CFO Share

JULY 19, 2023

The biggest challenges facing accounts payable are chaos, maintenance cost, and fraud. Bring order to Accounts Payable. Accounts payable is a non-revenue-generating expense which best in class businesses minimize. Minimize fraud risk Accounts payable is the number one source of fraud in small businesses.

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CFO Share

MARCH 31, 2023

The accounts payable aging (AP) report shows when and how much you owe vendors. Why is an Accounts Payable Report valuable? The AP aging report summarizes and totals vendors’ bills by age, easily allowing you to see how much you owe each vendor and how much total cash you would need to catch up on all invoices.

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Future CFO

MARCH 27, 2023

To curb rogue spending, businesses need to rethink how the accounts payable (AP) process can be improved. Today, many businesses still rely on manual invoice processing, for example, using e-mails to gain approval for payment, and using Excel spreadsheets to keep track of the progress of each payment.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Increasingly, FinTechs and the businesses they serve are pulling double duty with solutions that tackle both accounts receivable and accounts payable friction for each end of the B2B transaction. Digitizing and modernizing B2B payments cannot be a one-sided effort. Wells Fargo, Bill.com Pull Double Duty With Partnership.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

To automate the transformation of machine-readable PDFs to digital invoices, Basware has rolled out SmartPDF AI in the newest expansion of its SmartPDF offering. The tool uses information taken from past invoices through a cutting-edge machine learning (ML) model, according to a Tuesday (Sept. 22) announcement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

14) that it is introducing an invoice automation feature. The company said its Kodak Services for Business will include invoice automation as the company pushes for further accounts payable (AP) automation capability. Bou in a statement.

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CFO Share

MAY 31, 2023

Accounts payable is an annoyance at best, a disaster at worst. More and more businesses use accounts payable outsourcing as a solution to this problem. What to look for in an accounts payable company. Accounts payable outsourcing should include setting your business up with an automated solution.

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Future CFO

APRIL 6, 2022

Accounts Payable is responsible for so much more than just paying incoming bills and invoices, particularly given today's global challenges. In partnership with Kofax , SSON ran an industry-wide AP Automation Maturity survey, gaining insights from all over the world into how companies are growing their payables efficiency.

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Future CFO

MARCH 29, 2021

FutureCFO spoke to Marcus Rex, managing director for Asia-Pacific, xSuite, for his perspective on how finance automation in general, and accounts payable in particularly, can help transform finance into a profit centre. Myths around accounts payable (AP) automation. Recurring pain points in accounts payables.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Intelligent automation supplier Kofax has announced new innovations for its invoice and accounts payable (AP) solutions, according to a press release. That, according to Kofax, shows a focus among business leaders on using more automation to boost operational efficiency, according to the release.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

With adoption rates now rising, accounts payable (AP) departments have improved their positions within the enterprise as strategic functions, with the potential to offer greater insight into company operations. less to process a single invoice. Invoice processing is also an average of 7.5

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

Employing accounts payable (AP) automation solutions can help smooth onboarding and streamline the data collection and analyzing processes, removing the many friction points that are prone to legacy systems. Automated services could cut an average of 40 days from their invoice processing time.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) teams and other financial functions of the enterprise were some of the hardest hit by the disruption caused by the global pandemic. “Companies are increasingly looking to more efficiently manage the accounts payable process,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

While other departments may have abandoned manual, paper-based strategies years ago, accounts payable (AP) and finance departments held their ground on practices that seem to have changed little since the 1970s. Paper invoices, on the other hand, still dominate finance departments today. It’s just that easy.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

In an interview with Doug Cranston, vice president of product management at Bottomline, the executive noted that in the age of speed, fraudsters are able to more easily exploit firms’ vulnerabilities, compromise their accounts payable process and get away with ill-gotten gains, often to vanish without a trace.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

Cost containment solution provider Palmarius Advisors is rolling out an accounts payable (AP) automation solution designed to generate revenue and enhance spend control for corporate users. The company did not reveal details on how it mitigates accounts payable fraud or introduces business users to a new revenue stream with its tool.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

Accounts payable can be a contradiction showcasing the frustratingly slow pace of B2B payments digitization. In PYMNTS’ Payables Friction Playbook , “Why Firms Are Ready For An AP Upgrade,” a collaboration with Corcentric , paper checks came out on top as the most widely used payment tool by accounts payable (AP) departments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

A new report from Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm Inspyrus suggested that chief executive officers and accounts payable (AP) professionals aren’t seeing eye to eye on AP technology, and organizations are failing to upgrade their AP processes and tools as a result.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

The competition is heating up between payment technologies in accounts payable, with ACH and virtual cards seeing significant pushes in the B2B payments space to combat the dreaded paper check. Which will come out on top?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Straight-through processing (STP) is the gold standard for accounts payable (AP) departments. It allows invoices to be received, reviewed and pushed through for payment, all without manual intervention. However, experts have agreed that STP is best for companies without a high level of invoice exceptions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The artificial intelligence-based accounts payable company Stampli has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. Stampli redefines invoice management by turning the invoice into a communication tool allowing AP to seamlessly collaborate with all departments and external vendors.”.

