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Regional Banks Guide Corporates To Future-Proof Accounts Payable

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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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Protecting Accounts Payable From Smarter, Faster Fraudsters

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In an interview with Doug Cranston, vice president of product management at Bottomline, the executive noted that in the age of speed, fraudsters are able to more easily exploit firms’ vulnerabilities, compromise their accounts payable process and get away with ill-gotten gains, often to vanish without a trace.

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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? The new accounts payable department has a more intense focus on cash flow and payment terms and takes a more disciplined approach to its financial processes to work toward optimising the cash conversion cycle. What has changed, and what changes are here to stay?

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How Digital Assets Could Reshape The Future Of Corporate Treasury

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Yet for finance leaders of the enterprise, adoption of digital assets poses plenty of risks and challenges, not least of all the inability for their current treasury infrastructures to manage crypto in an integrated and compliant way. But it may not be smooth sailing ahead. We’re not just talking about the digitization of fiat,” he said.

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Automate Or Stagnate: The Choice Accounts Payable Departments Face

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This stumbling block to innovation is often visible in accounts payable (AP) departments, Corcentric SVP of Sales Daniel Andrew told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. The latter are faster, more efficient, easier to use, more secure, cheaper — and essential to transform AP departments from cost centers to revenue centers.

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Fifth Third’s Two Cents On Treasury APIs

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The API system enables FIs to quickly and securely provide necessary data, saving time for all parties. Corporate treasury departments, for one, have a strong need for modern services that can help treasurers quickly and accurately pull data from many different banking portals. What Corporate Treasurers Want From Bank APIs.

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Open Banking Adds Intelligence To Treasury Management

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As the corporate treasurer takes on a more strategic role in the enterprise, treasury and cash management technologies can often be stuck in the past, failing to keep up with financial execs’ needs. “And from there, you have to go to your ERP system, your accounts receivable and accounts payable data, and normalize that data.”