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Watch more: CFOs Face Mounting Pressure to Secure Faster B2B Payment Rails B2B payments risk is no longer a back-office headache; it’s a C-level priority. As real-time rails proliferate, suppliers expect cash ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping enterprise financial management, with more than four-fifths of chief financial officers either already leveraging or actively considering its adoption for their accounts payable functions, ...

Watch more: Secret AI Agents Could Redefine Nearly Every B2B Payments Touchpoint In a time when buzzwords like “agentic AI” and “autonomous systems” are being tossed around with Silicon Valley bravado, ...

The payments industry stands at a crucial crossroads as we reach the midpoint of 2025, where the strategic decisions made now will define the trajectory for businesses and consumers alike ...

Coupa has integrated Adflex’s straight-through processing service, Adflex STP, into its total spend management platform, saying this will fully automate the B2B payment process for Coupa customers and their suppliers. The ...

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 ...

Coupa said Tuesday (May 13) that it has acquired Croatia-based Cirtuo to accelerate its roadmap for autonomous spend management. The acquisition adds Cirtuo’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered category management to Coupa’s AI-native ...

The business landscape moves fast, and that can leave reactive businesses a step behind their more proactive competitors. But today’s increasingly digital landscape is full of opportunity for firms looking to ...

Trust elevates client relationships into strategic partnerships, Coupa Chief Customer Officer John Frank writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The Listening Economy: How Customer Conversations Are Transforming Financial Services.”   In today’s ...

Today’s finance chiefs aren’t looking for artificial intelligence (AI) that dazzles. They want AI that delivers. And many are putting their money on that, with the latest PYMNTS Intelligence data from ...

The most impactful insights often emerge not from boardrooms or whiteboards but from direct conversations with customers. For today’s financial services, payments and digital economy leaders, these customer exchanges offer ...

Company finances are the hidden, beating heart of a business. Suppliers and workers don’t see the behind-the-scenes details of how they get paid, just that the money flows into their ...

Levelpath announced an integration that brings the procurement automation capabilities of its artificial intelligence-powered procurement platform to Coupa’s AI-native Total Spend Management Platform. The combination can help organizations streamline their operations ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is hurtling forward at an unprecedented pace, changing everything along its way. For chief financial officers (CFOs) and other business leaders, this advance is met with hesitation. The ...

Procurement fraud has evolved on the back of digitally sophisticated tactics from an occasional business headache into a full-blown financial and reputational disaster for organizations worldwide. It’s no longer just a ...

Coupa has unveiled more than 100 new features for its spend management platform.  The new features, announced Thursday (Feb. 13), are aimed at boosting operational efficiency and supplier collaboration and engagement. “Every ...

AI-powered innovation is reshaping B2B payments, but not all AI is created equally, Coupa Chief Procurement Officer Michael Van Keulen writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The Innovation Mindset: How ...

Innovation is no longer optional; it’s a necessity. Change is constant, spurred by technological advancements, shifting consumer expectations and global challenges. The financial services industry must embrace a new mindset to ...

The stakes for fraud prevention and data security are rising with innovation across digital payments. Trust remains the cornerstone of today’s dynamic ecosystem, but it is increasingly tested by a web ...

An efficient business-to-business (B2B) procurement process can separate the wheat from the chaff. Procurement has the potential to become a strategic lever for value creation and protection, going beyond traditional ...

Across B2B payments and technology, artificial intelligence is emerging as more than just another transformative technology. It’s becoming a compass for the future. For decades, the B2B ecosystem has operated under the ...

B2B innovation doesn’t move slowly, it gets slowed down — mostly by complexity. While entrenched corporate cultures and legacy workflows hinder innovation, businesses typically cling to them as a hedge against ...

Traditionally characterized by clunky checks, faxed invoices and siloed financial functions, the B2B landscape is being reshaped by digital innovation. The monthlong PYMNTS event, “B2B Payments: Outlook 2030,” has revealed that the ...

Veterinary care company Bond Vet has launched a partnership with spend management provider Coupa. The collaboration, announced Monday (Nov. 4), will see Bond Vet clinics employ Coupa’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform ...

