Andrew Bartolini, Author at Payables Place

Hyland, Lexmark Outbid Each Other a Second Time for ReadSoft

By Andrew Bartolini July 14, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

We reported on July 1 that Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK) upped their bid for ReadSoft (NASDAQ OMX: RSOF-B) in the face of competition from Ohio-based Hyland Software’s UK business unit. It turns…

Lexmark Increases Bid for ReadSoft in Wake of Competing Offer

By Andrew Bartolini July 1, 2014News, TechnologyNo Comments

Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK) on June 18 increased its initial tender offer for Swedish AP automation provider ReadSoft AB (NASDAQ OMX: RSOF-B) to 43 kronor per share, a 7.4% increase…

AP Skill Sets Must Evolve with Automation

By Andrew Bartolini June 19, 2014Best Practices, OtherNo Comments

Our 2013 annual ePayables study [Sidebar: Make sure to visit Payables Place next week when we unveil this year's study] introduced accounts payable's new dawn wherein AP departments have realized the need…

The Quest: 2014

By Andrew Bartolini June 5, 2014Best Practices, News, Other, ResearchNo Comments

Ardent Partners is going to take its loyal readers on a journey this summer into the "State of Accounts Payable." Along the way we will uncover the key challenges and…

AP Metrics that Matter

By Andrew Bartolini May 23, 2014Best Practices, Research, TechnologyNo Comments

Ardent Partners recently published a new AP focused report. Entitled AP Metrics that Matter (click to download, registration is required) and sponsored by Kofax, this Ardent Partners research report…

Lexmark Tenders Bid for ReadSoft – Ardent’s Initial Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini May 9, 2014Event, News, SolutionsNo Comments

Earlier this week, Lexmark (NYSE: LXK) announced that it had commenced a cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of ReadSoft (NASDAQ OMX: RSOF-B), a Sweden-based provider of…

Nipendo and Integrate Financial Announce Supply Chain Finance Partnership

By Andrew Bartolini April 29, 2014News, Other, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

Nipendo, the provider of a cloud-based P2P-focused platform and Integrate Financial, a new, non-bank finance and technology company announced a partnership to provide supply chain finance solutions to trading partners…

Ariba & Discover Launch AribaPay, Seek to Revolutionize B2B Payments Industry

By Andrew Bartolini April 16, 2014Event, News, Research, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

The war is on in the B2B payments and last month at its annual user conference, AribaLIVE, Ariba, an SAP company fired off a big shot. As has become customary,…

Payment Factories – Why and When?

By Andrew Bartolini March 10, 2014SolutionsNo Comments

Reminder - your participation in our 2014 State of the AP Market survey is much appreciated. Take the survey and get a the complete market research report ($399 value) Increasingly,…

What Every Executive Should Know about B2B Networks

By Andrew Bartolini March 4, 2014OtherNo Comments

This is your final chance to participate in our annual AP market research study - click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the final…