PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

For the new B2B Payments Innovation Readiness Playbook: Adapting to Cash Flow Challenges Posed by the Pandemic , a PYMNTS and American Express collaboration, researchers surveyed over 2,200 treasury executives from small to large businesses across several verticals. Manual AP/AR departments need help – badly. It’s digitize, or else.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Although the enterprise continues to accelerate its digitization efforts, chief financial officers keep hitting roadblocks when it comes to modernizing workflows regarding accounts payable (AP) and embracing electronic payments. Strengthening B2B Ties. Expanding The Scope. Monetizing The Virtual Card.

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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. There are a lot of treasury management issues out there that need to be addressed,” he told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

Accounts Payable 57

Accounts Payable Accounting B2B Reconciliations 57

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

As treasury management becomes increasingly digital, a bank’s corporate banking clients face challenges when it comes to modernizing treasury workflows. They can’t wait for end-of-month, or even end-of-week, reconciliation anymore,” she told Webster — and so corporates are pushing their banks to do something different.

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Banking Accounts Payable Treasury Reconciliations 97

Bank of the West

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Here’s what finance executives need to know about R2P and its potential benefits for treasury management. ” These real-time collection platforms trigger payments from bank accounts for collections. What R2P Means for Treasury Operations. What is Request to Pay?

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Treasury Reconciliations Banking B2B 98

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

For B2B payments , the pandemic may be the final nail in the coffin of the paper check — and the plastic commercial card, too. The enhanced data they’re able to generate through virtualization simplifies reconciliation and gives them access to reporting, enabling them to better forecast future cash flows,” Blair explained.

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B2B Invoicing Reconciliations Treasury 93

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

SMBs using the WePay platform can now see funds deposited into their Chase bank accounts the same day without extra fees, a feature resulting from JPMorgan ’s acquisition of WePay in late-2017. JPMorgan Chase announced a collaboration with WePay last week to enable faster deposits for small business joint customers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

There is as yet no Venmo or Zelle for the $38 trillion global business-to-business (B2B) payments sector. That’s surprising for several reasons, and here’s a good one: nearly 70 percent of accounts payable (AP) professionals say suppliers value payments speed above all. Out with the Old.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Deluxe Corporation is augmenting its treasury management solution by integrating a bill presentment and payment processing function into its existing accounts receivable tool. Deluxe Treasury Management said in a press release on Tuesday (Oct. Deluxe automates payments and invoice matching for streamlined reconciliation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

For years, any attention given to solving B2B payments friction was typically focused on the payer. 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. “The person receiving it is just happy to get paid.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

Some of the largest points of friction in B2B payments today boil down to fragmentation and data silos: Traditionally, there is separation between a process (i.e., There are silos between various platforms like accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement and treasury management. the function of payment a vendor).

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B2B Accounts Payable Treasury Reconciliations 60

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

In a recent announcement within the treasury management space, EDI Gateway, a service provider specializing in SMBs and focused on enterprise resource planning and B2B applications, linked up with AZUR , a cloud-based treasury management firm, to offer the latter’s eFinancialSuite to vendors.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

To automate accounts receivable (AR) for mid-sized companies, HighRadius has rolled out its RadiusOne A/R Suite. The company said that the suite “uniquely positions itself” in a market that is not well-served by providing a cash reconciliation app, eInvoicing and collections app.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions is bringing its accounts receivable (AR) Payer ID solution to more markets around the globe. 6) that Payer ID is now available in 44 countries, as Citi brings the B2B payments tool across North America and Western Europe. The financial institution (FI) announced news on Monday (Nov.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Traditionally, the cost and administrative burden of card acceptance has kept the tool from gaining traction in accounts payable. Further, Leavitt added, the commercial card sits nicely within the B2B market’s demand for data. . “Now, it’s a completely different mindset as to how they can use the card payment rails.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

When it comes to corporate treasury, business clients demand robust solutions and services from their banks, and FinTech players are stepping in to help. But the banks themselves also have complex demands for their own treasury departments, which, like other corporations, must be able to manage finances, risk and compliance.

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Treasury Banking Compliance Risk Management 56

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

HighRadius , a FinTech working in automation for order-to-cash and treasury management, has announced an expanded strategic relationship with Commerce Bank , according to a press release. HighRadius also offers services for cash reconciliation, eInvoicing and collections to help those in underserved markets.

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Banking Treasury Reconciliations Invoicing 89

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

As B2B FinTech firms continue working to break down silos, and ease the numerous friction points of the B2B payments process for both buyer and seller, the opportunities for data integration are vast. “This combination increases data accuracy, and shortens payment cycles.” Going Further With Open Banking.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Smooth accounts payable and receivable processes depend on the ability to easily access, manage and interpret payments data, but complex workflows and old-school tools can get in the way. Reconciliation Challenges. Call For Integrations.

