Accounts Payable news and trends

Tungsten Automation Says Scale Will Keep Humans in the Payment Loop

October 27, 2026
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eInvoicing Mandates Turn Bills Into B2B Payment Data
B2B Payments // October 23, 2026

European eInvoicing mandates seek to standardize how businesses deliver the information used to approve and collect payments. Invoice amounts, tax details and transaction references enter defined fields that accounting software reads and processes, establishing a common basis for exchange between suppliers, buyers and their providers....

92% See AP Automation as a Way to Move Beyond Routine Tasks
Next-Gen AP Automation // October 23, 2026

Businesses looking to automate supplier payments are giving technology teams a bigger say in purchasing decisions, and the reason starts with a practical priority: making new software work with what they already have. The July 2026 “Business Payments Tracker®” from PYMNTS Intelligence and WEX, “Who...

Visa Launches Agentic Payments Pilot With BILL and Billtrust
Partnerships // October 20, 2026

Visa has launched an agentic payments partnership with accounts payable and receivable solutions providers BILL and Billtrust. The collaboration is the first live pilot to allow artificial intelligence (AI) agents “to initiate and complete approved buyer invoice payments end-to-end through supplier portals,” Visa said in a news release provided...

Tungsten Debuts Pay+ Payment Orchestration Solution
B2B Payments // October 15, 2026

Tungsten Automation has added a new intelligent payment orchestration solution to its invoice-to-pay (I2P) platform. The Pay+ solution, announced by the document/workflow automation company Thursday (Oct. 15), is part of Tungsten’s InvoiceAgility+ offering and is designed to combine accounts payable (AP) and payments into a single,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Tungsten Automation Says Scale Will Keep Humans in the Payment Loop

October 27, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Tungsten Automation’s Emily Nash-Walker A company can automate routine supplier payments while requiring human approval for unusually large payments or transactions outside its normal markets. For Emily Nash-Walker, senior director of product strategy at Tungsten Automation, that is where the next phase of accounts payable automation takes shape. […]

92% See AP Automation as a Way to Move Beyond Routine Tasks

October 23, 2026
Businesses looking to automate supplier payments are giving technology teams a bigger say in purchasing decisions, and the reason starts with a practical priority: making new software work with what...

Accounts Payable Holds the Key to Smarter Working Capital Decisions

October 15, 2026
Watch more: Trusted Data Comes Before AI Payment Decisions  Moving money used to be the product. Today, it’s becoming a commodity. “Execution itself is becoming commoditized. The durable value sits...

Buyers Want to Pay Later. Suppliers Want Cash Earlier. Who Funds the Difference?

September 24, 2026
The oldest tension in B2B payments is becoming one of its newest business models. A dollar cannot simultaneously stay longer on the buyer’s balance sheet and arrive earlier on the...

Quick Reads
Visa Launches Agentic Payments Pilot With BILL and Billtrust

October 20, 2026
Visa has launched an agentic payments partnership with accounts payable and receivable solutions providers BILL and Billtrust. The collaboration is the first live pilot to allow artificial intelligence (AI) agents “to initiate and complete approved buyer invoice payments end-to-end through supplier portals,” Visa said in a news release provided to PYMNTS Tuesday (Oct. 20). “Until now, many payment portals […]

Tungsten Debuts Pay+ Payment Orchestration Solution

October 15, 2026
Tungsten Automation has added a new intelligent payment orchestration solution to its invoice-to-pay (I2P) platform. The Pay+ solution, announced by the document/workflow automation company Thursday (Oct. 15), is part of Tungsten’s...

Tungsten Debuts Tool to Streamline Invoice-to-Pay Automation

September 30, 2026
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 (AI) to provide end-to-end invoice-to-pay...

American Express and Bottomline Partner to Streamline B2B Payments

July 21, 2026
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 invoice reporting capabilities. Both offerings...