In times of business uncertainty, controlling for what’s controllable becomes paramount for a company’s leadership. And it’s these times when all heads tend to turn to the finance function for guidance ...

For corporates, the goal, especially in the current inflationary environment, is to squeeze margins higher. There are two levers to pull, ideally working simultaneously: increasing sales momentum, and being judicious ...

Businesses of all sizes are finding themselves at the crossroads of innovation and tradition. And they are choosing to embrace innovation rather than stand still and fall behind. In a era ...

Spend management company Coupa says it’s added more than 100 AI-powered innovations to its platform. “Our goal to be a margin multiplier for every business large and small worldwide requires a ...

Margin multiplier company Coupa has launched a partnership with business payments provider Bottomline. The collaboration, announced Monday (April 22), is designed to simplify digital payment processes for businesses, letting Coupa connect to Bottomline’s Paymode-X to automate ...

As part of its stride toward complete digital transformation, QNB Group, a financial institution serving the Middle East and Africa, has announced a new partnership with Coupa, a provider of spend management ...

Coupa has announced its latest launches around generative artificial intelligence (AI) and innovation. These new innovations join the company’s existing artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform designed to help businesses operate smarter and ...

Coupa and Goldman Sachs Transaction Banking (TxB) have partnered to streamline B2B payments. With Coupa’s business spend management platform and Goldman Sachs TxB’s cloud-based banking services, the global collaboration will simplify ...

When Coupa confirmed it was being acquired for $8 billion, spend management industry took note. It wasn’t because it involved private equity firm Thoma Bravo, or that that deal was struck ...

Integration and automation provider TradeCentric and business spend management platform Coupa Software are enhancing their collaboration to help businesses discover solutions that optimize their spend and reduce risk. With this collaboration, ...

Business spend management solution provider Coupa Software has added new innovations to its Coupa Treasury product, aiming to give companies better visibility into their cash position and cash projection.  This will ...

Today in B2B payments, Coupa stock falls 25% after a disappointing quarterly earnings report. Plus, buy now, pay later Playter raises $1.7 million in seed funding to sustain its growth. Coupa ...

For payments firms — the ones that have put up astronomical top-line growth through the past few years —  earnings season has offered variations on a theme. And the theme, at ...

Coupa Software shares plummeted Tuesday (March 15) following a January quarterly earnings report and weak management guidance for this fiscal year. According to Investors Business Daily, the San Mateo, California, company ...

Today in the connected economy, buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay announces new partnerships with Nordstrom, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, while Go Instore breaks down shopper intent, which ...

Corporate payment specialist AirPlus International has joined forces with business spend management platform Coupa to offer clients new procurement options. The companies say AirPlus Virtual Cards Procurement will become a payment ...

Business spend management firm Coupa Software is collaborating with HSBC to offer companies in Europe virtual cards to better manage payments, according to a press release on Wednesday (Jan. 12). Business-to-business ...

Re-imagining business payments will take input from stakeholders across the ecosystem — banks, payments networks, enterprises and FinTechs among them — to benefit buyers and suppliers.   In a panel moderated by ...

Today in B2B payments, Carahsoft and Coupa team up on public sector spend management, and EngageSmart jumps 40% in trading debut. Plus, Ramp and Rippling partner on employees spending and ...

Carahsoft Technology Corp. will be partnering with spend management company Coupa to boost the availability of spend management tech in the public sector, according to a press release Thursday (Sept. ...

Packaging solutions company Sonoco is partnering with business spend management (BSM) firm Coupa Software to extend Coupa Pay and virtual cards across Sonoco. With Coupa and its virtual cards, Sonoco can ...

Today in B2B payments, NBH Bank Holdings discusses investing in small businesses, and TCH explores real-time payments for B2B. Plus, Finastra secures a SWIFT label for trade finance, QuickFee integrates ...

The business spend management (BSM) firm Coupa has launched a new app marketplace to give customers an easier way to use its platform.   The company said in a news release Monday ...

Today in B2B payments, Tenio’s new CFO discusses cryptocurrency, and Coupa launches a joint venture in Japan. Plus, PrimePay discusses the business intelligence of payroll, Metro Bank debuts mobile invoicing, ...