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Accounts Payable Reconciliations Invoicing Treasury 93

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

When Amazon announced the launch of its B2B service, Amazon Business, in the U.K. That includes line-item details, Visa said, with that data able to integrate into reconciliation tools. Visa’s collaboration with Amazon Business and our bank partners will ultimately help our commercial account holders in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s a service designed around the ubiquity of the paper check, and with checks still a popular payment tool in B2B transactions, lockbox services remain in high-demand. In a macro sense in accounts receivable, it’s this same challenge. Take the lockbox, for example. What is the role of a lockbox today? What is its historical role?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Paper-based payment methods such as checks and cash are awkward and cumbersome in either business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions. Such legacy payment methods are usually tied to paper-based invoices and manual tracking and reconciliation procedures, which impede payments from being processed in a timely manner.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Back office modernization is in the spotlight like never before, and solutions that streamline accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) functions are in high demand. Automation could go a long way toward streamlining some of these problems, however, freeing up treasury professionals to focus on more pressing duties.”.

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Accounts Payable Invoicing Treasury Reconciliations 87

PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

Preserving trade flows of particular importance in the healthcare sector today, with cross-border B2B payments essential to this effort. Paving Way For Faster B2B Payments. In all cross-border B2B payment scenarios, transparency is also critical to promoting efficiency. to multiple vendors in China to facilitate PPE procurement.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

There is seemingly no end to the discussion of how automated accounting can improve a business’ performance. The market is on the cusp of a groundswell of adoption of these technologies, says Therese Tucker, CEO of accounting solutions firm BlackLine , after a long lull among mid-market firms.

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Accounting Reconciliations General Ledger Auditing 42

PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2020

In addition, the deal will allow better reconciliation of payments with the matching invoices. Risk will be less of an issue because of the increase in transparency and tighter control on foreign exchange payments, along with the currency exposures for those with stake in procurement and treasury.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the first Canadian financial institution to offer businesses Interac eTransfer: Bulk Request Money for the efficient management of accounts receivable (AR), RBC announced Tuesday (Feb. We’ve digitized the manual reconciliation process and eliminated the need for expensive, paper-based [checks].

Banking 57

Banking Reconciliations Treasury Leverage 57

PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

The digital transformation of corporate treasury is not a destination; it’s a journey. As a treasurer, maybe you would conquer the first few things, which are visibility and reconciliation, and then you would move into other niche areas that you want to automate further to add strategic value to the business.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2020

For HighRadius, Buxton will be responsible for the company’s global finance and accounting organization, alongside corporate development and dealing with investor relations. HighRadius also rolled out its HighRadius A/R suite to boost accounts receivable (AR) automation in May.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Bank’s latest offering for corporate treasurers aims to simplify the shift from manual to virtual B2B payments. 26) its latest tool, APConnector, as a way to automate and digitize accounts payable, while integrating that process into existing ERP systems. The company focuses on accounts payable automation software.

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Accounts Payable Reconciliations Treasury B2B 62

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Citi is one of those players, having recently rolled out a string of business payment solutions with a focus on global accounts payable and accounts receivable. Meanwhile, for users who don’t use traditional bank accounts, this partnership provides “an opportunity to create a liquid conduit to accept that money.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

BD provides payers with information like amounts, due dates and posting dates, but not about payers’ linked bank accounts. This also aids the treasury teams tasked with tracking payments. Recipients verify their details, select payment accounts and proceed with same-day or scheduled payments.

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Treasury Reconciliations B2B Invoicing 49

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Cross-border payments, trade finance, smart contracts — blockchain has the potential to disrupt B2B processes, but FinTech players are only beginning to take these concepts onto a real-world stage. For one firm, Finlync , the key to unlocking the potential of blockchain in B2B processes is unlocking the underlying data of that activity.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) came out with some scary statistics this month: B2B payments fraud is not only on the rise, but at its highest levels ever since the AFP began recording this information. To his dismay (and to the dismay of businesses across the U.S.),

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

In this sense, RTP may be seen as an integral part of wider efforts to streamline treasury and accounts payable operations, as well as shed the inefficiencies of manual and paper-based processes. percent), improved reconciliation with enhanced data (76.7 The top factors cited by respondents are ease and convenience (cited by 54.1

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Accounts Payable Reconciliations Construction Treasury 53

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2017

With lack of visibility into the correspondent banking system a top challenge for B2B payments, SWIFT is rolling out a way for payers to track their cross-border payments in real time. The company announced Tuesday (May 23) that its Tracker is now available to help businesses track global payments as they occur.

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