: with great uncertainty and a global pandemic that will [...]

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Accounts Payable-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2022: Big Trends and Predictions”. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion points from the report. The third year of the new decade begins much as last year did: with great uncertainty and a global pandemic that will [...]