Automation news and trends

Lemonade Sees AI Drive Efficiency as Insurance Goes Digital-First
artificial intelligence // May 01, 2024

Digital insurance platform Lemonade said its AI investments continue to bear fruit. The company’s latest shareholder letter — while reporting a 25% increase in total revenues and a $47 million net loss, an improvement of 28% — also examines the way artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technology has...

B2B Virtual Cards Move Buyer-Supplier Relationships From Manual to Meaningful
B2B Payments // May 01, 2024

Building a successful business rarely happens on an island or in a vacuum. Typically, success comes from successful business relationships — and when one thinks about B2B relationships, at their core, they exist as payment relationships. With the news Thursday (April 25) that WEX launched a new B2B virtual card partnership with Booking.com, the changing...

Boost CEO: Cleaning Up Manual Payments Drives Business Certainty
B2B Payments // April 30, 2024

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. That quote, from Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War,” dates to the fifth century B.C. But it is just as relevant today, as businesses around the globe strive to find and capture opportunities against a backdrop defined by shifting macro...

Iris Partners With Amazon Business on Procurement for UK Schools
Partnerships // April 26, 2024

Iris Software Group has launched an integration with Amazon Business that will help schools in the United Kingdom streamline and automate their purchasing process.  This integration will enable 5,254 Iris customers to purchase supplies directly from Amazon Business through Iris Financials, Iris’ cloud-based school finance software, the...

Interviews & Exclusives
LiveRamp CFO: Developing Quick-Twitch Muscles Key to Managing Dynamic Businesses

May 03, 2024
To be successful, you must have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. As today’s chief financial officers know best, the role of a leader is to define a common goal and enable the business to get there. “I feel immense accountability for how every team across our business performs, and I think […]

Boost CEO: Cleaning Up Manual Payments Drives Business Certainty

April 30, 2024
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. That quote, from Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War,” dates to the fifth century B.C. But it is just as relevant today, as businesses around...

Can AI Find Its Way Into Accounts Payable?

April 05, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is igniting a new era of innovation within the back office. No legacy process is safe. And this is particularly true for accounts payable (AP) programs,...

How CFOs Are Becoming Chief Value Officers

March 20, 2024
The operations of today’s businesses have transformed over the past few decades. While this evolution reflects broader changes in the business landscape driven by technological advancements, globalization and an increasingly...

Quick Reads
Lemonade Sees AI Drive Efficiency as Insurance Goes Digital-First

May 01, 2024
Digital insurance platform Lemonade said its AI investments continue to bear fruit. The company’s latest shareholder letter — while reporting a 25% increase in total revenues and a $47 million net loss, an improvement of 28% — also examines the way artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technology has impacted its loss adjustment expense (LAE) ratio. As co-founder Shai Winiger […]

Iris Partners With Amazon Business on Procurement for UK Schools

April 26, 2024
Iris Software Group has launched an integration with Amazon Business that will help schools in the United Kingdom streamline and automate their purchasing process.  This integration will enable 5,254 Iris customers to...

Coupa and Bottomline Join Forces for Payments Automation

April 22, 2024
Margin multiplier company Coupa has launched a partnership with business payments provider Bottomline. The collaboration, announced Monday (April 22), is designed to simplify digital payment processes for businesses, letting Coupa connect to Bottomline’s Paymode-X to...

ServiceUp Adds Expedited Payment Processing to Auto Repair Shop Platform

April 10, 2024
ServiceUp added an expedited payment processing feature to its auto repair shop management platform. The new InstaPay feature ensures that auto repair shops receive their money within 48 hours of completing...