Andrew Bartolini, Author at Payables Place

How Cloud Infrastructure Simplifies AP Automation in SMBs

By Andrew Bartolini January 19, 2015Best Practices, Solutions, Technology

For small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) experiencing rapid growth, two key differences between long-term success and failure are (1) how well they manage cash flow and (2) the infrastructure they…

How AP Automation Can Help SMBs Manage Cash

By Andrew Bartolini January 16, 2015Best 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…

Payables News Weekly: Federal Reserve Rates, Esker Acquires CalvaEDI, and More

By Andrew Bartolini January 13, 2015News

Not even two full weeks have passed in 2015, and already big news has arisen around the accounts payable and working capital worlds. From the Federal Reserve declaring they wouldn’t…

Business Travel, ePayments, and the Best of 2014: What You Missed

By Andrew Bartolini January 9, 2015News, Technology

Today marks the end of the first full week of 2015, and the second week that Payables Place has posted every weekday. We're planning to keep this schedule going, so…

Three Must Know Stats about Electronic Payments

By Andrew Bartolini January 8, 2015Best Practices, Solutions

For about a decade, the analysts at Ardent Partners have been researching and benchmarking technologies, processes, and performance within accounts payable including electronic or B2B payments. This is an area…

Where Do We Start? An SMB Primer for Travel and Expense Management

By Andrew Bartolini January 5, 2015Best Practices

Industry standards peg the business travel category as encompassing anywhere between 8% and 12% of the average organization’s total budget. While this number can be higher for larger, enterprise-size organizations…

Best of 2014: Why Does the SupplierPay Pledge Matter?

By Andrew Bartolini January 2, 2015News

[Editor's Note: Today, the second day of 2015, we wrap up our best of 2014 series with our look at the U.S. government's SupplierPay pledge, which originally appeared on August 25.] On July…

Best of 2014: AribaPay Looks to Simplify, Improve B2B ePayments

By Andrew Bartolini January 1, 2015Solutions, Technology

[Editor's Note: Today, the first day of 2015, we continue our best of 2014 series with our look at AribaPay, which originally appeared on October 3.] It’s an acknowledged fact that…

ePayables 2014: AP Team's Top Priorities

Best of 2014: What are Virtual Payment Cards?

By Andrew Bartolini December 30, 2014Best Practices, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

[Editor's Note: It's almost 2015 and, to cap off 2014 in style, Payables Place will run five of the best posts from the 2014 archives. We continue our "Best of" series today…

Best of 2014: ePayables 2014: The State of ePayables Technology

By Andrew Bartolini December 29, 2014Research, TechnologyNo Comments

[Editor's Note: It's almost 2015 and, to cap off 2014 in style, Payables Place will run five of the best posts from the 2014 archives. Today we kick things off with the…