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P2P News Roundup: SAP Acquires Roambi; BuyerQuest, Taulia Announce Partnership

By Andrew Bartolini March 4, 2016News, Solutions, Technology

One of the more important jobs of the procure-to-pay (“P2P”) and accounts payable (“AP”) professional is keeping up with what is happening in the industry at large. This is critical…

B2B ePayments: 5 Strategies to Unlock Value in Your Procure-to-Pay Chain (Upcoming Webinar)

By Andrew Bartolini February 17, 2016Best Practices, EventNo Comments

There is significant enterprise value hidden in the supplier, or vendor, payments that enterprises make every month. Smart organizations realize this, and have begun examining their payments process to uncover…

Payables News Weekly: Concur Acquisition Closes, MasterCard Takes on Bitcoin, and More

By Andrew Bartolini December 9, 2014NewsNo Comments

The worldwide economic situation became more interesting last week. The United States enjoyed a barn-burner of a jobs report on Friday morning—312,000 jobs were created in November, while the unemployment…

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…

Instant Analysis: SAP Announces Plans to Acquire Concur for $8.3 Billion

By Andrew Bartolini & Christopher Dwyer September 22, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

Thursday afternoon, global software provider SAP AG (NYSE – SAP) announced its intent to purchase Seattle-based travel, expense and invoice management solution provider Concur (Nasdaq - CNQR) for approximately $8.3 billion (based upon the announced acquisition…

Basware Expands Its Open Network with German Acquisition

By Andrew Bartolini February 2, 2012News1 Comment

On January 17, 2012, Basware kicked off the New Year by announcing that it had acquired First Businesspost GmbH (“1stbp”)for €12.2 million, which includes assumption of the company’s debt (€…