PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

Among these new services, the top focus is real-time payments (55 percent), followed by same-day ACH (44 percent) and blockchain-based networks (35 percent), according to Bottomline Technologies’ 2019 B2B Payments Survey. They understand the payments space, they understand the settlement systems, they understand accounts payable,” he said.

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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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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. For years, there has been a quiet shift in the B2B payments space.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Intelligent automation supplier Kofax has announced new innovations for its invoice and accounts payable (AP) solutions, according to a press release.

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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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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

B2B FinTech solution providers are currently working on reducing the friction associated with implementing their solutions into enterprise back offices. One of the biggest hurdles in B2B FinTech adoption and digital transformation is convincing the higher-ups that such investments are necessary.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Today in B2B, Bloomberg broadens its credit risk data pool, and two ERP solutions secure B2B payments integrations. Plus, Everlink strikes a partnership for real-time B2B payments. Everlink, FINTAINIUM Team Up To Offer Real-Time B2B, B2C Payments. Palette Software Integrates With Aptean ERP For B2B AP Automation.

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MARCH 28, 2019

Xerox is strengthening its position in the accounts payable services space with a new suite of business solutions. The company announced Wednesday (March 27) that it is rolling out a services portfolio that includes several industry-specific B2B services and five horizontal services all designed to promote enterprise digitization.

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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. How a business begins a relationship with a supplier can determine how lasting — and profitable — that bond becomes.

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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. In a previous conversation with PYMNTS, SnapCheck’s Kruszka noted that the largest advantage paper checks have in B2B payments is that they’re “universal.”

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JULY 14, 2020

American Express has launched a new automated accounts payable solution, American Express One AP, to help businesses digitize B2B payment processing, according to a press release.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Nacha is issuing a warning to accounts payable professionals with regards to the rising threat of fraud. But accounts payable is far from the only back-office financial workflow at risk of fraud. While current fraud tools are helpful, there is no systemic or automated option for accomplishing this," Nacha warned.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Separately, research finds B2B payments as the key driver behind surging instant payments volume in the years ahead. In addition to the expanded Accelerate program, Mastercard is also embracing blockchain for B2B use cases. B2B Payments To Drive Instant Payments Adoption. European Union Next To Ease Crypto Adoption.

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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. “The vast majority of B2B suppliers don’t accept cards.” “I do believe the cost issue has to be solved, particularly in B2B payments,” Krishna noted.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Although it occurred under dire circumstances, 2020 was the year that many organizations finally ditched the paper check in B2B payments — or, at the very least, helped to move the needle toward electronic payments. B2B payments are messier than B2C payments," said Chanda. Empowering Finance Professionals.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

The takeover signaled an evolution of the company's business model from a traditionally business-to-consumer (B2C) seller, to one that includes business-to-business (B2B) operations. It was also indicative of a growing trend of B2C merchants expanding into the B2B realm in an effort to take advantage of a surging market.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

The B2B payments landscape has always been evolving, but change in the industry has never been more acute than right now. But the challenge of igniting B2B payments innovation may not be as arduous as many chief financial officers (CFOs) and others believe, said Josh Cyphers , president of Nvoicepay , a FLEETCOR company alongside Comdata.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The company said its Kodak Services for Business will include invoice automation as the company pushes for further accounts payable (AP) automation capability. Automation is on the rise in accounts payable, as AP professionals seek ways to reduce manual processes and instead focus on more strategic initiatives.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

“Fundamental changes to the B2B payments landscape are taking place today, faster than ever before, helping the ecosystem eliminate inefficient B2B payments processes.”. Access to capital hasn’t been this tight since the market meltdown of 2008, so motivated players are finding better, faster ways of moving B2B funds especially.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2017

American Express is continuing its ongoing efforts to encourage businesses to pay suppliers with commercial cards in its latest accounts payable partnership. This integration allows companies to electronically pay suppliers right from their accounting software in RegalPay, simplifying and streamlining their B2B payments process.”.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Zion Market Research released a report about the accounts payable software market on Wednesday (March 20), estimating the market will reach about $1,567 million by 2025, according to a release by the company. The global accounts payable software market is segmented on the basis of type and application.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

With so many payment rails – and with buyers and suppliers in so many different places on their digital transformation journeys – how can a company’s accounts payable department ensure that vendor relationships remain strong, while navigating differing payment needs? The solution is going to optimize payment methods.

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JULY 3, 2018

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. While the gap is wide, researchers noted overall improvement in the perception of the accounts payable department.

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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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DECEMBER 24, 2020

For years — decades, even — B2B payment leaders and innovators had been talking about the digitization of corporate payments within accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) departments. The coronavirus crisis has accelerated B2B payments digitization to new heights. More Work To Be Done.

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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. The round was led by SignalFire, and Hillsven Capital, Bloomberg Beta and NextWorld Capital participated in the round. So far, the company has raised $32 million.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

New Jersey-based invoice-to-cash platform Billtrust has upgraded the machine learning (ML) capabilities of its business-to-business (B2B) cash application software, the company announced Wednesday (Nov. The goal is to quickly convert payments to cash.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

From a lack of supplier acceptance of electronic payments to outdated infrastructure within accounts payable (AP) departments, the B2B payments ecosystem still has much room for improvement on multiple fronts. Moving the needle in the journey away from paper checks isn’t a one-sided battle, either. An Ecosystem Approach.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Historically, corporate travel and expense ( T&E ) management has been viewed as an entirely separate function from other B2B payment workflows. As a result, the lines that once separated T&E from other B2B payment workflows are blurring, according to Conferma Pay CEO Simon Barker and Barclays President of Payments Marc Pettican.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Kevin Phalen , head of global business solutions at Visa , told Karen Webster that the consumerization and the digitization of the B2B space are enabling firms to get the job — moving money — done with efficiencies previously unknown. B2B is poised to make the same leap. But the solutions they deploy, maintained Phalen, must be fast.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Straight-through processing (STP) is the gold standard for accounts payable (AP) departments. There are the “simple, but not so simple exceptions” that keep manual processes in accounts payable, even after technology adoption, said Ryland.

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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. The companies announced on Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Businesses also may find paper checks to be untenably slow and cumbersome to issue or receive from far-flung partners, and such trends are causing a growing global momentum for adopting swifter, more streamlined accounts payable (AP) tools and business-to-business (B2B) payment methods. Find the full story in the Playbook.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

The B2B payments ecosystem experienced a sudden and dramatic acceleration of change upon the onset of the global pandemic, and its impacts reach far beyond the mere digitization of the B2B transaction. The Coexistence Of Rails. Often, that means the cooperation of multiple rails at once.

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

Orlando, Florida-based B2B Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS) platform Finexio is expanding its reach in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software space and will now be available on Microsoft AppSource via a direct integration for Microsoft Dynamics users, according to a press release.

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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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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Buyers, too, are eager for change and need to adopt accounts payable (AP) methods that are easily managed by employees working from home. Frictions like these are pushing more businesses to rethink their legacy approaches to business-to-business (B2B) payments and adopting various digital options for sending money.

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