Best of 2014: ePayables 2014: The State of ePayables Technology
[Editor's Note: It's almost 2015 and, to cap off 2014 in style, Payables Place will run five of the best posts from the 2014 archives. Today we kick things off with the…
An Early Payment Discount Example to Sink Your Teeth Into
Enterprises around the world want to maximize working capital for a variety of reasons, not least of which includes freeing up cash from operations in order to hire new employees,…
Where Can Travel and Expense Go? (Part II)
On Monday, we published the first article in this brief, two part series exploring the value proposition of travel and expense management. Click here to check it out. To recap, we discussed that:…
Where Can Travel and Expense Management Go? (Part I)
It was sometime in mid-2009 that I first heard the following phrase: “We’re looking at travel and expense as being more strategic here internally.” It was uttered by a CFO at…
Five Important Advantages of Purchasing Cards
Purchasing cards (“p-cards”) have been around long enough to become a ubiquitous facet of a majority of enterprises. Generally strong when it comes to high-volume, low-dollar-value transactions and also utilized…
What is a Purchasing Card?
No matter the size of the enterprise, the accounts payable team tends to be deluged with paper. Mostly in the form of invoices and/or paper checks sent to suppliers. In…
6 Steps to Effective Supplier Onboarding with Virtual Payment Cards
Technology implementations are never easy. There could be unforeseen integration issues with back-end systems or perhaps more customization is required than originally thought. In the P2P world, one of the…
Payables News Weekly: Ariba Network Free for SMEs; 3Delta Systems Hits a Milestone
Black Friday has made the leap from a solely United States event. The United Kingdom had local Black Friday sales on November 28, which resulted in police getting called to…
Why Haven’t ePayments Completely Replaced Paper Checks?
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
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…