Back-office

Accounts Receivable
3 Ways AI Shifts Accounts Receivable From Lagging to Leading Indicator
June 17, 2025

B2B payments are made up of workflows and data; and lots of it. And in a landscape increasingly shaped by automation and data, few back-office functions are experiencing as radical a transformation as accounts receivable (AR). In most organizations, AR reporting is often a lagging...

Accounts Receivable
Manual AR Practices Drain Millions From Mid-Market Firms
June 17, 2025

In an era where liquidity defines corporate survival, the back office has become a strategic battleground. The unglamorous accounts receivable (AR) function, once considered a cost center, is at the heart of this transformation. AR had been synonymous with manual invoices, aging spreadsheets, and overdue...

CFO
The M&A Files: How CFOs Can Architect Post-Merger Supplier Synergy
June 04, 2025

For CFOs, the work never stops. And when it comes to mergers and acquisitions, that can often be when the work picks up. After all, the less publicized but most mission-critical facet of many deals is the post-merger integration (PMI) of freshly inherited vendor and...

Accounts Payable
68% of CFOs Are Willing to Invest in Real-Time Spend Visibility
June 02, 2025

Artificial intelligence is reshaping corporate finance, with accounts payable (AP) functions at the forefront of the transformation. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Smart Spending: How AI Is Transforming Financial Decision Making,” a collaboration with Coupa, quantifies how enterprises are using AI, as well as the perceived...

Accounts Payable
Infosys Adds AI Agents for Invoice Processing to AP Platform
May 30, 2025

Infosys’ business process management arm, Infosys BPM, has added artificial intelligence agents for invoice processing to its Infosys Accounts Payable on Cloud solution. This solution makes invoice processing largely autonomous to enhance efficiency and accuracy, the company said in a Friday (May 30) press release....

Payroll
Global Payments Divests Payroll Unit to Acrisure for $1.1 Billion
May 28, 2025

Payment tech company Global Payments is selling its payroll business for $1.1 billion. Global Payments will divest payroll operations to Michigan-based FinTech Acrisure, according to a Wednesday (May 28) press release. “The divestiture of its payroll business is the latest step Global Payments has taken...

CFO
Over Half of CFOs Turn to Third-Party Solutions Amid Economic Uncertainty
May 23, 2025

Facing persistent economic headwinds and business challenges, CFOs are abandoning traditional strategies in favor of technological adoption and external partnerships to navigate market uncertainty and pursue growth. According to recent findings by PYMNTS Intelligence, which surveyed CFOs from middle-market companies with annual revenues between $100...

Accounts Receivable
Visa Launches AR Manager Tool, Targeting Suppliers’ Biggest Business Payments Bottleneck
May 21, 2025

B2B payments are the lifeblood of global business, and few innovations have scaled as rapidly (and as unevenly) as virtual cards across B2B. “Virtual cards are growing tremendously in the market, with estimates that range from anywhere between 15% to 25%. But while they’re a...

Payroll
Chime Lets Payroll Offices Get Better View With PayTV
May 13, 2025

Chime Enterprise has introduced a tool to provide payroll teams with better data. PayTV is designed to offer payroll professionals real-time confirmation when workers can access their pay, the FinTech said in a Tuesday (May 13) press release. “Whether employees use Chime or another financial institution,...