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Automation is the technology by which a process or procedure is performed with minimal human assistance.
(source: en.wikipedia.org)
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2.4KInvestmentsAvidXchange Gets $260M In Financing Round
Accounts payable (AP) and payment automation solution company AvidXchange has raised $260 million in equity capital in a financing round, according to...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsMerger Combines Six T&E, AP Firms To Form Emburse
Six corporate travel expense management and accounts payable (AP) solution providers are combining into a single company to form Emburse, according to...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsAPIs Pull Double-Duty With AP, AR Automation
Solution providers in accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) are increasingly servicing not only their corporate customers, but their customers’ own...
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1.3KRetailAs Retail Tech Advances, Associates Become More Important
Retail is about more than the products being sold or the technology being used. Increasingly, store associates are becoming more important to...
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1.7KArtificial IntelligenceAGI Firm Soul Machine Snags $40M To Advance Human-Machine Connections
Autonomous animation platform Soul Machines has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Temasek, with new participation from...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsOvercoming The Pre-Accounting Hurdle Of Data
Following anxieties that robots would replace their jobs, small business (SMB) accountants are now on a path to potentially become more strategic...
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4.6KTaxesOnline Sales Tax’s ‘Pivotal,’ Post-Wayfair 2019 — And What Lies Ahead
There are certain years (and events) that represent significant shifts in business, where there was a way things were done — until...
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2.7KAccounts PayableAP Automation Set To Shred Paper Checks
We may be present for an historic moment akin to the advent of electric lighting, or at least the leap from DVD...
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2.8KAccounts PayableDeep Dive: AP Processing Delays And How New Payment Innovations Can Help
Paper-based payment methods such as checks and cash are awkward and cumbersome in either business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions. The negative...
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2.4KAccounts PayableBNY Mellon On The Need For Payments Innovation, AP Automation
Digital payment innovations like real-time payments (RTP) have given businesses more options to improve slow accounts payable (AP) processes. But many firms...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsThe Moving Target Of B2B Payments Friction
B2B payments innovation continued to heat up in 2019, with an ecosystem focused on transaction speed and data integration finding new opportunities...
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5.5KAccounts PayableBNY Mellon On The Two Key Factors For AP Automation
The supplier relationship is critical for any business. This means providing frictionless and speedy payments and ensuring that the right amount of...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsPayroll Automation Blamed In Aussie Underpayment Scandals
A string of underpayment cases that have emerged across Australia in recent months is raising concerns over corporates’ reliance on automated payroll...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsAccounts Receivable Realigns Its Focus To User Experience
The last decade of B2B FinTech innovation not only led to an explosion of product options for businesses to manage a variety...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsIndia AP Automation Startup Finly Secures Funding
India-based accounts payable automation company Finly has announced new funding as it plans to expand its B2B product offering, reports in YourStory...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsRethinking The Roles Of Data, Accountants In SMB Finance
FinTech and automation technology have cast a shadow of anxiety on the accounting industry in recent years, as certified public accountants (CPAs)...
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2.8KChatbotsPSCU Uses Chatbots To Streamline Call Center Interactions
Payments credit union service organization PSCU unveiled the deployment of desktop automation via its partnership with Jacada to optimize the call center...
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4.0KB2B PaymentsQuickBooks Releases Expanded Payroll Services Suite
The company behind QuickBooks, Intuit, announced it is releasing an expanded suite of online payroll offerings to help small to medium-sized businesses...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsMicrosoft Teams With Yooz For AP Automation
Yooz, a company that provides a cloud-based purchase-to-pay automation solution for companies, has announced a partnership with Microsoft, according to a press...
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2.6KRestaurant innovationDeep Dive: Serving Up Better Customer Service With Enhanced CRM
Almost everyone has experienced a quick food run that turned into a 45-minute ordeal, but such delays are bad news for both...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsAccounts Payable’s Opportunity To Become A Profit Center
There’s much discussion about the friction associated with traditional, manual, paper-based accounts payable (AP) processes, as well as about technology’s opportunity to...
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5.4KRestaurant innovationInside Chipotle’s Decade Of Digital-First Ordering Innovation
A convenient and seamless ordering experience from online and mobile channels is essential for restaurant customers. Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have heard the...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsInvoiced Integrates Payment Processing Via Chase
Accounts receivable (AR) automation firm Invoiced is integrating payment processing functionality through a collaboration with Chase and WePay. In a press release...
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2.2KAccounts PayableDeep Dive: Realizing AP Automation’s ROI
Paper still dominates the AP ecosystem, with 72.4 percent of today’s AP professionals receiving invoices by mail and 43.8 percent by fax....
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4.5KB2B PaymentsBasware Integrates Solutions With SAP App Center
Source-to-pay solution provider Basware now offers its business automation resources on the SAP App Center, the digital marketplace for systems applications and...
