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 [...]
February 14, 2020
Philip Bartolini
Solutions, Technology
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 [...]
April 20, 2018
Philip Bartolini
News, Solutions, Technology
Our annual “State of ePayables” research survey is now open. Your responses will help us establish the Best-in-Class metrics that readers can use to benchmark the performance of their AP operations. If you have a few minutes, I encourage you to click here and take it. Thanks in advance! Accounts payable (“AP”) has a history of [...]
April 5, 2016
Andrew Bartolini
Process, Research, Solutions, Technology
Automation within the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) process has driven enterprise performance for some time; however, it is only over the last few years that there has been a significant uptick in automation initiatives that include B2B payments. In fact, our recently published research report on the topic, “The State of B2B Payments 2015: Emerging Business Value,” [...]
November 30, 2015
Andrew Bartolini
Research, Solutions, Technology
Editor’s Note: With summer in full swing, many of the practitioners in the accounts payable world are taking vacations ahead of the crush of the fall months. In honor of that, the team here at Payables Place is continuing its “Summer Rewind” series with some of our favorite posts from roughly a year ago. Today, we [...]
August 18, 2015
Andrew Bartolini
Best Practices
One of the more important jobs of the accounts payable professional is keeping up with what is happening in the industry at large. This is critical for a few reasons, including skills development and the hunt for new technologies, but is sometimes difficult to do. That is why, each week, the team at Payables Place [...]
July 6, 2015
Andrew Bartolini
News
Accounts payable (AP) technology can have a significant impact on the working capital situation of most enterprises, for various reasons. Not least of these is that an improved invoice-approval process increases visibility, which results in a better overall picture of the enterprise’s cash position. This is a good outcome for everyone involved, particularly given how [...]
March 4, 2015
Andrew Bartolini
Best Practices, Research
The accounts payable (AP) team’s ability to add value to the strategic objectives of the business is greatly enhanced through technology. Leveraging technology enables AP to process invoices and payments in a more efficient and accurate manner while exercising greater control in the outflow of cash. Automation also captures real-time invoice and payment data, which [...]
March 2, 2015
Andrew Bartolini
Best Practices, Research
Cash management is a critical function in any enterprise, no matter the size. If cash isn’t managed effectively, the enterprise risks running low on operating funds, which could result in staff and/or bills going unpaid or lenders calling their loans ahead of schedule (because certain financial liquidity thresholds are crossed) — among other financial consequences. Nowhere [...]
January 16, 2015
Andrew Bartolini
Best Practices, Research
Interesting news proliferated last week, but especially so in Asia in terms of the financial world. The People’s Bank of China cut interest rates to 5.6% in response to worsening home prices and falling inflation; theories abound that the central bank may try to forcibly devalue the yuan in order to spur competiveness. Meanwhile, the [...]
November 25, 2014
Andrew Bartolini
News