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B2B Payments 2015: How Remittance Information Determines ePayment Adoption

By Andrew Bartolini December 21, 2015Process, Research, Solutions

Every year, Ardent Partners publishes several benchmark studies into the accounts payable (“AP”) marketplace. One of those is the annual research effort into the state of business-to-business (“B2B”) payments, called…

Who Benefits from AP Automation?

By Andrew Bartolini February 23, 2015Best Practices, Process, Technology

Though automating the accounts payable (AP) process most directly benefits the AP team itself—such as eliminating manual activities and allowing for more strategic actions—it’s a mistake to imagine that accounts…

The Future of Travel and Expense Management: The Visibility Quotient

By Christopher Dwyer December 24, 2014Best Practices, ProcessNo Comments

Editor’s note: Payables Place is excited to kick off a new series of articles focused on the travel and expense management function that will help enterprises, regardless of size or…

The Compliance Management Checklist, Part V: Amendment Best Practices

By Christopher Dwyer November 26, 2014Best Practices, ProcessNo Comments

Welcome to the final article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of…

How Can Enterprises Sustain High Business Traveler Morale?

By Christopher Dwyer November 21, 2014Best Practices, ProcessNo Comments

Editor’s Note: Today’s article was developed from an interview that resident Ardent Partners business travel / expense management, Christopher J. Dwyer, conducted with the team at MarketWatch. Listen to a…

3 Ways Suppliers Benefit from Virtual Payment Cards

By Andrew Bartolini November 5, 2014Best Practices, Process, SolutionsNo Comments

The benefits that virtual payment cards provide to buyers are expressed quite well in vendor marketing materials, as well as in several previous articles here at Payables Place. What’s not…

Which Commercial Card is Right for You?

By Andrew Bartolini October 27, 2014Process, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

For more than 70 years, enterprises of all sizes have used commercial payment cards to purchase everything from airline tickets to office supplies. This flexibility has led solution providers to…

The CFO’s View of Meetings and Events Management

By Christopher Dwyer October 24, 2014Best Practices, ProcessNo Comments

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the typical organization is now tasked with more than ever before, often asked to be the “savior” of enterprises that struggle to maintain a…

Three Travel and Expense Management Metrics That Matter

By Christopher Dwyer October 20, 2014Best Practices, Process, TechnologyNo Comments

It’s been previously stated here at Payables Place that the business travel category has been on both a budgetary and strategic rise over the past half-decade; as more and more enterprises…

The Compliance Management Checklist, Part I

By Christopher Dwyer October 15, 2014Best Practices, Process, SolutionsNo Comments

Welcome to the first article in a five-part series that will focus on how procurement, finance, and other professionals effectively build a “compliance management” checklist that addresses multiple avenues of…