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JANUARY 25, 2019

Accounts receivable, accounts payable, ERP systems and accounting platforms all exist in the same flow of financial data, and blockages to that flow mean limited visibility and the possibility for error. “Unlike EDI, which is old and stodgy (but standardized), APIs are a complete mess,” he said.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Steve Troy, CEO of AeroFund Financial, says that’s a trend permeating many components of corporate finance today: Businesses don’t just need better tools – they need, in some cases, an entirely new way to manage finances. That could mean new payments rails to automated accounts payable solutions.

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APRIL 10, 2020

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. While flashy corporate FinTech is exciting, innovation efforts have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

By its very nature, accounts payable (AP) is a cost center: It’s where money leaves the enterprise, after all. At the highest levels, accounts payable has the opportunity to even add money to businesses, too. “It’s about having a strong business case internally.”

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This week's B2B Data Digest looks at the latest figures behind such fraud targeting corporate finance teams. million was stolen from one company via accounts payable (AP) fraud , the Chicago Tribune reported. Barrenechea in a statement.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

A press release revealed that the company will make its automated accounts payable (AP) solution available to U.K. ” The launch comes as AP automation grows increasingly in-demand among corporate finance professionals. .’s Procure-to-pay software company Yooz plans to expand into the U.K.,

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MARCH 4, 2020

The enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) system has been a staple of corporate finance operations for years, acting as a central repository of data and a hub to initiate a range of processes, from accounting to procurement. But the ERP of today doesn’t look like it used to.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

11), Cred revealed the rollout of its developer platform CredX (not to be confused with the new credit card accounts payable solution recently launched by Finexio ). Its set of application program interfaces (APIs) enable businesses to use crypto as collateral to access corporate financing products.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a provider of back-office financial technology, it's vital to speak with chief finance officer (CFO) and finance executive end-users about what they need and which friction points are giving them the most pain. 1, they want to accelerate the transformation of how work gets done," Gupta told PYMNTS in an interview.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

While FinTechs are offering a greater variety of solutions to business users than ever before, corporate finance chiefs and treasurers still turn to their banks first to improve their B2B payments strategies. As businesses continue this shift, it is no longer safe to assume that corporates are not interested in faster payments.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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. Data integration is climbing to the top of chief financial officers' priority lists.

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JULY 27, 2020

Leaders in corporate finance face a choice right now: be on board with digital payments and commerce to keep business moving, or face the reckoning of being left behind. In order to scale across the supply chain, early payments have to be part of an integrated accounts payable process.

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MAY 12, 2016

What’s next for enterprise mobility could be anyone’s guess, but some analysts have made their prediction: accounts payable. The firm broke it all down in a recent report: “ 3 Ways Mobile Solutions Address Today’s Top Accounts Payable Challenges.” Streamlining Exceptions Resolution. Moving Forward .

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

percent equity interest in Hangzhou Zeshi Investment Partners, which will enable China Lending to launch its new supply chain financing services in the near future, including financing products design, related corporate financing solutions, investments and asset management, and more. trillion in 2017.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

There are a lot of moving parts in B2B payments that are keeping corporate finance executives busy as they work to modernize and optimize their operations. In 2020, many of the biggest pain points in B2B payments were revealed, particularly when transactions move across border.

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MAY 1, 2019

The company announced its AI-Based Cash Forecasting Cloud solution in a press release Tuesday (April 30), saying the new solution will provide corporate treasurers with real-time forecasting functionality without the need for manual data integration.

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APRIL 22, 2016

Plaid’s bank account authentication and data services are coming in handy to more corporate finance players. On Thursday (April 21), the company announced a new partnership with Jet Business Loans, an online corporate FinServ player.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Corporates may not be adopting faster and real-time payments technologies as fast as consumers, but that doesn’t mean the acceleration of payments isn’t impacting corporate finance.

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JANUARY 21, 2019

What businesses may often miss in their growth trajectories, however, is the importance of focusing on back-office operations, particularly when it comes to finance and payments. “Businesses very much focus on their core competency activity, and focus on making sure they keep production levels where they need to be.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Key areas of corporate finance continue to lag in digital transformation, the report found. Meanwhile, a third of both accounts payable and accounts receivable continues to be manual, researchers found, with companies identifying these two areas as having the greatest need of digital transformation. “By

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MARCH 24, 2017

Investors diversified their funding to B2B companies this week, hitting several areas of corporate finance including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and supply chain management. AP Automation. The company announced $4 million in funding this week led by Eileses Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

That's particularly true for finance teams like accounts payable , accounting or payroll. Whether that's a lack of security if a piece of paper falls into the wrong hands, or simply the pain of having to manually store a document or capture its data, paper is far from the most efficient way to do business.

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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.

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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In the accounting space, that means integrations with enterprise resource planning (ERP), accounts receivable, accounts payable, procurement, banking and other portals. Data integration between back-office platforms is now an essential component for businesses deciding to adopt a technology.

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JUNE 22, 2020

According to Abnormal Security Vice President Ken Liao, attacks targeting accounts payable departments are now more favorable than those targeting C-suite executives. “The AP people are lower in the organization, but they still have the ability to make large payments,” he said, according to Dark Reading reports.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Corporates that aren’t using an automated solution are often forced to manually pull data from online banking sources into Excel spreadsheets, and manually normalize that data to analyze it and discover their cash positions, he said. “You’re doing your own IT and data normalization,” he noted.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Research released last month from BlackLine found nearly half (46 percent) of finance professionals are already using AI in the workplace, and most say accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) will see the largest disruptions from the technology.

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JUNE 13, 2016

88% of finance professionals anticipate a rise in payments fraud , said TD Bank in its latest analysis. Misconduct involving corporate finances, however, almost always resulted in termination. Researchers examined instances of questionable — not illegal — behavior from CEOs based on news media reports between 2000 and 2015.

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MAY 11, 2018

The potential cannot be ignored, however – particularly in the finance department, where information from accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury and accounting hold the keys to insight into cash flow, predictable payment behavior and new opportunities to boost the bottom line.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

However, more than half acknowledged that disruption will have a significant impact on their finances: 54 percent said it already has and will continue to disrupt finances in the coming three years, while one quarter said those disruptions to finance will occur within the next year.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Affirm, for instance, secured $275 million last May and, soon after, announced plans to link businesses operating over Shopify with financing. Meanwhile, AvidXchange, which provides accounts payable and automation solutions for corporations, also landed among the elite with a $225 million funding round led by Bain Capital in September.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The corporate card and expense management market is now flooded with new platforms for entrepreneurs, SMBs and large enterprises. Technologies are also exploring how to use these solutions not only for employees traveling on business, but also to manage and analyze spend at corporate events, in accounts payable and in procurement.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Last year Optal released research based on a survey of more than 100 corporate finance executives in the U.K.

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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. Accrualify Taps Visa For Corporate Card Offering. Privacy.com Sets Sights On Business Cards.

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APRIL 1, 2016

So, when a consumer deposits a physical check via mobile device, the funds arrive in the account, and the transaction is complete. For businesses, however, there need to be additional layers of information with that payment for the accounts payable and accounts receivable teams.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The Biggest Pain Points, Revealed. It has to be one platform-integrated experience, combined with an embedded payment solution,” she said.

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