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Digitally Maturing AP Systems Open Door for AR’s Leap Forward
Artificial Intelligence // December 08, 2025

Finance leaders used to joke that accounts payable (AP) was where innovation went to die. Then, seemingly overnight, AP became one of the most aggressively optimized functions in the enterprise. A generation of fintechs, spanning Ramp, Brex, Bill, Navan, Airbase, and dozens more, have spent...

Late Payments Push Media Agencies Into a Cash Crunch
Back-office // December 04, 2025

The advertising and media industry has spent the past decade reinventing almost everything about how it reaches audiences. Except, remarkably, how it manages the money behind the work. Creative production has been reshaped by AI, media buying has splintered across thousands of digital touchpoints, and...

Finexio and RipplePoint Launch Integrated AP Automation for Hospitality
Partnerships // December 03, 2025

Finexio and RipplePoint have formed a strategic partnership to offer hospitality operators an integrated accounts payable (AP) automation and expense analytics platform, the companies announced Tuesday (Dec. 2). The move aims to help hotels, resorts and restaurant groups cut operating costs and unlock new AP-driven...

Healthcare Providers Strengthen Resilience by ‘Thinking Slow, Acting Fast’
Healthcare // November 07, 2025

Uncertainty rippling through the economy, from the government shutdown to trade tensions, is putting pressure on every industry. Few feel it more acutely than healthcare. Hospitals and providers face thinner margins, shifting reimbursements and rising emergency department visits, even as coverage losses and cost controls...

Interviews & Exclusives
Late Payments Push Media Agencies Into a Cash Crunch

December 04, 2025
The advertising and media industry has spent the past decade reinventing almost everything about how it reaches audiences. Except, remarkably, how it manages the money behind the work. Creative production has been reshaped by AI, media buying has splintered across thousands of digital touchpoints, and analytics have pushed the business into a state of perpetual […]

Healthcare Providers Strengthen Resilience by ‘Thinking Slow, Acting Fast’

November 07, 2025
Uncertainty rippling through the economy, from the government shutdown to trade tensions, is putting pressure on every industry. Few feel it more acutely than healthcare. Hospitals and providers face thinner...

Edenred: The Three A’s Powering Payments in 2025

July 03, 2025
AI-powered platforms can eliminate friction and prevent fraud in accounts payable systems, Edenred Pay General Manager Alex Hoffmann writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future of...

AI Gives Accounts Payable a Seat at the Strategy Table

May 13, 2025
The business landscape moves fast, and that can leave reactive businesses a step behind their more proactive competitors. But today’s increasingly digital landscape is full of opportunity for firms looking...

Quick Reads
Finexio and RipplePoint Launch Integrated AP Automation for Hospitality

December 03, 2025
Finexio and RipplePoint have formed a strategic partnership to offer hospitality operators an integrated accounts payable (AP) automation and expense analytics platform, the companies announced Tuesday (Dec. 2). The move aims to help hotels, resorts and restaurant groups cut operating costs and unlock new AP-driven revenue amid mounting labor pressures and rising financial complexity. The […]

TranscendAP Secures Venture Funding to Grow AI-Driven AP Automation Software

October 31, 2025
TranscendAP said Thursday (Oct. 30) that it secured venture funding to accelerate the growth of its artificial intelligence-driven accounts payable automation software. The firm’s funding round was led by Rittenhouse...

Medius Adds Embedded Payments to Accounts Payable Automation Solutions

June 24, 2025
Medius has added embedded payments to its accounts payable (AP) automation and spend management solutions. The company’s new Medius Payments solution builds upon its existing Medius Pay solution and introduces straight-through...

Infosys Adds AI Agents for Invoice Processing to AP Platform

May 30, 2025
Infosys’ business process management arm, Infosys BPM, has added artificial intelligence agents for invoice processing to its Infosys Accounts Payable on Cloud solution. This solution makes invoice processing largely autonomous...