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2.4KAccounts PayableAP Automation’s ROI For Businesses And Suppliers
Businesses can reap clear return on investment (ROI) from accounts payable (AP) automation, yet find themselves hamstrung when partners in their supply...
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4.4KAccounts PayableTackling AP Automation’s ‘Chicken-And-Egg’ Problem
Shifting away from paper-based accounts payable (AP) practices could be a game-changer for many organizations. AP professionals must first be willing to...
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5.3KRetailAutomating Food Prep For Faster Quick-Service
With technologies that can automate the preparation of quick-service staples such as pizza, robotics firms that serve the restaurant market are gaining...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsTipalti Puts AP Closer To AR With YayPay
Accounts payable (AP) automation company Tipalti is getting closer to the accounts receivable (AR) side of B2B transactions with a new partnership....
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3.7KBankingDeep Dive: The Many Roads To Digital-First Banking
PYMNTS’ Where Will We Bank Next? Survey found that banking customers are increasingly placing a higher value on convenience, personal data security...
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1.8KRetailBossa Nova Launches Automated Inventory Solution
Data service provider Bossa Nova announced it has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) and automated solution for inventory data management, according...
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3.8KRetailUniqlo’s Quiet Retail Robot Revolution
In the life of any brand, a pivot – or even a series of pivots – is normal. Times change, tastes expand...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsHow Supplier Focus Propels AP Innovation
Innovation in the accounts payable (AP) space continues to expand, with FinTechs looking to capture their piece of a growing market driven...
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5.4KArtificial IntelligenceHow Humans, Machines Can Join Forces To Catch Payments Fraud
To catch payments fraud, man and machine must work together. To that end, PSCU said last month that it has chosen NICE...
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5.8KAMLZillow: Tackling Real Estate’s $1.6T Money Laundering Epidemic
Governments are tightening know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) requirements on various industries out of increasing concern over fraud threats....
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2.2KB2B PaymentsSphere Teams With RMS For Automated Healthcare Payments
Payments and security software provider Sphere announced that it is teaming up with Oklahoma-based Revenue Management Solutions (RMS), a healthcare remittance automation...
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2.5KRetail‘reCommerce’ Marketplaces Eye Sustainability, Partnerships
Luxury fashion resale platforms are gaining traction as they focus on sustainability and partnerships, with The RealReal’s third-quarter earnings serving as the latest...
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2.6KInnovationMIT Develops Last-Mile Navigation For Delivery Robots
Engineers at MIT have been working on a better way for last-mile delivery robots to find doors or garages, with the goal...
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2.2KNewsREPORT: How Consumers Want To Connect To Pay
Consumers have a bad case of app fatigue. There was a time when consumers were eager to download and experiment with apps...
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3.9KAccounts ReceivableDeep Dive: Accelerating Accounts Receivable With Automated Technologies
B2B payments are anything but instant in the U.S., where a collective $3 trillion is tied up in businesses’ outstanding accounts receivable...
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2.1KToday In DataDriving Payments Innovation With Installments And Automation
Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) can make their operations run smoother by tapping into automated processes, electronic invoices and accounts receivable (AR) tools for digital payments....
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3.4KAccounts ReceivableBuilding A More Collaborative AR Platform
Paper-based accounts receivable (AR) processes aren't just slow and costly — they can also be confusing. Buyers struggle to decipher paper invoices,...
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3.5KAccounts ReceivableWhen AR Meets Social Networking
Small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) lack the financial buffers of their larger corporate counterparts and so are especially vulnerable to cash flow...
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3.1KArtificial IntelligenceHow AI Can Help Automate Expense Management
When field-based workers like truck drivers or cleaning service contractors encounter work-related expenses on the job, they might reconsider the purchase if...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsTradeshift Taps Genpact To Broaden AP Automation Offerings
Supply chain payments solution provider Tradeshift is collaborating with professional services firm Genpact to broaden its procure-to-pay offering in an effort to...
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3.8KSecurity & FraudGIACT Fraud Platform Now Automates PII Monitoring
Identity verification solutions provider GIACT Systems has announced the launch of an automated identity monitoring service called gIDENTIFY Persistent Monitoring, the company...
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6.6KVoice ActivationWhy Voice Is Connected Commerce’s Killer App
Consumers have experienced the convenience of shopping with their voices, and they cannot get enough. The share of consumers who own voice-activated...
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2.3KTravel PaymentsHRS Debuts Invisible Pay To Increase Hotel Compliance
In an effort to change the global hotel corporate payment process, end-to-end business travel technology provider HRS is rolling out a new...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsFinserv Players Multitask With B2B Billers And Payers
Corporate financial services providers taking aim at accounts payable friction this week pulled double-duty with new tools that also addressed friction for...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsAvidXchange Targets Healthcare With AP Automation
Accounts payable technology company AvidXchange is targeting the healthcare industry with payments and invoicing offerings. AvidXchange is broadening access of its AvidPay...
