PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Between the rise of blockchain technology, the market debuts of faster payments initiatives and the advancements in virtual card capabilities, small businesses have more choice and power when it comes to their payments needs. and EMEA told surveyors that they access cash flow from their operations. But cash is hard to come by.

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Future CFO

MARCH 29, 2021

FutureCFO spoke to Marcus Rex, managing director for Asia-Pacific, xSuite, for his perspective on how finance automation in general, and accounts payable in particularly, can help transform finance into a profit centre. Myths around accounts payable (AP) automation. Recurring pain points in accounts payables.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

small businesses are losing billions of dollars every year because they aren’t properly managing company cash flow, a new survey finds. billion every year, collectively, because they spend so much time managing company finances like invoices, employee expenses and financial forecasting. Reports Tuesday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

HSBC is rolling out its digital accounts receivable solution for corporates in India after teaming up with Australia-based Identitii , reports in IT Wire said on Tuesday (June 18). “HSBC’s DART is an industry first,” said Identitii CEO Nick Armstrong in a statement.

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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Manual AP invoicing has been outdated and inefficient for years now, so when business across the globe encountered significant disruptions, companies with digital transformation still on their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. Optimizing cash flow.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Invoice financing company PeerPay is working with cash flow management firm CaFE to enhance small business (SMB) services. 20) that PeerPay, operated by FloFunder , is working with CaFE in an effort to bring greater transparency and predictability into small- and medium-sized business cash management.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

That’s because these companies are often working onsite and in the field, therefore having to issue invoices and accept payment on-the-spot, too. are sitting on $825 billion in unpaid invoices, with the average small- to medium-sized business (SMB) owed $84,000. Fundbox researchers estimated that small businesses in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

If at that time, someone would have asked Citi Managing Director and Global Head of Domestic Payments and Receivables Anupam Sinha how long it would take for corporate treasury organizations to fully embrace digital , he said his answer would likely have been something along the lines of, “Don’t hold your breath.”. he explained.

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Future CFO

MARCH 14, 2022

International SOS embarked on the digital transformation of its finance operations by automating its procure-to-pay and accounts receivable processes. Collaborating closely with technology partner Esker Asia, the company moved from 85% paper-based invoices to handling 95% electronic invoices today. Ross Mackay.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

That’s the status quo in corporate payments, and it’s not only creating friction for the business payer; it’s creating headaches for small business (SMB) accounting too. That’s according to Hamed Abbasi, CEO of payments technology firm Plooto. Indeed, the issue of late payments is growing in the U.S.:

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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. As we move toward better and more tools … that process can be automated using newer technologies.” .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Instead, taking a look at the latest solutions to emerge on the market shows various applications for speed in commercial transactions, from faster deposits for small businesses, to virtual cards enabling faster invoice payments for suppliers. Chase Accelerates SMB Bank Deposits. FinTechs Move Money To Vendors Faster.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Automation’s long march to the present day finds automation grinding out new solutions to cash management issues during a topsy-turvy economic time. Cash Management Moving in Virtual Directions. Delayed payments are causing frustration among businesses during the pandemic,” per the Playbook.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

The value of the technology is evidenced by the vast number of APIs that businesses use and consume. The March B2B API Tracker ® explores how B2B APIs are improving services and what it takes to keep the technology safe from bad actors. Companies each made an average of 363 APIs available publicly in 2018, for example.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

In B2B payments, accounts payable automation is a hot topic, as are the challenges AP professionals face when it comes to paying suppliers and managing the data from those transactions. But a new report from Corcentric , written by the Institute of Finance & Management (IOFM), details the hurdles on the other side of the payment.

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CFO Simplified

MARCH 11, 2024

But as they grow, that admin is now doing their accounting without much more than a YouTube tutorial on QuickBooks. And we also see the opposite, where a CFO has the title of CFO/Office Manager, and is even relegated to ordering office supplies. Their IOLTA account needs to be balanced and managed to the penny.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Centered around breaking down silos, IoT technology not only encourages the digitization of everyday items like kitchen appliances and shipping containers, but also collects data from those products, centralizes that information, and introduces new opportunities for automation and analysis. A Decade Of Disparate Technology.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 6, 2021

With the disruption of the global supply chain and the economic slowdown, companies’ finance departments are under more pressure to optimise their cash conversion cycle. In the past 18 months with the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, International SOS, which delivers health and security services has been automating its cash collection process.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

