Best of 2014: AribaPay Looks to Simplify, Improve B2B ePayments
[Editor's Note: Today, the first day of 2015, we continue our best of 2014 series with our look at AribaPay, which originally appeared on October 3.] It’s an acknowledged fact that…
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,…
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…
Ariba Pay, Compliance, and Complex Spend: The Past Two Weeks of Payables Analysis
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,…
AribaPay Looks to Simplify, Improve B2B ePayments
It’s an acknowledged fact that ePayments are more efficient, faster, and less prone to fraud than paper checks. However, as we’ve said numerous times, one of the biggest problems with…
Apple Pay: The Killer App for Mobile Payments?
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a habit of taking aim at industries it decides are antiquated. Thirteen years ago it was the way consumers purchased music; on September 9, the Silicon…
How Dynamic Discounting Can Save You Money
In years past, many enterprises held onto cash for as long as possible so said cash would gain interest while sitting in the bank. When interest rates approached something like…
Does SupplierPay Actually Mean Small Businesses Will Get Paid Sooner?
Six weeks ago, President Obama announced the voluntary SupplierPay initiative. Already this week, we’ve gone over why the pledge matters in the first place and the technology tools that could…