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Five Important Advantages of Purchasing Cards

By Andrew Bartolini December 8, 2014Best Practices, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

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?

By Andrew Bartolini December 5, 2014Best Practices, TechnologyNo Comments

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

By Andrew Bartolini December 3, 2014Best Practices, TechnologyNo Comments

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

By Andrew Bartolini December 2, 2014News, TechnologyNo Comments

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?

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…

How Virtual Payment Cards Can Help Optimize Working Capital

By Andrew Bartolini November 10, 2014Best Practices, TechnologyNo Comments

The working capital optimization process is a critical challenge for the modern enterprise. This is no surprise as the working capital management workflow involves a delicate balance between holding onto…

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…

3 Benefits of Virtual Payment Cards You Might Not Know

By Andrew Bartolini October 22, 2014TechnologyNo Comments

Commercial cards are an established fact of business life, with all the varieties credit card issuers provide. There are fleet cards, purchasing cards, travel cards, ONE cards, meetings cards, and…