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2.6KMobile CommerceHow To AI: Cognitive Sourcing Meets The Supply Chain
On a perfect day, when everything goes exactly to plan, managing a supply chain is no easy task — particularly when procurement...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsNeutralizing The Clash Of The B2B Buyer And Supplier Titans
How to avoid the friction that comes when buyers want to pay as late as possible, and suppliers want to get paid...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsLA Metro Vendor Dispute Highlights Public Contract Challenges
A dispute between Los Angeles County officials and a major bus supplier is shedding light on the challenges of government contracts with...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsUBS: Amazon’s Presence In Healthcare Procurement Waning
Fewer purchasing managers in the healthcare industry are procuring goods from Amazon, according to a new survey by UBS Group and reported...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsJAGGAER Hits $1.5B Valuation In Deal With Cinven
European private equity firm Cinven has taken a stake in eProcurement technology firm JAGGAER that is said to value the company at...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsTradeshift Enables Employee Virtual Cards On Demand
Supply chain payments firm Tradeshift is expanding capabilities for companies to manage employee spend with Tradeshift Go 2.0, the company announced Monday (July...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsStrategic Procurement Casts A Wider Data-Capture Net
B2B FinTech has made leaps and bounds in the world of procurement, enabling large enterprises to automate a significant portion of their...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsStrategic Sourcing Evolves Beyond Better Prices
Elevated from its position as merely a point through which money exits the enterprise, the procurement function is quickly becoming a strategic...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsThe Public Sector Takes The Lead On eProcurement
Government procurement moved to the spotlight last week when New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced he is closely monitoring the state’s...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsConnecting The Procurement Dots, From Purchase Order To Payment
Driving efficiency in accounts payable (AP) can stem from an array of efforts. Adopting electronic payments and getting rid of paper checks...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsIs Digital The Best Defense Against Trade Finance Fraud?
There are trillions of dollars at stake when it comes to trade finance fraud, and a senior OCBC Bank MD urges firms...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsKraft Heinz Uncovers Employee Procurement Misconduct
U.S. food giant Kraft Heinz continues to address issues related to claims of procurement misconduct after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsConstruction Ponders The Equipment Rent-Versus-Buy Dilemma
Confidence in the equipment finance industry has dropped in recent weeks, new data from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation revealed. While equipment...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsGovQuote Links Government Suppliers To BlueVine Financing
Small business financing platform BlueVine is teaming up with government procurement solutions portal GovQuote to connect government vendors with working capital solutions....
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3.1KB2B PaymentsProcurement Execs Brace For USMCA Impact
In the wake of the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement (the framework that outlines trade tariffs between the U.S., Mexico and Canada), analysts...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsProcure-To-Pay’s Tax Conundrum
Corporates’ biggest procure-to-pay challenges often center around the friction of streamlining data flows and the movement of money, from sourcing and purchase...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsUK Study: Businesses See Fraudsters As ‘Ahead Of Industry’
In the UK, might the fraudsters be getting ahead of the firms they are bilking? A recent study from Vocalink points to...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsCourt Ruling Reveals Complexities Of SMB Government Contracts
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has been forced to throw out $15 billion worth of IT service contracts with small businesses (SMBs)...
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5.7KB2B PaymentsB2B FinTech Tackles The Nuanced Challenges Of Marijuana — Beyond Banking
The legal cannabis market continues to reach new milestones, the latest being the launch of the industry’s first commodity trading desk —...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsBasware Launches Approval Confidence Index To Its Procurement Tech
Electronic invoicing firm Basware announced that it has added a machine learning-enabled, predictive capability to its procurement technology. The idea for its Approval...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsPunchOut2Go Launches New Extensions For Magento Marketplace
PunchOut2Go has announced the launch of its new PunchOut for Magento Marketplace extensions for Magento 1 and Magento 2. The company specializes in...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsTurning Industrial Procurement Into A Well-Oiled Machine
It’s become a cliché too often heard today in the B2B space: Procurement should evolve into an experience that mirrors a consumer...
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4.0KB2B PaymentsSEC Probes Heinz Over Procurement Accounting
Kraft Heinz saw its market value plummet by about $17 billion on Friday (Feb. 22), after posting a $15 billion write-down on...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsHigher Education Learns The Value In Procurement Spend Visibility
The higher education sector is facing rising pressure to manage spend, as operating costs climb and organizations face greater scrutiny over tuition...
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9.8KB2B PaymentsXeeva Secures AI Patent For Procurement Spend Analysis
Procurement technology firm Xeeva has announced a new patent pertaining to enhanced spend analytics, the company said in a recent press release....
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4.1KB2B PaymentsPatisserie Valerie Saga Finds Fake Invoices
Ongoing investigations into the £40 million (nearly $52.4 million USD) fraud that felled Patisserie Valerie have found that fake invoices were involved....
