Paper: Would You Bet on It or Against It?
Some years ago, the data capture market consisted of companies such as Kofax, Brainware, Captaris, DataCap, and Captiva, among others. Some of the companies in the space were sizable, many…
AP Can and Should be More Strategic
This is something that was made very clear in Ardent Partners' recent study (ePayables 2012: The State of the AP Market). As a function, AP can add a whole lot…
Concur Broadens its Reach in the Mid-Market
Most people know Concur as a leading provider of travel and expense management solutions. However, for some time now, they have been offering a solution that allows clients to manage…
Bank of America Continues to Expand ePayables Offering
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…
American Express Aims to PAYVE ® the Path to Electronic Payments
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…
Our View of the AP World Part II – The Solution Providers
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…
Ten Benefits of a High Performing Procure-to-Pay Program
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,…
SMB’s Becoming Tech Savvy with Invoicing and Payments
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…
AP’s New Motto – Not Broken, Needs Fixing
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…
Webinar: The Hunt for Safe, Short-Term Cash Yield
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…