Coupa news and trends

PYMNTS B2B Month: 4 Themes Set to Shape the Years Ahead
B2B Payments // November 05, 2024

Traditionally characterized by clunky checks, faxed invoices and siloed financial functions, the B2B landscape is being reshaped by digital innovation. The monthlong PYMNTS event, “B2B Payments: Outlook 2030,” has revealed that the transformation of B2B payments is being led by four themes: the digitization of B2B payments,...

Bond Vet Turns to Coupa for AI-Powered Spend Management
Partnerships // November 04, 2024

Veterinary care company Bond Vet has launched a partnership with spend management provider Coupa. The collaboration, announced Monday (Nov. 4), will see Bond Vet clinics employ Coupa’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform to manage their finances and supplies. “As Bond Vet opens more clinics to meet...

How to Cut Through the AI-Powered Cash Flow Hype
artificial intelligence // November 04, 2024

In times of business uncertainty, controlling for what’s controllable becomes paramount for a company’s leadership. And it’s these times when all heads tend to turn to the finance function for guidance and strategic insight. Against this backdrop, with treasurers and chief financial officers (CFOs) under...

Taking Control of Costs: New Tech Makes Business Spend Management Easier
B2B Payments // September 12, 2024

For corporates, the goal, especially in the current inflationary environment, is to squeeze margins higher. There are two levers to pull, ideally working simultaneously: increasing sales momentum, and being judicious on costs. On that latter endeavor — spend management — companies and platforms are using...

Interviews & Exclusives
How to Cut Through the AI-Powered Cash Flow Hype

November 04, 2024
In times of business uncertainty, controlling for what’s controllable becomes paramount for a company’s leadership. And it’s these times when all heads tend to turn to the finance function for guidance and strategic insight. Against this backdrop, with treasurers and chief financial officers (CFOs) under mounting pressure to optimize cash flow and working capital, artificial […]

Coupa’s 77% Buyout Premium Reflects Demand for Spend Management Efficiencies

December 12, 2022
When Coupa confirmed it was being acquired for $8 billion, spend management industry took note. It wasn’t because it involved private equity firm Thoma Bravo, or that that deal was...

Re-imagining Business Payments Could Give Buyers/Suppliers a ‘Unified Experience,’ Payment Experts Say

October 27, 2021
Re-imagining business payments will take input from stakeholders across the ecosystem — banks, payments networks, enterprises and FinTechs among them — to benefit buyers and suppliers.   In a panel moderated...

Pandemic Wake-Up Call Drives Integrated B2B Platforms

January 20, 2021
Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. For some organizations, the processes...

Quick Reads
Bond Vet Turns to Coupa for AI-Powered Spend Management

November 04, 2024
Veterinary care company Bond Vet has launched a partnership with spend management provider Coupa. The collaboration, announced Monday (Nov. 4), will see Bond Vet clinics employ Coupa’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform to manage their finances and supplies. “As Bond Vet opens more clinics to meet the growing need for high-quality pet care, keeping things running […]

Coupa adds 100+ AI Tools to Spend Management Platform

August 26, 2024
Spend management company Coupa says it’s added more than 100 AI-powered innovations to its platform. “Our goal to be a margin multiplier for every business large and small worldwide requires...

Coupa and Bottomline Join Forces for Payments Automation

April 22, 2024
Margin multiplier company Coupa has launched a partnership with business payments provider Bottomline. The collaboration, announced Monday (April 22), is designed to simplify digital payment processes for businesses, letting Coupa connect to Bottomline’s Paymode-X to...

QNB Group Adopts Coupa’s Spend Management Solutions

March 12, 2024
As part of its stride toward complete digital transformation, QNB Group, a financial institution serving the Middle East and Africa, has announced a new partnership with Coupa, a provider of spend management...