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5.4KB2B PaymentsPutting Hospitals’ Supply Chain Spend On The Examination Table
Supply chain management is essential for any company, but in the healthcare field, it can literally mean the difference between life and...
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5.2KB2B PaymentsAccenture Debuts SynOps Automation Tool To Reallocate Human Talent
Corporate consulting company Accenture is debuting its SynOps enterprise automation technology five years in the making, a tool that reports said could...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsPayments Innovation, Gig Economy Drive Procurement Digitization
In the past, procurement teams have had to fight to prove their operations are more than a cost center for their businesses....
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6.1KB2B PaymentsCompliance Execs Forge Closer Ties With Corporate Buyers
With third-party due diligence and supply chain security as increasingly critical components of organizations’ procurement operations, compliance executives are finding important positions...
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9.0KB2B PaymentsBlockchain Tries To Jolt B2B eCommerce Into The Digital Age
The complexities and demands of B2B eCommerce can be significantly greater than those of the consumer digital shopping realm. While that characteristic...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsCertify Enters Procure-To-Pay Market
Corporate expense management company Certify is stepping into the procure-to-pay arena with the launch of Certify Purchasing, announced Thursday (Jan. 17). The...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsGovernment Suppliers To See A Few Changes Post-Brexit
In a historic defeat, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May saw a dramatic rejection of her Brexit deal on Tuesday (Jan. 15), adding...
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4.8KB2B PaymentsHealthcare’s CIOs Are Losing Their Purchasing Power
Worldwide enterprise investment in IT is slated to reach $3.7 trillion, according to 2017 Gartner statistics, marking the fastest growth rate in...
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2.3KSpend ManagementFor Charter Schools, A Workforce Spend Tutorial
Public charter schools operate independently from traditional public schools — but with this autonomy, says Marco Rafanelli of BuyQ, comes less purchasing...
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4.6KB2B PaymentsUS Air Force Launches SMB IT Procurement Program
The United States Air Force is implementing a new program designed to promote procurement of goods and services from the small business...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsCorcentric Lands Financing For M&A Expansion
Procurement and financial process automation firm Corcentric announced a new credit facility that it secured as it prepares to invest in expansion....
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3.2KB2B PaymentsSingapore Alt-Lender Merges With eProcurement Platform
Two Singapore-based FinTechs are combining their services to create a unified supply chain financing tool. Reports in Vulcan Post on Thursday (Nov....
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6.3KB2B PaymentsBusiness Buying Habits Are Shifting, But It’s Not Necessarily All About Speed
Business buying habits are shifting, and while B2B eCommerce may be about speed and convenience when professionals want to purchase office supplies,...
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5.0KB2B PaymentsShell Companies Eyed In Fraud At Aegean Marine
Payments fraud on the high seas, perhaps, as a global shipper may have been involved with fake transactions and shell companies. Elsewhere, ransomware...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsCannabis Logistics Finds Opportunity In Uncharted Territory: WAYV
FinTech innovation is often a layered process, taking existing infrastructures and processes, and developing new tools to improve upon them. In the...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsWAYV Lands Seed Funding For Cannabis B2B Procurement Platform
With cannabis legalization expanding around the globe, marijuana-targeting FinTech startups are a growing breed, too. The latest to secure venture capital is...
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4.0KB2B PaymentsHow Supplier Churn Can Stifle B2B Payments Automation: Symbeo
Accounts payable (AP) automation certainly has the potential to transform the invoice-to-pay process by allowing employees to turn their attention from monotonous,...
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5.2KB2B PaymentsAsia Corporates Replacing ACH With Cards, Citi Finds
Corporates across the Asia Pacific region are increasing their use of commercial card products, according to a new report from Citi. Reports...
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4.8KB2B PaymentsLevaData Eyes Procurement’s Slow March Toward Data Analytics
Enterprise digitization is beginning to see a troubling trend. While executives may understand the importance of key technologies like data analytics, artificial...
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3.8KB2B PaymentsValueSelling Eyes The Influences Of B2B Buying Behavior — Besides Amazon
The business-to-business (B2B) buying experience has changed; there’s no doubt about that. The business-to-consumer (B2C) commerce landscape has had a massive influence...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsUkraine Defends Cost Of eProcurement Project ProZorro
Ukrainian government officials are defending payments made to their digital procurement platform provider, following claims of wasted funds as detailed in the...
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5.7KB2B PaymentsAccenture Debuts Blockchain Procurement Solution In Thailand
Business services conglomerate Accenture is expanding its blockchain solution offerings with the development of a procurement platform launched in Thailand. The company...
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4.7KB2B PaymentsG2 Crowd On Avoiding The Costly Mistakes Of SaaS Procurement
Software company 1E raised eyebrows in 2016 when it released a report warning that businesses have wasted a collective $28 billion in...
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4.8KB2B PaymentsSoftware Procurement Plays Favorites With B2B Investors
Cybersecurity is likely to remain a favorite among B2B investors into the foreseeable future, so it’s no surprise that the industry landed...
