Accounts payable shouldn’t be a cost center
CFO Dive
MAY 26, 2023
Leveraging intelligent automation to process invoices can help, Steven Cronin writes. CFOs are under growing pressure to drive efficiencies at zero cost.
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CFO Dive
MAY 26, 2023
Leveraging intelligent automation to process invoices can help, Steven Cronin writes. CFOs are under growing pressure to drive efficiencies at zero cost.
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
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.
CFO Thought Leader
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Gronen: Yooz is an AP (accounts payable) automation and payments company. Right now, many companies receive invoices in paper envelopes. They open the envelope, scan the invoice, manually input the data, and attach the invoice to the system. We also reduce human error by leveraging machine learning.
CFO Share
DECEMBER 14, 2022
What is accounts payable ? What is accounts payable? Accounts payable is short-term obligations (aka bills) due to vendors for services or goods received. What are examples of accounts payable? Every vendor bill you receive in email or paper mail is part of your accounts payable.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Accounts payable solutions firms Inspyrus announced a mobile app aimed at enabling invoice management for AP professionals on the go. The tool, developed on the Oracle Mobile Cloud Service, provides invoice automation for a mobile platform. An announcement on Monday (Sept.
Future CFO
JANUARY 26, 2024
Systems powered by artificial intelligence are without a doubt revolutionising invoice processing in finance departments. There are nine ways AI-powered systems can transform invoice processing in Accounts Payable (AP) departments.
CFO Thought Leader
JANUARY 29, 2025
Read More At PairSoft, Collis leverages these experiences to prioritize purposeful integration. The first is our accounts payable automation solution. Many AP solutions require users to leave their ERP environment, process invoices externally, and then sync the data back via API. We offer two core products.
PYMNTS
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. The push toward modernization does not stop at fund transfers, either, and companies are adopting digital supports to help them more smoothly and rapidly process invoices. About The Report.
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.
PYMNTS
MARCH 13, 2019
This stumbling block to innovation is often visible in accounts payable (AP) departments, Corcentric SVP of Sales Daniel Andrew told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Manual, paper-based invoicing systems are objectively worse in every metric when stacked against automated, digital AP systems that leverage straight-through processing.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 13, 2021
When employees cannot be physically in an office to send or receive paper invoices and purchase orders, the ability to electronically transmit data on those documents to the appropriate business partner is key as work-from-home requirements continue. that have the leverage to require EDI adoption from their supplier base.
PYMNTS
APRIL 11, 2019
Supply chain payment technology firm Taulia is teaming up with Google Cloud to enable an artificial intelligence-powered invoice processing solution. Described as “cognitive invoicing,” the tool allows companies to automate invoice processing regardless of file format that suppliers send.
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?
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 20, 2020
Snap Accounts Payable (SnapAP) has completed the first stage of a new funding round with help from a group of Israel-based angel investors, a press release says. The intent of the round is to help SnapAP on the first stage of its planned $2 million seed stage round.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
The Playbook also calls out “three-way invoice matching — in which staff must compare invoices to purchase orders and goods received notes,” and the frustrations that brings, but automation can reduce these stresses by matching these invoices automatically. Platforms Streamlining Mass Payables.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Everlink Payment Services is teaming with workflow solutions provider FINTAINIUM to offer B2B and B2C payments in real time, leveraging the ISO 20022 global standard, according to a press release. Palette Software has connected its accounts payable (AP) automation cloud technology with Aptean ERP , according to a Monday (Nov.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 11, 2018
based suppliers, Early Pay links vendors to an online platform to have their invoices paid before their due dates for an early payment discount. Now companies can leverage their accounts payable to reduce costs of goods and services while offering automatic, flexible payment terms to their eligible suppliers,” Cotter continued.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 25, 2021
The four companies coming together is the result of a years-long effort to combine “organic business growth with targeted acquisitions to expand globally, reach new industries and become the first end-to-end provider of procurement, accounts payable, and accounts receivable solutions,” according to the release.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Businesses of all sizes struggle with capital management, regardless of whether they employ staff or seek out third parties to handle their cash flows, accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes and other related tasks. A study found that 74.2
PYMNTS
MAY 21, 2020
Payments made on credit also incur significant administrative burden on companies that must reconcile invoices — unless electronic invoicing is used. These firms (tour operators, for example) may work on credit terms and will issue payments only upon receiving invoices.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
Nexus Systems is partnering with a real estate technology company to help the industry adapt to more sophisticated accounts payable and procurement processes. To be dubbed MRI AP Automation, the new solution can automate and digitize the accounts payable process for MRI clients across Canada, South America, EMEA, Asia and New Zealand.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 5, 2017
Ricoh Canada revealed this week the launch of its eInvoice Presentment & Payment Service, a solution to help businesses provide electronic invoices to clients and accept payment. Electronic invoicing is considered key to improving B2B payments and processes.
