Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable
Deep Dive: How Organizations Can Improve AR Processes’ Transparency
September 21, 2021

Accounts receivable (AR) departments have been trending toward digitization for several years, with a 2019 study finding that only 42% of organizations were leveraging paper checks for B2B payments then, nearly half the 81% that used them in 2004. The events of the past 18...

Accounts Receivable
Liquidation.com on Taking a Digital Tack to Improve AR Transparency
September 20, 2021

Opaque accounts receivable (AR) processes mask errors, cause delays and lead to devastating cash flow issues for firms. In PYMNTS’ new Working Capital Playbook, Jeff Rechtzigel, vice president and general manager for the retail division at Liquidation.com, explains how digital payments and detailed invoices can...

Accounts Receivable
Liquidation.com AR Transparency Is Key to Curbing Cash Flow Issues
September 17, 2021

Accounts receivable (AR) processes are a cornerstone of any business, but organizations often confront a wide variety of AR-related challenges regardless of their ubiquity. More than 90% of businesses receive late payments from their customers, for example, with the average 27-day payment term typically taking...

Accounts Receivable
Digitizing the Cash Application Process Reduces Supplier DSOs by 30%, Improves Cash Flow
September 17, 2021

The past year and a half has seen no shortage of technological transformations – and, increasingly, companies have set out to “make over” their accounts receivable (AR) operations through digitization. As Tim Stahl, senior vice president at Versapay, told PYMNTS, digitizing the cash application process,...

Accounts Receivable
Automation, Predictive Analytics Allow AR Teams To Manage ‘Unthinkable Workloads’
August 26, 2021

The accounts receivable (AR) space is changing rapidly as the benefits of digitization become more and more evident, with new automation and dispute management technologies gaining popularity among accounting teams. Many companies are finding that their AR staff are handling workloads that would have been...

Accounts Receivable
How Advertise Purple Meets Day-To-Day Accounts Receivable Challenges
August 25, 2021

Cash flow issues can quickly spiral into payroll errors and credit reductions for AdTech businesses, especially when payors use disparate methods to pay their bills. In the Working Capital Playbook, Advertise Purple’s Kyle Mitnick and Jonathan Moisan explain how keeping close tabs on payment statuses...

Accounts Receivable
AdTechs Must Mind Payment Status, Do Credit Checks Or Face Devastating Cash Flow Crunch
August 24, 2021

Accounts receivable (AR) is a critical part of any business that deals with customers, regardless of whether they employ in-house teams or outsource the work to third-party accounting firms. This key process can be riddled with issues such as incorrect invoices, insufficient cash reserves and...

Accounts Receivable
New Study: Half Of AR Chiefs In Education Sector Want Schools To Digitize Payments
August 06, 2021

That the pandemic dealt a blow to education writ large is without question. And while some colleges and universities actually saw enrollment rise during lockdowns and pivot to distance learning, the global health crisis generally hurt enrollment and tuition payment methods that in many cases...

Accounts Receivable
How The Digital Shift Is Coming To College Financial Offices
July 29, 2021

The Smart Receivables Playbook: Rethinking Tuition Payments In A Time Of Transformation, a PYMNTS and Flywire collaboration, offers an on-the-ground perspective on how higher education institutions are adapting to the pandemic and addressing the challenges and pain points they face.