Local Government news and trends

Smoothing Bumpy Cash Flow For Small Town Governments
B2B Payments // January 31, 2020

Local governments of small towns across America are in a precarious situation. Like small businesses in the private sector, small local governments struggle with limited resources and revenue streams. And yet like large city, state or federal government entities, these often tiny operations must still...

Deep Dive: Why State And Local Agencies In The US Still Struggle With Instant Payments
Disbursements // January 24, 2020

Fifty-nine percent of U.S. adults still live paycheck to paycheck, and the realities of the situation are stark: These consumers often do not have funds to spare to cover emergency expenses, and are dependent on receiving timely and convenient disbursements. State and local government disbursements...

UK Labour Party Wants To Reopen Closed Shops In New Plan
International // August 19, 2019

The opposition U.K. Labour party has announced a plan to let local government reopen closed storefronts that have been unoccupied for at least a year in an attempt to revitalize British high streets, according to a report by The Financial Times.  The empty properties have...

G7 Prepares For Cross-Border Malware Simulation
B2B Payments // May 13, 2019

Wolters Kluwer, which fell victim to a malware attack last week, sent a “quiet panic” through the accounting industry, with clients unable to access data and do their jobs. However, it wasn’t the only cyber incident that surfaced in recent days. The city of Baltimore...

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Paymerang and Harris ERP Deliver AP Automation for Local Governments

May 07, 2024
Paymerang and Harris ERP have partnered to provide advanced invoice and payment automation solutions to local governments.  With this collaboration, Paymerang’s accounts payable (AP) automation tools will be delivered to hundreds of local governments via Harris ERP’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, CitySuite, the companies said in a Tuesday (May 7) press release.  “It’s a privilege to be able to serve [Harris […]

UK Labour Party Wants To Reopen Closed Shops In New Plan

August 19, 2019
The opposition U.K. Labour party has announced a plan to let local government reopen closed storefronts that have been unoccupied for at least a year in an attempt to revitalize...