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What Concur’s Partnerships with Airbnb and Uber Say About the Travel / Expense Management Industry

By Christopher Dwyer August 1, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

There’s no question that the realm of complex spend management has evolved in recent years, with categories such as business travel (and expense management) and corporate meetings and events not…

ePayables 2014: What’s Next for AP Teams in 2014?

By Andrew Bartolini July 31, 2014News, ResearchNo Comments

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…

Basware Grows Operating Profit by 26.9% in Second Quarter; Hews to Lofty Goals

By Andrew Bartolini July 30, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

Basware (Helsinki: BAS1V) is having a good year. The eInvoicing provider announced their second-quarter results on July 10 (our sister site, CPO Rising, also covered this announcement), noting an increase…

Missing information is a major roadblock.

ePayables 2014: Top 3 Roadblocks to Cost-Savings in Accounts Payable

By Andrew Bartolini July 29, 2014News, ResearchNo Comments

ePayables 2014: The AP Team’s Top Priorities for 2014

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2014News, ResearchNo Comments

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…

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…

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…