Accounts payable stories
Manual reconciliation, compliance gaps and duplicate payments are draining growing firms as disconnected finance tools hide spend until month-end.
Australian firms are being urged to tighten payment checks as email impersonation scams drive AUD $166.8 million in losses.
Accounting firms face fresh pressure to adapt as Dext adds a former HMRC tax chief and fintech veteran to steer UK and Ireland growth.
Broader e-invoicing rules are pushing Link4 beyond invoice delivery into compliance and cross-border trade services for businesses in Asia-Pacific.
Serrala customers can now process cross-border payables inside one platform, reducing manual hand-offs for more than 2,800 organisations.
Finance teams could cut manual reconciliation and approvals as the suite lets approved AI agents post directly into ERP systems.
Digital businesses can now manage accounts, transfers and reporting inside existing software, as xpate shifts further into embedded finance.
The deal gives finance teams a single platform to check supplier records and bank details as fraud risks rise across payment systems.
Finance teams can now approve claims and query spending inside Claude and ChatGPT, as Rydoo's connector cuts switching between systems.
Rising demand for finance automation helped Yooz hit record platform usage in H1 2026, with its customer base topping 7,000 worldwide.
Manufacturers and distributors could cut manual retyping as the system handles messy orders from emails, notes and images, with visibility controls.
The honours underline rising demand for data and integration tools as utilities, retailers and universities tackle ageing systems and automation pressure.
Controls are lagging as finance teams race to deploy AI, with many using its recommendations without human oversight, Medius found.
AI agents gain a dedicated payment rail as the partnership aims to remove reliance on human card details for software-led purchases.
Finance teams will gain a central queue with audit trails and AI-drafted replies, reducing time spent chasing invoices and records across systems.
Finance teams can now handle invoices, expenses and purchase orders in one workflow, while keeping existing cards, banks and ERPs.
Slow approvals are costing UK businesses hundreds of thousands of pounds a year as finance teams turn to AI to cut admin.
The cloud-based upgrade has cut manual entry and improved reporting for the consultancy's 13 offices, easing growth pressures.
Finance teams are losing money to payment scams as generative AI makes fake invoices, emails and voice requests harder to spot.
Customers using Basware should gain stronger protection against supplier payment fraud as its Trustpair deal adds account verification to invoice checks.