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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Tariff Refunds Turn Old B2B Invoices Into Claims on Cash

Tariff Refunds Turn Old B2B Invoices Into Claims on Cash
Tariff Refunds Turn Old B2B Invoices Into Claims on Cash
August 20, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The $100 billion U.S. tariff unwind isn’t just a legal exercise for enterprise firms; it’s exposing a crucial piece of B2B infrastructure. More than 40...

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AP Automation Can’t Fix What It Can’t Connect
AP Automation Can’t Fix What It Can’t Connect
August 05, 2026  |  Accounts Payable

Accounts payable has no shortage of automation. However, the July edition of the Business Payments Tracker® Series, a PYMNTS Intelligence collaboration with WEX, revealed that...

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Mastercard and Amex Turn B2B Payments Into a Living Control Layer
Mastercard and Amex Turn B2B Payments Into a Living Control Layer
July 31, 2026  |  B2B Payments

For years, the elevator pitch for B2B payments modernization was speed. Faster approvals. Faster settlement. Faster reconciliation. Faster access to working capital. However, moves from...

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The Biggest RTP Rival Is the Payment System That Already Works
The Biggest RTP Rival Is the Payment System That Already Works
July 22, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Businesses that use real-time payments tend to see more value than businesses still deciding whether they need them at all. The divide emerged from the...

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American Express and Bottomline Partner to Streamline B2B Payments
American Express and Bottomline Partner to Streamline B2B Payments
July 21, 2026  |  B2B Payments

American Express aims to improve the B2B payments experience for buyers and suppliers with two new offerings, including a new B2B payment feature and automated...

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Procurify Deploys Fully Agentic Procurement Platform to Eliminate Manual Buying Processes
Procurify Deploys Fully Agentic Procurement Platform to Eliminate Manual Buying Processes
July 20, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Procurify completed the transformation of its mid-market procurement platform into a fully agentic procurement platform by adding three more agents, the company said in a...

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Forget the Sweater, AI Wants to Pay the Invoice (With a Card)
Forget the Sweater, AI Wants to Pay the Invoice (With a Card)
July 07, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: The Digital Shift With Sunlight’s Guy Ziv The consumer version of agentic commerce imagines an agent that knows what a person wants to...

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The Invoice Becomes the Shopping Cart in B2B Payments
The Invoice Becomes the Shopping Cart in B2B Payments
July 01, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Businesses sent roughly 560 billion invoices in 2024. Fewer than a quarter were electronic. The rest were paper, or PDFs that may as well be...

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