PYMNTS

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have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

Technology 87

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Reactive instead of proactive planning, late payments, a lack of visibility: Accounts payable professionals in the U.K. Accounts payable automation firm Invu released its latest survey, “ Changing trends in the purchasing processes of U.K. In its survey of 200 financial decisions at U.K.

accounts payable 40

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

Bots are marching steadily into the corporate accounting department as professionals feel more comfortable handing tasks to a machine. The more bots make their way into the accounting department, the more concerns arise about jobs, compliance, trust and other industry-unknowns. “This is such new territory for everyone.”

Account 44

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

Corporate fraud continues to plague businesses large and small, and in this week’s B2B fraud tracker, many of the latest cases of nefarious activity within the enterprise can be traced back to the continued use of paper and legacy systems. The biggest story this past week, of course, was the revelation that as much as $2.1

Gambling 79

Gambling accounts payable accounting and finance B2B 79

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) is finding success in the back office, and that includes in financial systems and accounting departments. To achieve this, companies have to take into account the device through which customers pay, their preferred payment rail, even details like what time of day is best to contact them about a payment that’s due.

accounting and finance 43

accounting and finance Legal accounts payable Technology 43

PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

The trade finance industry encompasses a range of financial products all with a single goal in mind: Promote global trade and the financial well-being of traders. But there are multiple products available, and some have multiple names, leading to some confusion for both corporate traders and financiers. The 2018 collapse of U.K.

Finance 46

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

That’s especially true in corporate accounting, says Beanworks CEO Catherine Dahl. It’s an interesting time in accounting, and there’s a huge change coming,” she recently told PYMNTS, adding that digitization will become the norm, empowering humans to take on more strategic tasks while technology handles the repetitive stuff.

Technology 43

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Corporate accounting software is now a continually evolving space, but progress doesn’t occur in a vacuum: External forces and trends, from changing regulations to increased adoption of FinTech by the enterprise, force businesses to adjust how they record and report financial data. Open Banking initiatives in the EU, U.K.,

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