PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) teams are now taking a fresh look at the potential of tools such as virtual cards to ease their transaction frictions. The digital methods suit remote purchasing environments and offer security features that can make it difficult for fraudsters to use stolen card details. Find the full story in the Report.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Financial solutions provider Comdata is teaming up with Computer Guidance Corporation to integrate virtual card payment functionality for the construction industry. Computer Guidance Corporation offers cloud ERP solutions for the construction sector. On Thursday (Nov.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 8, 2025

Constructive feedback is equally important. Allowing someone who primarily works in accounts payable to gain experience in forecasting or treasury provides them with a broader understanding of finance operations. Ask questions like, What skills would you like to develop? or Where do you see yourself in the next few years?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

There are a lot of factors that make B2B payments in the construction industry a challenge. “Something unique about payment in construction is that it’s different than just getting money from point A to point B,” he continued. Construction used to be an industry in which agreements were made on handshakes.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“The shift I have seen there,” she told PYMNTS of healthcare firms, “that was most effective is providers [the vendors] had their way of going through the process either from an [accounts payable] or [accounts receivable] perspective.”. Comdata, she said, has mimicked the flow from claims to invoice to payment to reconciliation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Construction companies need to ensure they can swiftly purchase materials and other supplies to complete their projects and maintain steady cashflows. Many corporate buyers are finding that using paper checks increases their accounts payable (AP) expenses unnecessarily as well, and vendors often want to get paid faster than checks allow.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Palette Software has connected its accounts payable (AP) automation cloud technology with Aptean ERP , according to a Monday (Nov. In separate news, Palette Software introduced AP automation technology that is meant for companies in the engineering and construction spaces, per news in August. 2) announcement.

Accounts Payable 56

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

only agriculture and hunting invest less in digitization than the construction industry, according to recent data. Even so, the global construction management software market is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2 In the U.S., percent from 2018 to 2022. Freeing Up Cash Flow.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

In an effort to help companies reduce their accounts payable (AP) expenses, Zycus has rolled out artificial intelligence (AI)-powered bots for the last part of the procurement process, according to an announcement. Those who work in finance or accounting roles can use the RegalPay technology directly from their workstations.

Accounts Payable 60

Accounts Payable SAP Invoicing Construction 60

The Charity CFO

APRIL 5, 2022

Accrual accounts exist to track your accrual transactions and their balances, according to the type of transaction. Common accrual accounts include: . Accounts receivable. Accounts payable. Notes payable. What is the Cash Accounting Method? Which accounting method is more effective?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bringing automation into one’s accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes can help firms bring payments up to speed and reduce the overall time it takes to process and finalize transactions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

“While the tax-themed email attacks hit businesses in all sectors, we also saw financial firms and construction industries targeted disproportionately,” wrote Sherrod DeGrippo, who published the research on ProofPoint’s website last week. The construction industry targeting, in particular, is a reminder that no one sector is immune.”.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

These were given to SMEs working in multiple sectors: tourism, construction, commerce, education, healthcare, social services, industry, agriculture, and livestock, among others. In its 2024 iteration, the Banreservas loan-fair program disbursed 5,800 loans, totaling about $238.5 The bank offers a host of payroll and HR solutions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Yet, as innovators have chip away at friction points, they have recognized the value of incorporating a supplier’s accounts receivable (AR) experience into their solutions. That’s because AR and accounts payable (AP) processes are intrinsically connected. ” The Power Of Collaboration. ”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

We have deep dives on the financial health of Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), digital accounts payable (AP), and GoodRx ’s initial public offering (IPO). . Massachusetts-based accounts payable (AP) automation technology firm MineralTree Inc. 23) after the firm had an IPO at $33 per share.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Their collaboration aims to reduce the time it takes for professionals to manually analyze transaction information and detect potentially fraudulent payments, particularly targeting the threat of fraudsters tricking accounts payable (AP) teams into making payments into fraudulent suppliers’ accounts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

National Football League franchise the Oakland Raiders has been named in a lawsuit amid allegations of non-payment for construction on the team’s new stadium in Las Vegas. According to the publication, the legal dispute has not compromised construction on the stadium, with the project expected to be complete next month.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

construction market is on a roll, and recent data suggests it is unlikely to slow. Construction firms looking to succeed in this growing market and turn a profit must complete their projects on time, which means access to steady cash flows is crucial. The market is on track to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

And any number of firms are looking to aid finance professionals in reducing paper inflows and outflows — a bottleneck where accounts payable is concerned. For Nexus, the main focus is on managing everything from tracking onsite purchases to compliance, and key verticals include real estate and construction, said Coolidge.

