Puzzle has raised a $15 million Series A and launched its smart accounting software for startups. The firm said in a Thursday (Feb. 16) blog post that its solution features both smart accounting software and a real-time financial data platform — a combination that provides...
The cost realities of today’s environment have CFOs shifting focus to their organization’s profitability basics. And as business leaders look to realize efficiencies and cut costs; answering the question of hybrid, remote, or full-time in-office employment policies is growing critical to reassessing internal spend. This,...
Priority Technology Holdings and IQ BackOffice have partnered to fully automate accounts payable (AP) payments. In a Thursday (Feb. 9) press release, the companies said that Priority’s CPX automated payment solution had been integrated into IQ BackOffice’s Streamlinea financial process automation software. “By integrating CPX into our platform we will be...
Much has changed in the two months since Sunil Rajasekar became CEO of Billtrust. “Depending on who you talk to,” he told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, “we are already in a deep recession — or there’s a recession coming.” Right now, he said, the focus for...
COVID-19 sent nearly everyone doing business within the eCommerce sphere scrambling to invest in tech innovations, mostly to get through lockdowns and the resulting economic fallout. The most recent PYMNTS/Corcentric collaboration, “Digital Payments Technology,” found that only 29% of surveyed companies had invested in new...
Accounts payable automation company AvidXchange has debuted a business intelligence tool it says will bring fresh data and insights to finance teams that manual processes can’t. Announced in a news release Tuesday (Feb. 7), the tool offers “intelligent analytics, immersive dashboards and embedded data visualizations”...
In today’s softening economic environment, businesses need to focus on controlling what they can. That’s according to René Lacerte, BILL CEO and founder, who said Thursday (Feb. 2) during his company’s first quarter earnings call that demand for digitizing back-office operations is only growing for...
With 2023 off to a running start, treasury is calling the shots differently, with a refined focus forged in the crucible of 2022. Julie Lubell, global head of Trends and Advisory at J.P. Morgan Payments, discussed with Karen Webster the new roadmap for investing and...
CFOs are leveraging technology and breaking down internal silos to build holistic organizational growth frameworks. Even in the face of macroeconomic headwinds, or perhaps especially in the face of them, organizations need to put in place the right infrastructure that can support both their near-...