Accounts payable stories
Targeted email scams are pushing payment redirection fraud losses higher as Australian firms lose more than AUD $166.8 million.
Tight margins and labour shortages are pushing cafés, restaurants and bars to automate receipts and invoices, cutting hours of admin work.
Procurement teams will be able to handle sourcing, invoicing and supplier risk in one interface, as Ivalua adds AI agent IVA Studio.
Finance teams can now track liquidity and working capital in one place, as the new tool is rolled out to existing users of the software.
Large enterprises risk hidden losses as most overpayments start in procurement, logistics and accounting systems before accounts payable sees them.
Scattered data and stricter rules are slowing rivals, while 37% of North American finance teams already use AI in multi-step workflows.
Australian finance teams face mounting losses as 62 per cent of respondents reported fraud-related damage in the past three years.
The move has cut month-end work and lifted invoice processing, while avoiding costly customisation and easing future upgrades.
New mandates in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific are forcing multinationals to juggle varied e-invoicing rules across 150 countries.
The partnership will equip the smallest Formula 1 team with tools to manage travel, expenses and payments across more than 20 races a year.
Finance teams under pressure to speed decisions and tighten control gain AI tools for reminders, matching and approvals in Sage Intacct.
Regulated firms could gain tighter oversight and faster document workflows as Hyland adds agent controls, context tools and sector packages.
Finance teams could cut manual work and speed decisions as Sage Intacct rolls out AI tools for billing, payables and analytics.
Issuers will be able to cut supplier enrolment friction as Visa folds automated virtual card receivables into its commercial payments hub.
Accountants could cut errors and save time as Dext AI Assist brings prompt-based automation to bookkeeping workflows.
Businesses can now test near-term liquidity without changing the ledger, as Xero's new planner uses bank history and manual entries to forecast cash.
DocuWare's EMEA and APAC sales VP says UK channel businesses are failing customers by focusing on products rather than outcomes.
Customers could see faster procurement workflows as Coupa adds Tonkean's intake and orchestration tools to its autonomous spend push.
Small businesses and accountants can now automate month-end close and approvals without coding, as early access opens to XeroForce.
Delayed approvals and error-prone payments are still hobbling UK finance teams, with only 15% saying accounts payable is fully automated.