Accounts Payable 53

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Reports in The Construction Index revealed that Travis Perkins notified its suppliers it would be extending payment terms, citing work-from-home requirements of its accounts payable staff related to COVID-19. As a result, more than half of the suppliers surveyed said they have trouble paying their own vendors on time.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Late payments to contractors in the construction industry is a particularly prominent focus for advocates of timely contractor payments. Accelerating payments to contractors is an undertaking that requires a modernization push, according to Management Controls Senior Vice President of Insights & Analytics Mark Rivers.

Accounts Payable 57

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Drill down a bit, and average DSO have been notably on the rise in verticals such as construction (up 10 days to an average 53 days) and healthcare (up seven days to 49 days). The discussion came amid the backdrop where days sales outstanding (DSO), according to PYMNTS, have increased across the board — overall, by about 7 percent.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

At a high level, said Disque, the embrace of automated accounts payable (AP) processes has been consistent across verticals. CSI, he noted, has insight into a number of industries, where the payment processing platform (focused on integrated payables) aggregates and accepts payments on behalf of a wide range of businesses.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

When it comes to growth of virtual corporate card payments, we have seen and built a lot of momentum on the accounts payable side,” Hall said. “We Today, together with Billtrust, we are one step closer to removing adoption barriers for suppliers and their accounts receivable departments.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

The report is based on a survey of more than 500 financial executives at firms from numerous sectors, including professional services, construction, retail and technology. In the Making Real-Time Payments A Reality: Rising Demand For Real-Time Payments report, a Mastercard collaboration, PYMNTS analyzes U.S. According to the research , 66.7

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The healthcare and construction industries are among the strong points of FLEETCOR’s corporate payment operations, particularly with 2018 being the first full year with Cambridge Global Payments under the FLEETCOR belt after closing the acquisition in 2017 — a business that showed a “rocking” performance in 2018, said Clarke.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

In corporate accounting, accounts payable and B2B payments, traditional FIs are slowing down innovation that could one day bring these areas up to speed with corporate payments, the executive explained. But electronic and automated payments are just one side of the overall friction in accounts payable, Dahl said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

The multi-year partnership will serve Premier Community’s HOA management customers by creating access to AvidXchange’s accounts payable (AP) automation and payment tool, which Praeger said can alleviate some of the worst delays and challenges in the vertical.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Here the elusive payments opportunity meets or, in fact, doesn’t meet, the elusive audience: accounts payable automation for middle-market firms. A million-dollar construction firm, he said, is not the same as a million-dollar doctor’s office. Maybe not a hard concept, but not so easy.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

AP automation firm AvidXchange is tackling some of the construction industry’s biggest supplier payments challenges, but it isn’t doing it alone. 2) that it is teaming up with GCPay, an online platform for construction companies to automate their subcontract management needs. The company said Thursday (Feb.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 19, 2021

Within the finance/accounts department, the top three functions where intelligent automation is implemented are accounts payable (61%), accounts receivable (57%) and budgeting/FP&A (51%). Intelligent automation is least used in risk management (24%), tax (20%), and treasury (14%).

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Corporate payments innovation has cast a wide net to tackle the many pain points businesses experience today, with accounts payable (AP) one of the most popular targets for disruptors. But supplier payments are far from the only scenario in which businesses face friction when initiating a transaction.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

that most demonstrates the problem of late payments, it’s the construction sector. Late B2B payments in this space have been so troublesome, in fact, that legislators introduced the Construction Act several years ago to address the issue. If there’s one industry in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That’s particularly true as card products gain traction in areas beyond employee travel and entertainment, and into spend categories like fleet and accounts payable. Rewards certainly must be a part of the commercial card package when targeting middle-market firms, she noted, but the add-on benefits will be what really drives adoption.

Marketing 53

Marketing Banking Accounts Payable Education 53

PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

The Forum plans to introduce similar guidance papers on accounts payables financing, forfaiting and other processes within supply chain finance moving forward. construction giant Carillion brought this issue to light. trillion gap in available trade finance, as estimated by the Asian Development Bank. The 2018 collapse of U.K.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

And on the FinTech side of things, firms like Yardi , Nexus and Visa have also debuted solutions to address friction in B2B payments, accounts payable and accounts receivable in the real estate space, which is notorious for delayed and late supplier payments and complex supply chains.

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CFO Share

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Accounts payable (general AP) – outsource. However, some companies will keep a staff accountant busy by giving them admin duties such as AR and AP. Some small businesses benefit from hiring in-house bookkeeping to manage daily transactions like bank account coding. Bookkeepers – depends.

Accounting 40

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