19) announced news that JPMorgan is partnering with Bill.com to integrate its B2B payments technology into its own Chase platforms early next year. million members of the Bill.com network to send and receive payments and invoices, manage invoices and documents and integrate information into their own accounting software.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Solution providers in accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) are increasingly servicing not only their corporate customers, but their customers’ own business partners with their technologies. Often times, the company using an AR and AP technology is one in the same. Wells, HSBC Eye APIs’ AR/AP Opportunity.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

The company announced earlier this month that it has developed what it claims to be the world’s first technology to integrate blockchain into ERP systems like SAP. Being able to transmit this type of data via blockchain would make B2B processes like invoice processing and payments far quicker, the company explained.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

In a new PYMNTS interview, Jessica Cheney, vice president, product management and strategic solutions at Bottomline Technologies , talked about the importance of improving that cash flow situation, and the role intelligent technologies can play. As that happens, SMBs are shifting their cash management strategies.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

Allied World is expanding the reach of its accounts receivable insurance. We are very pleased to now have approval in every state,” said Allied World EVP, Head of Global Crisis Management Division, Todd Germano in a statement. It’s a growing industry.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

“These banks don’t necessarily have all the tools and technology” that market players need. Translating Consumer Cash To Supplier Payment. For legal marijuana dispensaries, a reliance on cash at the point of sale results in a host of frictions and challenges for both consumers and businesses.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2016

ZipBooks, which provides small and medium-sized businesses with invoice financing tools and accounting software, is going mobile. The company announced on Wednesday (April 27) that its free iPhone app is now live, providing small business owners with a mobile version of that accounting and factoring service.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

RPA is igniting chatter in the corporate finance community as professionals explore next-level analytics and automation functionality to enhance processes like accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash flow management and more. Automation Anywhere. Purpose Financial LP led the funding round, reports said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) automation technology presents an obvious benefit to companies of all sizes and industries to boost efficiency and strategize vendor payments. ” From Onboarding to Compliance. This is where AP automation can push the envelope and introduce additional value to an enterprise.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Lisa Lansdowne-Higgins, vice president of business deposits and treasury solutions at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), recently told PYMNTS that these three disruptors have a significant opportunity to shake up accounts payable processes thanks to the impact they have on data.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

For example, startup Revolut has an API that accesses clients’ financial data on the Intuit QuickBooks accounting platform and adds banking connectivity, giving SMBs new transparency and control over liquidity, cash management and more. That idea understandably has immense appeal to SMBs, and APIs are the conduit.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Some B2B payments players have predicted that, on the accounts payable side of the transaction, higher interest rates will lead companies to extend their payment terms and to seek out AP technologies that offer integrated supplier financing solutions to help with that cash flow crunch on the supplier side.

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Reval

JUNE 13, 2017

The award from Corporate Treasurer magazine , commends Kerry’s application of technology to support its intercompany netting activities. Kerry has more than 100 subsidiaries operating in over 40 countries, and 1,800 open bank accounts with approximately 60 bank partners.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Mastercard struck a deal to help automate the accounts payable process for businesses in the United Arab Emirates , reports said Sunday (Feb. The credit card firm inked a partnership with technology firm Swipezoom, which operates in both the B2B and B2C spaces. ”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

That’s especially true when it comes to getting paid for their work, a process that can drag between getting invoices out and getting payments in. In fact, it often ties SMB cash flow into knots. Accepting digital payments and integrating them into the billing flow requires SMBs to do the heavy lifting of obtaining a merchant account.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

But a company’s interest and efforts to adopt new technologies does not always mean that all B2B payment processes are improved. Automation emerged as the undeniable driver of accounts payable enhancements, cited by 49 percent of survey respondents – even more so than security and cost.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

After all, money exits a company through more than one avenue, whether it be via the accounts payable department or a firm’s own employees. But many of these areas of capital outflow suffer the same points of friction, says Erik Ingvoldstad, chief experience officer and co-founder of Norway-based payments technology firm EedenBull.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Suppliers can embed real-time payment instructions in customer communications to simplify invoice processing. Real-time payments also mean account balances stay up-to-date. UnionBank has introduced digital account opening , expanding its reach to people as they no longer need to go to physical branches to open an account.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

AKUA deploys Data-as-a-Service technology that integrates into existing data analytics platforms to provide real-time information for logistics companies and other members of the global supply chain. Cash Management. Account-based marketing platform Terminus, based in the U.S., B2B Marketing. secured $10.3

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