Following the most recent addition to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) ePayables offering, I had a chance to have a chat with Samridhi Sarin, Director, Senior Product Manager…
Introducing PAYVE®, a new digital payment service from American Express Earlier this year, I wrote a report that predicted the top ten things that will shape the AP market in…
This can be a noisy and complicated market to understand, so at Ardent we created this visual representation which is based on our ePayables Framework that is discussed here in…
The results of Best-in-Class organizations show that an investment in Procure-to-Pay (P2P) can pay large dividends, while the relentless pressure on bottom-line performance makes a P2P investment all, but necessary,…
According to the US Small Business Administration, in 2009 (the latest available data) there were about 27.5 million small businesses in the U.S, approximately 6 million of which have employees…
Last month, Ardent Partners completed its annual AP focused market research report – ePayables 2012: The State of The AP Market. This extensive piece of research, which took up most…
The strategic value of AP & Dynamic Discounting in creating high yield, low risk investment opportunities. In today’s global economy the enterprise faces multiple areas of financial concern, from the…
As this is the first article after yesterday's launch, I thought it best to start off by providing our view of the accounts payable world. At Ardent, we use the…
Let the games begin! Welcome to Payables Place, the site where the research team at Ardent Partners will share its research, analysis, and ideas on the world of accounts payable…
In my effort to cover AP (and P2P) processes, strategies and technologies one of the first projects at Ardent was to create the ePayables SMARTset. The purpose being, to help…