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Embracing Accounts Payable Automation: The Paper Vaccine

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While other departments may have abandoned manual, paper-based strategies years ago, accounts payable (AP) and finance departments held their ground on practices that seem to have changed little since the 1970s. For years, there has been a quiet shift in the B2B payments space. where they account for 75 percent of all invoices.

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Canada’s Path Toward B2B Payables Modernization

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Some of the biggest industry trends, including faster payments, open banking and bank-FinTech collaboration, have found their ways into the Canadian market, the B2B payments space is not immune to disruption from these shifts. According to Lansdowne-Higgins, among the biggest challenges in accounts payable today is the data silos.

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Kodak Automates Invoice Processing For Accounts Payable

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The company said its Kodak Services for Business will include invoice automation as the company pushes for further accounts payable (AP) automation capability. Automation is on the rise in accounts payable, as AP professionals seek ways to reduce manual processes and instead focus on more strategic initiatives.

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Digitizing B2B Payments The Hybrid Way

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In point of fact, most businesses of any size have a hybrid treasury-accounting back office where digital tools and paper instruments coexist. Many businesses still generate paper checks from the setup of their accounting systems,” Michael Reed, general manager of payments at Deluxe, told PYMNTS. Paper Wait.

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Kodak, CoreIntegrator Roll Out Accounts Payable Automation Platform

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Kodak Services for Business is introducing a new accounts payable solution, the result of a collaboration with business process automation software firm CoreIntegrator. Once approved, A/P One creates a batch file that is sent to accounting systems to trigger vendor payment. The companies announced on Tuesday (Nov.

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Billtrust, Priority Streamline B2B Payments Reconciliation

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Order-to-cash solutions provider Billtrust has added Priority Commercial Payments to its Business Payments Network (BPN) to streamline B2B payments reconciliation, the companies said in a press release this week. Acquirers and accounts receivable platforms can also connect to the network to capture transaction data for end-users.

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Airbnb’s Business Travel Investment Leads B2B Funding For The Week

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The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment. The company said it plans to use the investment to further build out its lending operations. Negotiatus.

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