Watch more: Monday Conversation With Zenskar’s Apurv Bansal Here’s something most people in finance don’t talk about. The billing systems that run the back office were built for a world that doesn’t really exist anymore. These typical toolkits, the ERPs, revenue recognition platforms and billing...
In a business environment defined by uncertainty, financial control is no longer just something appealing operationally. It is becoming a measurable competitive advantage. This is driving a rethink of virtual cards as purely payables tools and innovation. While VCNs represent a smarter, more controlled way...
Enterprise services can change forever in an instant, at least in today’s digital era. On Monday (May 4), businesses from mid-market to Main Street and the Fortune 50, potentially witnessed such a change. The change, visible in announcements from Amazon, Anthropic and OpenAI, signaled the...
Billtrust has added a self-service payment experience and a cash forecasting tool to its B2B accounts receivable workflow and payment software. These tools are designed to accelerate collections, improve buyer payment experiences and provide AR teams with earlier cash flow visibility, the company said in...
Digital transformation has evolved what were once tactical, back-office workflows into strategic levers. And chief financial officers are among the biggest beneficiaries of this new playing field. Across accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) functions, the operational layers surrounding corporate payments are becoming margin-sensitive...
Watch more: Need to Know With Mastercard’s Marc Pettican There’s a digital reckoning reshaping the B2B landscape. Buyers, conditioned by seamless consumer experiences, are bringing new expectations into corporate purchasing. Suppliers, in turn, are discovering that payment acceptance is no longer a back-office utility but...
Watch more: Need to Know With David Bork of Boost Payment Solutions As digital payment infrastructure matures and economic pressures sharpen the focus on liquidity, the humble accounts payable (AP) function is being reimagined not as a cost center, but as a strategic engine for...
WEX corporate card customers can now generate and settle vendor payments with virtual cards within SAP’s Concur Invoice platform. This capability is enabled by a new collaboration between WEX, which is a provider of intelligent payment solutions, and Extend, an embedded virtual card payments company that is an established SAP...
For decades, B2B payments have been treated as back‑office plumbing—necessary, unglamorous and largely unchanged. Invoices pile up, checks linger and reconciliation remains stubbornly manual. The result isn’t just inefficiency; it’s an experience that quietly drags on both buyers and suppliers, with little upside for anyone....