San Mateo, California-based Coupa Software and Tokyo-based Japan Cloud are forming a joint venture called Coupa K.K. to expand adoption of Coupa’s Business Spend Management offering in Japan, according to ...

Today in B2B payments, Trovata debuts its multibank treasury solution, and Kofax collaborates with Coupa. Plus, RiseNow collaborates on supply chain solutions, Innovative Payment Solutions rolls out a payroll offering ...

Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. For some organizations, the processes ...

When the pandemic drove professionals to work from home, business leaders began accelerating their digitization roadmaps. Accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) personnel could no longer be in the ...

The marriage of digital spend management to full-throated cross-border B2B payments capabilities is a match made in FinServ heaven, as the reengineering of payments pathways and partnerships after COVID is ...

The World Health Organization’s March 11 pandemic declaration triggered a wave of closures and job losses, and businesses around the globe are still reeling from the impact. Many are tightening ...

SMBs are going global as they look across borders for new business, but they must convince prospective buyers that transacting with them will be easy and convenient, says Kivanc Onan, ...

Legacy cross-border payment methods that may have been inconvenient but endurable in 2019 no longer serve firms’ needs in 2020. Last year saw 68% of companies using wire transfers to transact ...

How big of a problem is manual data entry and processing? Too big. “Fifty-one percent of participants in a recent study identified manual data entry and inefficient procedures as the biggest ...

Businesses of all sizes struggle with capital management, regardless of whether they employ staff or seek out third parties to handle their cash flows, accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable ...

Duplicate invoices, delayed payments and other complications usually require tedious — and often inaccurate — manual accounting processes that can cause capital management headaches for businesses’ treasury teams. But incorporating ...

Handling accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), cash flows and other capital management tasks is an inescapable reality for almost every business that deals with inventory and sales, but these ...

Known for its platform for managing business spending, Coupa Software on Monday (Nov. 2) unveiled a deal to acquire Michigan-based LLamasoft in a bid to bolster its supply chain capabilities. Coupa ...

Money is the lifeblood of businesses, and nothing thwarts growth plans like the inability to easily collect revenue and pay vendors. Inefficient back-office systems can prevent smooth financial flows. Printing paper ...

Billing processes that pass muster in the U.S. aren’t necessarily enough when transacting with businesses overseas. Each country has unique invoicing standards and regulations, meaning accounts receivable (AR) teams must ...

Businesses have gone back to the drawing board to rethink their payments approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic. Old-school business-to-business (B2B) transaction methods like sending and waiting on checks and physical ...

California-based spend management platform Coupa has launched a Diverse Business Directory to make it easier for companies, particularly large ones, to find “diverse and inclusive suppliers.” “Businesses recognize the need for ...

As the Coupa team has shifted to working from home during the pandemic, they have adapted their processes to an operating model tailored toward optimizing remote work. “While our financials ...

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the ...

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Google Cloud is aiming to fuel innovation in the mortgage industry, while Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell sounded a cautionary note on the ...

American Express is working with Coupa on a new partnership to use virtual cards for Coupa’s B2B solution, a press release says. Coupa Pay, the Coupa B2B solution, will be available ...

With demand for consumer packaged goods, healthcare equipment and other product categories skyrocketing in the initial wave of pandemic disruption, many companies throughout the world stood to benefit from what ...

Coupa, which works in business spend management, is rolling out new capabilities to help with businesses’ spend visibility while lowering risk, through a cloud-based platform, according to a press release. The ...

It may not look like it yet, but business travel is headed for a comeback. At least, that’s what commercial card technology players believe, with this week’s rundown of the latest ...

Bank-FinTech collaboration continues as more industry stakeholders consider the value of open banking and areas of operations most prime to benefit from the business model. This week’s examination of the latest ...

Spend management company Coupa has acquired business travel app company ETA, according to reports. The company is looking to add more travel tech to its profile, alongside its larger agreement to ...

Enterprise spend management solution provider Coupa is expanding its offering with new features and a partnership with American Express, the companies said Wednesday (Nov. 6). In a press release, Coupa announced ...

