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Ardent Partners FinTech Influencer Series: Nick Sprau, Co-CEO at Metafile

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 8, 2020Articles, General, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Ardent’s FinTech Influencer Series highlights innovative voices in the world of Accounts Payable (“AP”) automation. This series is the go-to spot for progressive thoughts on how technology, transformational thinking, and revolutionary ideas…

Compliance – Embrace It, Don’t Fear

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 17, 2020Articles, General, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

Some hear the word ‘compliance’ and embrace it, others hear the word and fear it. ‘Compliance’ is a concept that haunts nearly many professional across the greater enterprise, no matter…

There Has Never Been a Better Time or Justification to Automate AP and B2B Payments Than Right Now!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 10, 2020Articles, General, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay

I’ve been involved in many AP automation initiatives over the course of my career, all of them involved some type of formal (or informal) ROI calculation and cost/benefit analysis. Most…

Ardent Partners FinTech Influencer Series: Brian Anderson, Senior Manager, Accounts Payable at Verizon Media

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 3, 2020Articles, Events, General, People, Procure-to-Pay

Solving AP’s Reliance on Paper – Phase 3 – B2B Payments

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 27, 2020Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy

[Editor's Note: Click to read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series] In Ardent Partners’ AP Metrics that Matter in 2020, our research indicated 55% of B2B payments were made…

The CFO and Finance/AP Leadership (Track 3)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 19, 2020Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay

(Publisher’s note: Our challenge to each reader is to pick and view one great CFO /AP / Finance Leadership session today!) Our inaugural CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series brought more than 2000…

Solving AP’s Reliance on Paper – Phase 2 – Invoice Processing

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 13, 2020Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy

Today we continue our look at solving AP’s reliance on paper by looking at the second phase of the process: invoice processing (click here to read Part 1 on Invoice…

Ardent Partners FinTech Influencer Series: Jae Jin Kim, Vice President Korea Institute of Public Finance (KIPF), South Korean

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 6, 2020Articles, General, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

The Resiliency Imperative – The Role of Supply Chain Finance in Today’s COVID-19 World (Session 16 Overview)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 30, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

The Resiliency Imperative sessions finish the week in strong fashion with a discussion targeted to CFOs, CPOs, Treasurers, and any professional reporting into these executive job roles. Tomorrow at 11 AM ET…

Solving AP’s Reliance on Paper – Phase 1 – Invoice Sending & Receipt

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 29, 2020Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers

In honor of earth day which took place on April 22, this week we are going to discuss the delivery and receipt of invoices. It’s impossible to know exactly how…