CFOs are getting tired of managing for surprises. They want to manage for strategy, instead. But there is a foundational problem hidden beneath this expanding mandate. Most finance teams still lack continuous, trustworthy visibility into accounts payable, cash flow and the operational signals that shape...
The role of the finance function is being re-written as companies increasingly are no longer satisfied with observing cash flow in the rearview mirror. Instead, they are beginning to redesign it. The latest data in the report “Time to Cash™: A New Measure of Business...
CoPlane raised $14 million in a seed round to build artificial intelligence-native software that integrates with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and automates core finance and operations processes. In early deployments, the company’s software has eliminated thousands of hours of manual work by automating invoice...
Accounts payable (AP) has spent much of its history buried deep in the back office, with staff consigned to the tedium of typing invoices, auditing purchase orders, and cutting checks. PYMNTS Intelligence data in the September 2025 Accounts Payable Tracker® Series found that more than two-thirds...
As business becomes increasingly defined by volatility, cash is reclaiming its status as the ultimate indicator of corporate resilience. While chief financial officers have long turned to cost controls and capital optimization to strengthen cash flow, a growing number are finding that the biggest opportunity...
U.S. Acumatica customers can now manage and pay bills within their enterprise resource planning system. They can do this with the help of BILL’s accounts payable automation. This capability comes from a new strategic partnership. Acumatica now embeds BILL’s AP automation into its Cloud ERP,...
Watch more: Need to Know: Finexio, Ernest Rolfson Since its inception, the accounts payable (AP) function has been a sleepy back-office chore. It represented the type of financial plumbing that chief financial officers rarely mentioned on earnings calls. But not anymore. A new wave of...
For decades, workers in the United States have organized their lives around a predictable, if rigid, rhythm. However, the biweekly paycheck cycle, long seen as a given of employment, is beginning to unravel. PYMNTS Intelligence’s September Money Mobility Tracker®, “Instant Loyalty: The Growing Necessity of...
For decades, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have promised a single source of truth for finance leaders. But as the pace of business accelerates, many CFOs are finding that their ERP is not built to handle the growing complexity of accounts receivable (AR). That’s where...