Order To Cash news and trends

An Insider on Shifting to a Strategic AR Mindset
Accounts Receivable // October 10, 2023

PYMNTS interviews Murray Sharp, vice president of partnerships, channel sales & business development at Billtrust, about why the current economic environment requires not merely an AR upgrade but also a major shift in operational strategy. — The current economic and business environment is pushing companies’...

Altman-Backed Slope’s Bid to Create GPT Business Payments
artificial intelligence // October 10, 2023

The business-to-business (B2B) payments economy represents a $125 trillion opportunity for the right innovation to unlock. But those trillions of dollars being shuffled around between businesses don’t sit lightly — and their historic weight has served to entrench the way that organizations transact with and pay...

Payments Automation ‘Here to Stay’ as Critical Part of Corporate Belt-Tightening
B2B Payments // December 15, 2022

Even when the economy ultimately improves, the corporate belt-tightening trend looks set to stick around. This is as cost-savings and waste reduction really never go out of style. “Companies are running as lean as possible — and that’s something we’re seeing, increasingly, in our customer...

TreviPay Buying Apruve to Expand into New Verticals and Markets
B2B Payments // December 08, 2022

TreviPay is acquiring Apruve to expand its reach into new industry verticals and geographic markets.  The provider of B2B payments and invoicing solutions has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Apruve, a payment platform, the companies said in a Thursday (Dec. 8) press release.  The...

Interviews & Exclusives
Altman-Backed Slope’s Bid to Create GPT Business Payments

October 10, 2023
The business-to-business (B2B) payments economy represents a $125 trillion opportunity for the right innovation to unlock. But those trillions of dollars being shuffled around between businesses don’t sit lightly — and their historic weight has served to entrench the way that organizations transact with and pay one another, leading to a host of ingrained habits and […]

Payments Automation ‘Here to Stay’ as Critical Part of Corporate Belt-Tightening

December 15, 2022
Even when the economy ultimately improves, the corporate belt-tightening trend looks set to stick around. This is as cost-savings and waste reduction really never go out of style. “Companies are...

Why B2B Payments Should Take A Page From B2C’s Playbook

January 02, 2020
Call it a tale of two payments trends. Or: It was the best of cash flows. It was the worst of cash flows. The payments realm is a bifurcated one, where...

Curing The $2.4T Manufacturing Sector’s Cash-Flow Crunch

December 05, 2019
The U.S. manufacturing sector, valued at approximately $2.4 trillion, accounts for an estimated 11 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP). However, U.S. manufacturing has encountered significant damage recently...

Quick Reads
Sidetrade Adds AI Agent to Order-to-Cash Applications

June 10, 2024
Sidetrade has added generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features to its AI-powered order-to-cash (O2C) applications. The first of these features is an AI agent called “Ask Aimie,” the company said in a Monday (June 10) press release. “Our ambition is to revolutionize the order-to-cash landscape,” Sidetrade CEO Olivier Novasque said in the release. “By leveraging generative […]

Billtrust Acquired Second Phase

April 16, 2019
B2B cash-order solution provider Billtrust announced this morning it has acquired B2B eCommerce wholesale distributor Second Phase.  The acquisition, according to a release, will allow Billtrust greater range in digitizing...

The Financial Data Goldmine Of Order-To-Cash

October 13, 2017
Order-to-cash is an area of cash flow management that has the potential to significantly enhance a business’s financial performance. But ongoing reliance on paper invoices, continuing acceptance of paper checks and...