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Risk will be less of an issue because of the increase in transparency and tighter control on foreignexchange payments, along with the currency exposures for those with stake in procurement and treasury.
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Clarke also noted that the company’s partnership with AvidXchange to launch its automated accountspayable (AP) solution ASAP is on path to become “a big, big deal” for the company. FLEETCOR expects to book between 9 percent and 11 percent organic revenue growth for 2019. ”
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In this instance, some authorities, Toppen said, may require that the transaction not be treated as accountspayable or accounts receivable but must be written off as debt, which has implications for consolidated accounting and reporting. “Some countries may say you can just settle it without cash being moved. .”
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The firm added that it enables businesses to unify their accountspayable, accounts receivable, invoice processing and other B2B finance processes. .” The WU EDGE platform enables international payments and provides a portal through which SMEs can connect with each other.
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