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The benefits of accounts payable – a finance perspective

Future CFO

Organizations that adopt accounts payable (AP) automation can experience significant benefits including greater control over cash management, reduction in processing costs, fraud mitigation and improved compliance. This white paper examines recent findings from several independent business analysis companies.

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Challenges and opportunities in the automation of accounts payables

Future CFO

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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The new accounts payable department & the future of payables

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So, what does the New Accounts Payable department look like? Having unproductive cash tied up in inefficient AP processes poses a huge threat when economic disruption hits. It must also have a more strategic spend management approach to combat overspending, lower compliance risks and strengthen relationships with vendors.

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Cash in times of crises: Lessons from 2020-2022

Future CFO

Having an experienced succession of crises since the beginning of 2020, FutureCFO asked two finance leaders their views on the challenges facing treasury and cash management during the pandemic and coming out of it. What is the biggest change to the Treasury and Cash Management (TCM) function brought about by the pandemic?

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Payroll Considers Its Cash Flow Influence

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Automatically looping information across various financial platforms — including accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR) and expenses — is critical to achieving a real-time view of cash positions and developing more accurate forecasts. Cash Flow Implications.

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The Economic – And Ergonomic – Value Of Commercial Card Optimization

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Often at the center of this initiative is the accounts payable (AP) department — and unsurprisingly for these volatile times, the strategy can turn toward lengthening the days payable outstanding (DPO). “On the buyer side, utilizing cards and shifting away from checks, wire and ACH provides a new credit instrument.”

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How AP Digitization Tackles Hospitals’ Biggest AR Woes

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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. Cash is always important, but for hospitals, it’s extra important,” he said in an interview.