accounts payable

Accounts payable is money owed by a business to its suppliers shown as a liability on a company's balance sheet. It is distinct from notes payable liabilities, which are debts created by formal legal instrument documents.

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CFOs Risk Losing Control of Working Capital One Sales Contract at a Time

CFOs Risk Losing Control of Working Capital One Sales Contract at a Time
CFOs Risk Losing Control of Working Capital One Sales Contract at a Time
October 08, 2026  |  Working Capital

The biggest threat to a company’s working capital strategy is now commonly hiding in a perfectly drawn up sales contract, not an overdue invoice. Finance departments can automate collections, optimize cash forecasts and accelerate...

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AI Made B2B Fraud Cheap and Trust Expensive
AI Made B2B Fraud Cheap and Trust Expensive
October 07, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Watch more: Stopping B2B Fraud Before AI Moves the Money Artificial intelligence is breaking the economics of the traditional accounts payable fraud model. Attackers can...

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Auto Dealers Pull Banking Into Their Operating Software
Auto Dealers Pull Banking Into Their Operating Software
October 06, 2026  |  Transportation

Dealer management systems house the information tied to the operation’s financial activity. Customer balances, repair orders, vendor invoices and accounting records can originate there even...

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How CFOs Are Building Approval Controls Finance Agents Can’t Break
How CFOs Are Building Approval Controls Finance Agents Can’t Break
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The biggest financial risk from an artificial intelligence agent won’t come from it making numbers up. It will likely come from an agent that does...

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AI Targets Trade Finance’s Paperwork Bottleneck
AI Targets Trade Finance’s Paperwork Bottleneck
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is being harnessed to tackle the document review that determines whether a transaction moves forward, one of the most manual parts of trade...

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Tungsten Debuts Tool to Streamline Invoice-to-Pay Automation
Tungsten Debuts Tool to Streamline Invoice-to-Pay Automation
September 30, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Tungsten Automation has introduced the accounts payable automation engine for its invoice-to-pay platform. The workflow automation company’s new InvoiceAgility+ is designed to use agentic artificial intelligence...

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Fed Finds B2B Payments Went Digital, but the Paperwork Didn’t
Fed Finds B2B Payments Went Digital, but the Paperwork Didn’t
September 28, 2026  |  B2B Payments

In 2024, the B2B payments conversation centered on moving businesses away from checks and toward electronic transactions. Two years later, the industry has made infrastructure...

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Working Capital Lost Its Strategic Edge in 2026. The Best CFOs Are Already Getting It Back.
Working Capital Lost Its Strategic Edge in 2026. The Best CFOs Are Already Getting It...
September 28, 2026  |  Working Capital

Picture the CFO at a $300 million industrial distributor. For three years she paid her key suppliers on day 10 of a net 30 invoice...

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