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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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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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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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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. B2B payments market. “This combination increases data accuracy, and shortens payment cycles.”

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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 Next Steps.

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MAY 28, 2020

The FinTech enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, which is focused on automating treasury management and order-to-cash processes, said the new technology reinforces its investment and plan to make AR automation an important driver for business expansion, according to an announcement.

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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. ” Recognizing Commercial Card Advantages. Bending the Card Rails.

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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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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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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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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. Many changes in liquidity demands are seasonal, such as around the holidays, when businesses see higher sales and inventory reordering.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Using advanced analytics in the service of cash flow can be a significant aid as treasury operations and AR operations are converging at a rapid clip, Shields noted — which means treasury officials can make better decisions about working capital and how cash needs may be changing within a company (optimizing ongoing operations).

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

With pressure mounting for the enterprise to digitize, accounts payable automation is seen as a crucial part of achieving greater efficiency, cost savings, visibility into spend and strengthening of vendor relationships, to name a few benefits. But when it comes to money, businesses may be reluctant to hand the reins to a third party.

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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 percent), ease of implementation (49.4 percent in 2018.

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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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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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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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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. Corporate payments aren’t just about sending funds from one business to another, though.

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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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AUGUST 13, 2019

Whether from accounts payable, accounts receivable, internal reconciliation, mergers and acquisitions or other financial processes that occur across borders, corporates often execute thousands-upon-thousands of micro-transactions per day, said Gelis, and often, they’re all hedged manually.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

In the bid to modernize B2B payments , accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) need to work together. Bloh said that direct connectivity can enable real-time confirmation of invoice information and real-time reconciliation of payments, among other activities. When we look at the offline processes, 99.5

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

With companies paying suppliers on strategic schedules, real-time transactions aren’t always necessary — or beneficial — for the B2B payments space. NACHA found B2B payments made up 6 percent of the nearly 2 million same-day ACH transactions that occurred in the first 11 days the service went live. In the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

Corporate financial services providers taking aim at accounts payable friction this week pulled double-duty with new tools that also addressed friction for clients’ suppliers. Bank , each of which launched new accounts payable (AP) offerings that impact the biller-side of the transaction. Finally, U.S.

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APRIL 17, 2018

It caught the Treasury Department, which oversees financial services regulation for the cannabis sector via its FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) branch, off-guard. Last month, President Donald Trump vowed to support congressional lawmakers’ efforts to protect states that have legalized marijuana. “If

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