PYMNTS
JULY 16, 2020
Commercial card innovation continues to make big waves in the accounts payable (AP) department, as corporates and card issuers alike explore new ways to drive business spend on cards beyond business trips or ad-hoc purchases. This wasn’t the only initiative in the B2B payments space that American Express has announced this month.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 15, 2017
Complex on so many levels, especially when it comes to payments and, more specifically, invoicing, where demands for payment are tracked through paper and electronic means. Now the firm is leveraging its expertise to solve business-to-business receivables.
Global Finance
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Financial institutions can better understand the risk profiles of small suppliers by leveraging alternative data and machine learning, thus expanding access to financing. Suppliers can instantly track invoice payments and upcoming payment totals for improved forecasting. Santanders 50 million Brazilian real ($8.3
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Handling accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), cash flows and other capital management tasks is an inescapable reality for almost every business that deals with inventory and sales, but these commonplace processes are fraught with obstacles. About The Playbook.
CFO Network
MARCH 11, 2024
Prompt Invoicing: Key to Cash Flow Stability Conversely, poor cash flow management can spell disaster, hindering growth and even leading to the demise of an otherwise viable business. One of the most common pitfalls in cash flow management for SMBs is delayed invoicing.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Mark Aquilina , senior vice president of product and strategy at WEX , told PYMNTS that’s partly because digitization of accounts receivable (AR) lags behind that of accounts payable (AP) on the technological front. And lastly, invoicing workflows are marred by manual processing. Addressing The Chokepoints .
PYMNTS
JANUARY 28, 2020
Many accounts payable (AP) professionals turning to electronic payments to streamline their companies’ payment processes — specifically, how they pay invoices from suppliers — are putting virtual cards at the top of their lists, and for good reason. A recent report by PYMNTS found that 46.4
PYMNTS
APRIL 14, 2020
Legacy accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) operations aren’t only inefficient, they’re costly. could save 19 hours a week through automating eInvoice processing — and, according to the Federal Reserve, businesses are spending $9 billion every year on paper invoices.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 10, 2018
The app will leverage Mastercard In Control for Commercial Payments, letting community banks provide a white-labeled accounts payable platform for their corporate customers. Accounts payable departments are essential to the operations of any company,” said Regal Software founder and CEO Kofi Conduah in a statement.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
In the latest Next-Gen AP Automation Tracker , a PYMNTS and Bottomline Technologies collaboration, we provide an informative deep dive into how ERP and accounts payable (AP) automation are combined to form a superior invoice-to-payment-to-reconciliation process solution with a significant financial upside for all.
Global Finance
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Before the pandemic, DBS had relentlessly leveraged emerging technologies to help SMEs, especially micro and small enterprises, streamline services and manage credit risk. Operations services help entrepreneurs register and incorporate online, protect businesses against cyber threats, automate accounts payable, and perform other tasks. —LS
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 13, 2016
” Nexus offers the NexusPayables solution to automate the accounts payable process for companies starting at the beginning of their procurement activity. Its cloud-based software supports purchasing, purchase order management, approvals, invoice data capture and vendor compliance, the firm added.
PYMNTS
JUNE 6, 2019
Many accounts payable ( AP ) departments are still burdened with manual, paper-based payment processes, or have implemented payment automation solutions only to find that the benefits weren’t as significant as they’d hoped. Thus, accounts payable management is all too often more art than science.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 19, 2019
The data was based on expense report, contract and invoice audit data from billions of transactions across hundreds of enterprise customers from April 1, 2019, through June 30, 2019, AppZen said. Moreover, in terms of the larger picture, more than 96 percent of enterprise spend beyond that of payroll is related to accounts payable; 3.7
PYMNTS
JANUARY 15, 2020
15), Basware said it has launched InvoiceReady, a “distinct business unit” within Basware that will offer the company’s existing SMB procure-to-pay and accounts payable (AP) product suite. In a press release on Wednesday (Jan. I believe there is more potential in this business.”
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 1, 2020
B2B invoices generally take 37.4 APIs and accounts payable (AP)/accounts receivable (AR) automation are revving up the speed of money and financial data to a pace more in line with pandemic-era market demands. It’s making a major difference.
PYMNTS
JULY 3, 2019
Accounts receivable departments are often hospitals’ first lines of defense for maximizing days cash on hand, but when cash flow trickles to a drip, the ramifications are felt all the way through to accounts payable. Unfortunately, accounts payable automation in the healthcare sector is far from ubiquitous.
PYMNTS
JULY 23, 2020
GEP , which works in procurement and supply chain strategy, has launched its new accounts payable (AP) solution, which will help automate AP services through cloud technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), according to a press release.
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