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Why Haven’t ePayments Completely Replaced Paper Checks?

By Andrew Bartolini December 1, 2014Best Practices, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

Electronic payments offer many advantages over paying with paper check. Ardent Partners research has shown that, no matter the payment method (i.e., ACH, wire, card, networks, etc.), ePayments cost up…

Business Networks and ePayments: Transforming the B2B Commerce Landscape

By Andrew Bartolini November 24, 2014Best Practices, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

The world of business-to-business (B2B) commerce changes constantly; the current climate for enterprises at all levels is no different. Ever-increasing globalization and technology innovation, as well as the quickening speed…

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…

The Compliance Management Checklist, Part II: Complex Compliance

By Christopher Dwyer October 30, 2014Best Practices, SolutionsNo Comments

Welcome to the second 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…

What are Virtual Payment Cards?

By Andrew Bartolini October 29, 2014Best Practices, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

It’s a safe bet that commercial cards are, if not common knowledge, then at least easily recognizable in the business world. The venerable purchasing card (p-card) has existed since the…

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…

Ariba Pay, Compliance, and Complex Spend: The Past Two Weeks of Payables Analysis

By Andrew Bartolini October 17, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

We covered a lot of ground on Payables Place in the past two weeks; from travel and expense management goals, through the CFO’s viewpoint on the travel and expense market,…

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…

Basware Pay Offers New Method to Counteract Late Payments

By Andrew Bartolini October 8, 2014Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

For many years, payment systems existed as an afterthought for other ePayables (accounts payable automation) systems. That all changed in the last few years, with more and more AP-driven RFPs…

Esker Wants to Take Over the Procure-to-Pay World

By Andrew Bartolini October 6, 2014Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

The disconnected nature of many enterprise systems is a persistent challenge in the procure-to-pay (P2P) process automation world. Accounts payable runs through one system or maybe a backend ERP server…