2014: The Rise of The Business Network and B2B Payments
In 2014, we expect to see a big rise in business networks and B2B payments and we're more than ready. The Ardent Partners analyst team has been very involved with…
Basware & MasterCard Announce New B2B ePayment Solution
We've said it before - the ePayments market has just shifted into second gear We've also said that depending on where you are, managing ePayments can be difficult and cumbersome…
ePayables Solutions (Part 3): Payments
Based on research from Ardent’s latest report – ePayables 2013: AP’s New Dawn, Ardent Partners’ annual market research report focused on the state of accounts payable. The report is available…
Is Your AP Dept. Making an Impact on Working Capital? Why Not?
Changing the standard payment terms in supplier contracts is one way that procurement departments are impacting working capital. It was a popular strategy in 2009-2010 like when we wrote about with…
Payer Beware: The EU’s New Rules about Vendor Payments
During the tough days of the global recession, extending vendor payment terms became very popular in the halls of procurement and finance. In fact, this became an area that brought…
The Business Network Landscape: Payments (Part 3)
As our discussion of business networks continues today, we should remind our readers that this series is an attempt to introduce new and different categories of networks to the market.…
The Business Network Landscape: Industries (Part 2)
Given the overall market interest in B2B/business networks, we decided to publish a series that looks at the different types of networks. We started in Part 1 of this series…