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The State of AP 2026 Pt. 3: Challenges in 2026: Familiar Friction, Rising Stakes

By John Yuva August 11, 2026Process, Research, Solution Providers, Technology

Accounts payable is entering a new era. After years of focusing on digitization and process automation, organizations are now applying artificial intelligence to improve decision-making, accelerate workflows, and transform AP…

The State of AP 2026 Pt. 2: AP Priorities in 2026: The Familiar and the Urgent

By Andrew Bartolini August 4, 2026Process, Research, Solution Providers, Technology

AP Trends (Part Three): Convergence, Talent, and Data Supremacy in the Future of AP

By Andrew Bartolini March 3, 2026Process, Research, Technology

Ardent Partners has spent two decades tracking how the Accounts Payable function has evolved, and publishing its annual Accounts Payable: Big Trends and Predictions research to help AP and finance…

AP 2025 BIG Trends & Predictions (Part 11): The War for Next-Gen AP Talent and Fake Data Is the Fool’s Gold for AI Users

By Andrew Bartolini May 15, 2025Process, Research, Technology

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its Accounts Payable-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2025: BIG Trends and Predictions”. Over the next several weeks, this site will feature a series highlighting the key…

AP 2022 BIG Predictions (Part 2): AP Becomes an Intelligence Hub, AP and Treasury Become Strategic Partners, Supply Chain Finance Utilization Increases

By Andrew Bartolini March 7, 2022Best Practices, News, Research, TechnologyNo Comments

[Editor’s Note: Ardent Partners recently published its AP-themed report, “Accounts Payable 2022: Big Trends and Predictions”. Over the next few weeks, this site will feature articles highlighting the key discussion…

Diving into the Data: Curing your AP Pain-Points with Automation (New Webinar)

By Bob Cohen December 6, 2021Events, Research, Solution Providers

Are your manual AP processes causing some serious symptoms, like limited visibility, inefficiency and poor cash management? Learn about the automation antidote to heal your paper-based pains and AP process…

Monday First Thing: Data Mining and Data Scientists in AP? YES!

By Andrew Bartolini June 24, 2019Process, Research

A few years ago the mere mention of data mining and data scientists in the same sentence as Accounts Payable would probably have gotten you puzzled and even concerned looks…