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State of ePayables (Part Six): ePayables Adoption Must Increase

By Andrew Bartolini November 20, 2025Best Practices, Process, Research, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Accounts Payable-themed report, “The State of ePayables 2025: AP's Unfinished Journey.” Over the next several weeks, this site will feature our series highlighting key…

HSBC and Tradeshift Bringing Jointly-Owned Business to Financial Services Market

By Andrew Bartolini August 3, 2023News, Solution Providers, Technology

The financial services market continues to innovate with the announcement of a joint venture between two prominent players: HSBC, the London-based financial services organization serving more than 40 million customers,…

P2P Technology Round-Up — December 13, 2019

By Bob Cohen December 13, 2019Events, Solution Providers, Technology

Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, P2P, and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts Payable, B2B Payments,…

When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — November 22, 2019

By Andrew Bartolini November 22, 2019News, Solution Providers, Technology

Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…

Technology Round-Up — July 8, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)

By Bob Cohen July 8, 2019Solution Providers, Technology

Coupa Inspire was held last week, June 24-27 in Las Vegas at the chic Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center. Ardent Partners’ analyst team was in attendance. During the conference, Coupa Software, the San…

Monday First Thing: The State of ePayables 2019 – Driving Value in the Age of Intelligence

By Andrew Bartolini June 17, 2019Best Practices, Research

In 2019, businesses and consumers are now fully engulfed by technology and the data it both creates and captures. The same holds true for accounts payable (“AP”) departments across the…

Best of 2018: What’s Really Changed in AP Over the Last 10 Years? A Ton, That’s What!

By Andrew Bartolini December 26, 2018Process, Research, Technology

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “Best of” 2018 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …

When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – December 17, 2018

By Andrew Bartolini December 17, 2018News, Solution Providers, Technology

Every day, solution providers continue to research, develop, and integrate “Industry 4.0” technologies, like 3-D printing, Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, cognitive capabilities, connected devices, and robotics within sourcing, procurement, and…

The Dog Days of Summer

By Andrew Bartolini August 27, 2018Best Practices, Other

[Publisher's note: Today, we borrow the tradition begun 9 years ago at our sister site CPO Rising to bring you “The Dog Days of Summer” article in August, so we…

The State of ePayables 2018: What Makes The Best AP Departments Better?

By Andrew Bartolini July 23, 2018Best Practices, Process, Research

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published our annual AP-themed report, The State of ePayables 2018: The Future of AP is Now. Today’s article is part of an on-going series focused on the…