Australian lender Westpac is partnering with business spend management (BSM) firm Coupa to help companies improve finance management on a cloud-based platform, Westpac said on Tuesday (Aug. 20). The collaboration will ...

Corporate spend management technology company Coupa has released its fourth quarter earnings performance and full year for FY2019, pointing to Q4 as “the strongest quarter yet in our company’s history,” ...

Corporate expense management solution provider Coupa has updated its platform with new features targeting compliance and fraud prevention. The company issued a press release Wednesday (Feb. 6) announcing updates to its ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and spend management solutions provider Coupa are expanding their existing partnership to provide businesses with greater visibility into and management of IT spend, the firms said ...

Corporate spend management company Coupa reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Tuesday (December 4), news that was met with a decline in share prices during after-hours trading, according to The Motley ...

CFOs live between two worlds: what did and what could happen. Managing both means mitigating the business risk that keeps them up at night, and keeps their businesses from underperforming. ...

The role of the CFO is becoming a bit more fluid in an age of increasing regulation. The evolution is tied to data, and data can help boost cash ...

Coupa has rolled out enhancements to its business spend management (BSM) solution, the firm revealed this week. The enterprise spend management company announced at its annual Inspire conference the addition of ...

Chief financial officers (CFOs) surveyed by The Economist Intelligence Unit revealed a lack of visibility into corporate spend in a new survey released on Monday (May 7). The report, “The Strategic ...

“Does your business want to improve its spend management?” Few CFOs would say “no” if asked that question: Spend management is attractive to companies for obvious reasons, as even successful companies ...

Cloud-based spend management software company Coupa posted losses in its Q2 FY18 report on Wednesday (Sept. 6), but the losses weren’t as steep as previously anticipated. According to reports in Nasdaq, Coupa’s ...

Spend management company Coupa has entered the realm of B2B payments. The company announced the launch of Coupa Payments Tuesday (May 16), a tool that aims to streamline cross-border payments for ...

Coupa announced plans to acquire Trade Extensions to augment its strategic sourcing offerings. Reports said the corporate spend management company will acquire Trade Extensions, a company that operates in the eSourcing ...

Earlier this month, Coupa Software fell victim to a data breach that exposed the IRS W-2 payroll forms of its employees. According to SiliconBeat, a fraudster impersonated Coupa’s CEO and was ...

Coupa Software provides real-time analytics for pricing, assortment, demand and competitive metrics in the retail sector. The firm has had a big six months — in October the firm launched ...

Corporate spend management software company Coupa has made its first takeover since going public last year. The company announced Tuesday (Jan. 10) that it reached a deal to acquire Spend360, a U.K. ...

Things were somewhat quiet among the unicorns until a spate of news that hit late in the week, including top down data that shows real waning of enthusiasm among the ...

There are a few B2B FinTech firms looking to float in the coming weeks, but Coupa beat them to the punch with its debut late last week. Reports on Thursday ...

In news that surrounded unicorns over the past week, not all was confined to Nutanix and its spectacular debut via IPO, when shares were up 130 percent. The other headlines ...

Corporate expense management firm Coupa is ready to go public, and sources are now revealing new details about the plans for the firm post-IPO. Reports by Business Travel News late last week said ...

Spend management software company Coupa first grabbed headlines when it entered the Unicorn Club following its $80 million investment round last year. Now, the company is doing it again. Coupa is going public, ...

If you think of the rise of corporate America over the last century, the function of the accounts payable department probably doesn’t come to mind as one of the main ...

Corporate spend management firm Coupa has wrapped up its Inspire 2016 conference, with no shortage of announcements for the company. Earlier this week, the firm revealed an integration with corporate ...

Expense management firm Coupa is getting closer to the corporate travel space thanks to a new collaboration with Sabre. Corporate travel technology firm Sabre Corporation provides businesses with its GetThere online booking ...

Maintaining positive B2B relationships between buyers and suppliers is increasingly viewed as a strategic effort, not simply a courtesy. But the interconnectedness of supply chains can create a tangled web ...

The procurement and treasury management services of Coupa have caught the attention of some of the largest names in B2B, including NetSuite and American Express Global Business Travel. Now, the ...