The Blog - Part 61

Big data and why I don’t want extra pineapple with my credit card statement

13 Mar 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in Big Data, Purchase to Pay

This is 2012 and still my bank appears not to know who I am. This is despite the fact I have credit cards, insurance, checking accounts and mortgages with them. Shouldn’t their customer relationship management systems be able to identify me? Maybe they do have…

no comments Read More

Lies, damn lies and AP automation metrics

13 Mar 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in AP Automation

It’s ironic. The very statistics that show the compelling case for AP automation also show that AP automation is the last thing a business needs to be planning. Today at Kofax Transform 2012, Scott Pezza from Aberdeen (@scottpezza) presented a comprehensive set of numbers illustrating…

no comments Read More

A little bit of genius in e-invoicing

07 Mar 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in e-invoicing, Electronic Invoicing

There’s a little bit of genius behind Tradeshift’s CloudScan. It’s not the technology. That’s actually a little bit old hat. And it’s not the commercial model – it’s free. It’s something much less obvious and simpler than that.

3 comments Read More

Taulia to share dynamic discounting expertise at SAP Financials 2012

07 Mar 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in The Rest

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 6, 2012 – Taulia Inc., the only SAP®-certified SaaS platform for Dynamic Discounting and e-invoicing, today announced its will present in two separate sessions at the upcoming SAP Financials 2012 conference in Las Vegas, March 13-16, 2012. SAP Financials is geared…

no comments Read More

New Purchase and Pay Innovation to Drive Government Procurement

06 Mar 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in News

6 March 2012, London, UK – MasterCard, ProcServe and Invapay have announced a new initiative to deliver an innovative Purchase and Pay solution to underpin the government’s drive towards efficiency in its procurement process. The development will serve as a significant boost for UK business,…

no comments Read More

Brainware snapped up by Lexmark

05 Mar 2012 Posted by Pete Loughlin in AP Automation, News

Lexmark International have announced the acquisition of Luxembourg-based BDGB Enterprise, including its U.S. subsidiary Brainware for a cash purchase price of approximately $148 million. According to the report in Streetinsder this acquisition is “consistent with Lexmark’s capital allocation framework of pursuing acquisitions to support the…

no comments Read More