Back-office

Accounts Payable
Unimarket Introduces ‘AP Payments as a Service’ for US Customers
May 01, 2024

Unimarket has introduced its fully managed accounts payable (AP) payments service, Unimarket Payments, to the United States. This service, which optimizes, monetizes and secures the entire payment life cycle, is now available to Unimarket customers with national or regional offices in the U.S., the company said in a...

Accounts Payable
SourceDay and Medius Team on Procure-to-Pay Enhancements
April 30, 2024

Supply chain collaboration platform SourceDay and accounts payable platform Medius are collaborating to enhance procure-to-pay operations for businesses. Through the partnership, firms can get access to autonomous, touchless invoice processing, the companies said in a Tuesday (April 30) news release.  Additionally, firms are offered fraud protection via anomaly detection capabilities,...

CFO
CFOs Take the Baton in Strategy Orchestration
April 30, 2024

Successfully steering a business toward strategic growth requires a steady hand.  And in today’s business landscape, where change is constant and innovation is key, the role of the chief financial officer (CFO) has evolved to include not just that steady hand, but a keen eye,...

Back-office
Countsy Debuts Platform to Streamline Back-Office Management
April 23, 2024

Accounting and human resources and finance firm Countsy has debuted an online platform. Announced Tuesday (April 23), countsy.ai is designed to simplify back-office management by providing a centralized place for essential business tools and team collaboration. “We designed our new portal to streamline the often complex back office operations...

Accounts Receivable
Can Companies Automate Away America’s Growing Accountant Shortage?
April 22, 2024

When it comes to choosing a career in accounting, the numbers no longer add up. That’s because, from corporate finance departments to CPA (certified public accountant) prep courses, finance functions across America are suffering from an ongoing attrition of their most seasoned team members while the accounting profession as...

Accounts Payable
93% of Mid-Sized Firms Plan More Automation For AP/AR Systems Processes
April 22, 2024

Mid-sized firms are as eager as their large enterprise counterparts to fully automate their accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes; however, research shows the majority of them are way behind the curve. According to PYMNTS Intelligence study “Accounts Payable and Receivable Trends: What’s...

CFO
CFOs’ Top 4 Concerns Reveal Importance of Controlling What’s Controllable
April 19, 2024

The concerns keeping CFOs awake at night help define their business strategies in the morning. And with the news this week that B2B credit card platform Pliant is planning to expand, while Mastercard is bringing its commercial cards to mobile wallets, CFOs looking to sleep a little better are prioritizing...

CFO
Data, Communication, Empathy: CFOs Embrace Leadership Role
April 12, 2024

Modern leadership requires data, communication, empathy, and above all a holistic view of the business. Call these pillars the new drivers of success. Increasingly, it is falling to today’s chief financial officers to synthesize them into a strategy that can optimize the business outcomes of...

Accounts Receivable
Nuvei Launches Invoice Financing Service Integrated With Leading ERP Systems
April 11, 2024

Nuvei has launched a service that enables merchants to access its Invoice Financing solutions directly within their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. With this service, the solutions have been integrated into several leading ERPs, including Sage and Acumatica, the company said in a Thursday (April 11) press release. “By...