Three Things You May Not Know About ePayments (and One You Should)
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a CFO in possession of a good finance department must be in want of an efficient payments operation. This is particularly true as…
ePayables 2014: The AP Team’s Top Priorities for 2014
Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and like all of our payables reports this year the research is geared toward financial managers, executives, and…
Supply-Chain Finance: Saving Money and Providing Long-Term Market Opportunity
We’re living in a global economy. Raw materials mined in China are shipped to factories in Kenya and then the finished goods are sold in U.S. and Western European stores,…
Hyland, Lexmark Outbid Each Other a Second Time for ReadSoft
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…