It’s been a busy October at PYMNTS. The monthlong event, B2B Payments: Outlook 2030, has been putting an exclamation point on the fact that B2B payments are transforming. The first week of the Outlook 2030 event centered on how platform and network models are impacting...
For decades, B2B payments were an unglamorous yet essential component of corporate finance. Now, B2B payments have started to become a little more glamorous as executives realize the keys to their kingdom are often buried in the back office. Businesses are re-evaluating the nature of...
Manual accounts payable (AP) operations can cost firms more than they might think. And the complexity of enterprise AP programs presents a challenge for businesses, particularly as many companies face growing transaction volumes without a corresponding ability to expand staff. “It’s a serious problem within...
Few people want to cut checks, lick stamps or sign invoices. Every single business day, however, these same outdated activities are done countless times by many of the world’s finance and accounting professionals. Despite the rise of digital transformation in finance and business operations, companies...
December 16, 2024
The paper check endures, perhaps bafflingly so, in the digital age. There are easier ways to pay, of course, but for commercial transactions, the paper check remains entrenched as a key way to get funds from buyers to suppliers. In fact, as PYMNTS Intelligence has estimated, as many as 75% of firms still send checks […]
September 26, 2024
Manual accounts payable (AP) operations can cost firms more than they might think. And the complexity of enterprise AP programs presents a challenge for businesses, particularly as many companies face...
July 31, 2024
If all goes well, the future of business processes won’t look anything like its past. And that holds particularly true in business-to-business (B2B) payments, where the past — and even...
June 21, 2023
The historically manual nature of accounts payable (AP) payments is holding back progress across industries. It ties up funds in largely legacy processes, including the nigh-unsinkable iceberg of B2B paper...