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Future CFO

APRIL 21, 2021

Manual AP invoicing has been outdated and inefficient for years now, so when business across the globe encountered significant disruptions, companies with digital transformation still on their to-do lists felt the impact on their operations far more than those already using automation. What has changed, and what changes are here to stay?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Kodak Services for Business is introducing a new accounts payable solution, the result of a collaboration with business process automation software firm CoreIntegrator. 13) in a press release that they have developed their AP automation tool, A/P One, to automate the invoice receiving and processing workflow for corporates.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Paymerang , which works in accounts payable (AP) automation, has debuted its new Invoice Automation Solution, which a press release stated will help organizations with efficiency, accuracy, visibility and getting rid of manual paper processes.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Innovation for accounts payable is often an afterthought, but automated solutions can efficiently onboard customers, cut back on errors and eliminate paper-based invoicing systems. In technology, Visa has been investing in artificial intelligence (AI) as well as data, and Apple beat analysts’ estimates for the second quarter.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

Xerox is strengthening its position in the accounts payable services space with a new suite of business solutions. But beyond introducing document digitization tools via scanners and other devices, the company appears to be digging deeper into the cloud-based digital enterprise sphere, particularly when it comes to accounts payable.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

To make the complete payables process smarter, global payables automation company Tipalti unveiled its Tipalti Pi integrated payables intelligence engine, according to a press release. The solution identifies fraud and risk, bolsters decision making, automates manual work and eliminates accounts payable (AP) process errors.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Cloud-based accounts payable solution provider Esker is teaming up with document services unit Fuji Xerox to deploy accounts payable solutions across the Asia Pacific region, the companies announced on Wednesday (Feb. Moving forward the firms will expand the offering to Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 2, 2024

As the landscape of artificial intelligence adoption in accounting evolves, it is noted that there is no single approach being taken. According to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants , as organisations are at various stages of AI integration, there is no single application that the majority of sectors are pursuing.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Accounts payable (AP) solution provider Yooz has struck a strategic partnership with SnapCheck to address the friction of companies paying suppliers by check. ” Roughly 50 percent of U.S. businesses pay their suppliers via check, according to Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) data.

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CFO Share

MARCH 2, 2023

Accounts payable is the most common source of fraud in a small business. Both internal accountants and external hackers target weak AP processes to steal money since it is the business process most vulnerable to fraud. What are some of the common fraud attempts in accounts payable?

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

Amid talk of enterprise digitization, discussions about paper invoices and checks persist. New research suggests a vast divide between businesses that have embraced technology and electronic processes in the accounts payable department and businesses that instead prefer to retain those paper invoices and checks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

“In order to provide its customers with even better service, Cegid wanted to give them the opportunity to fully automate their supplier invoicing management processes. The integration with Esker provides all the functions necessary for reliable and efficient processing of supplier invoices,” the release said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Today, accounts payable firm MineralTree announced a collaboration with Visa with a goal of helping corporates pay their suppliers by virtual card. Proponents of push payments highlight their ability to automatically reconcile payments, because the amount charged on the card is always equal to the amount stated on the invoice.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

Smooth accounts payable (AP) processes are critical in the spice business, in which purveyors must send funds securely to vast numbers of distributors and growers worldwide. … We don’t write it down even, [but] it’s all in our accounts payable [system],”. That’s why we have all the accountabilities we have.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

As corporate buyers embrace the strategic value of a stronger relationship with suppliers, finance executives are paying more attention to the technologies used to pay vendor invoices. A similar disconnect occurs with paper checks: Suppliers don’t want to be paid this way, but corporates may be used to paying invoices with this rail.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

Expense management technology provider Medius and international eDocument service company Pagero have collaborated to help companies handle digital invoices. The new collaboration lets their joint customer base get and handle digital invoices in different formats throughout the world, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 13) announcement.

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