Tag: AP Automation
B2B Electronic Payment Adoption & Fintech’s Evolving Role: NACHA and Bottomline Technologies Sound Off
Despite offering innumerable benefits, electronic payment adoption continues to face challenges as organizations cling steadfastly to their tried and true paper-based processes. Fintechs have worked and continue to work hard to change that, however. To...
Request for Payment and the Need to Balance Speed & Security: NACHA and Bottomline Technologies Sound Off
As you consider the proliferation of new payment options flooding the industry, such as request for payment, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the choices and confused by what it all means to you and...
Getting More Out of Accounts Payable: Lessons for Treasurers
As discussed in the previous post and throughout the series, as the function of accounts payable evolves, Treasury is positioned as an ideal partner to help transform it into a profit center. Here are the...
3 Trends Impacting Your AP Department in 2018
For accounts payable (AP) departments, the pressure is on. Traditional responsibilities are shifting and AP is being tasked with driving greater value, cost savings, and efficiencies across business functions. Three industry trends are the driving...
The Importance of Measurement and the Treasurer’s Stake in AP
As discussed in a previous post, AP is often viewed as a cost center and Treasury, in conjunction with AP, is key to establishing the link between corporate goals and AP’s role. But what are...
The Top 4 Accounts Payable Priorities for 2018
If you don’t want 2018 to be “more of the same” in Accounts Payable (AP), then some serious prioritization – and action – is in order. Here are four top priorities that should drive your...
5 Trends in ePayables Innovation
One of the biggest challenges faced by AP leaders is finding the balance between executing today’s operations and evaluating tomorrow’s technology. To help you clear those hurdles, here’s an overview of the 5 biggest trends...
5 Reasons to Adopt a Payment Hub
If your treasury team is unfamiliar with the concept of a payment hub, how do you make the case? By starting with the basics, like these five key benefits:
5 Steps to a Payment Strategy That Will Make Your Business More Competitive
For a business to achieve truly sustainable success, every single aspect of the organization has to function as effectively as possible. You can offer the best products and services in your industry and have a...
The disadvantages of using checks for business payments, according to Mad Men
Consider this: the only business tool used by Madison Avenue ad agencies in the 1960s that is still in use today, are the checks sitting on your desk. Nostalgia might make for great television, but...