Automation news and trends

Making Sense of FinCEN’s Jan. 1 Business Ownership Reporting Requirements
Regulation // November 15, 2024

There’s an upcoming deadline for companies in the United States. Many firms and corporations created or registered to do business in the U.S. must comply with new regulations Jan. 1 implemented by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) under the...

AI App Race Intensifies as Tech Giants Vie for Consumer Attention
artificial intelligence // November 15, 2024

Google’s quiet global rollout of its Gemini iPhone app on Thursday (Nov. 14) marks the latest move by tech companies to capture mainstream users seeking AI tools for everyday tasks on their phones. The accelerating competition in consumer AI apps signals a high-stakes battle for...

The Mantra This Week in B2B: Integrate, Automate and Secure
News // November 14, 2024

Today’s B2B businesses want digital solutions to deliver efficiency without compromising on security. While that may be a tall order, modern solutions aimed at everything from smarter cash flow tools to fraud-busting artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly delivering it. It’s now a digital-first world,...

The Cash Flow Management Secret Weapon CFOs Didn’t Know They Had
Accounts Payable // November 14, 2024

Nearly every business pain point, over a long enough horizon, can be mitigated or solved. The good news today is that those horizons are only getting shorter. And as businesses continue to embrace automation, the accounts payable (AP) function is emerging as a new frontier...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Cash Flow Management Secret Weapon CFOs Didn’t Know They Had

November 14, 2024
Nearly every business pain point, over a long enough horizon, can be mitigated or solved. The good news today is that those horizons are only getting shorter. And as businesses continue to embrace automation, the accounts payable (AP) function is emerging as a new frontier for efficiency and cash flow management. “The main AP pain […]

Panel: Small Businesses Want Control, Automation Gives It to Them

November 13, 2024
Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have historically faced outsized challenges relative to their own footprint. From managing ever-growing tech stacks to optimizing cash flow amidst economic volatility, SMBs already have...

Healthcare’s Working Capital Shift Strengthens Supplier Ties

November 07, 2024
The healthcare industry might be likened to a battleship when it comes to payments innovation. It’s massive and slow to turn, but once turned, the waves made are enormous. In...

Payments Orchestration Plays Major Role in Meeting Travel Business Complexity

November 07, 2024
Airlines run on two things: schedules and exceptions to those schedules. For the travel industry, building the plane itself represents a more straightforward, even simpler, exercise than getting it into...

Quick Reads
ABBYY Rolls Out AI Center to Boost Business Automation

October 30, 2024
ABBYY is introducing new capabilities for artificial intelligence to help companies bolster automation. The offerings include Phoenix, a “multi-modal approach to zero-shot learning leveraging small language models” designed for document tasks, a Secure Large Language Model (LLM) Gateway, and “enterprise-ready tools and applications that enable global enterprises to gain more value and insight into business-critical […]

Crater Launches AR/AP Solutions for Financial Institutions and B2B Platforms

October 29, 2024
Crater launched artificial intelligence-powered accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) solutions for banks, credit unions and B2B platforms. With these solutions, customers can offer white-labeled, embedded AR/AP products like...

Helcim Debuts Recurring Payments Tool to Combat Manual Billing

October 29, 2024
Payments solutions provider Helcim debuted a tool to help businesses automate their payment collections. Recurring Payments allows businesses to create tailored billing schedules for clients, collecting payments automatically as they’re...

Bill360 to Add Bulk Email Notification to AR Automation Platform

October 25, 2024
Bill360 will add new features to its accounts receivable (AR) automation platform that will enhance the invoice email process, increase protection against credit card fraud and make paying invoices easier...