Ouch! Bitten by a $143.000 hospital bill!

June 8, 2012  |  North America, Payment  |  Comments Off

America. Land of opportunity. Yes, the opportunity to get bitten by a rattlesnake and get a $143.000 hospital invoice to boot. Unfortunately Dag-Are Trydal wasn’t deterred by the loud shaking of the titular noisemaker at the end of the rattlesnake’s tail when he was making his way to his car at a parking lot. It crept up behind him and bit him in the foot

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New portal for Fundtech’s TotalTransact solution on-line

May 31, 2012  |  Electronic Invoicing, North America  |  Comments Off

Offering an all-in-one payment processing solution for SME businesses is one thing, but providing your customers with the correct and absolutely necessary information is another. Reason for Fundtech to launch www.totaltransact.com. The website serves as a one-stop portal for Fundtech’s TotalTransact Payment Suite.

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Can Instant Payments disrupt the banking industry?

May 31, 2012  |  Europe, North America, Payment  |  Comments Off

Waiting to get paid. This can take up to 90 days and SMEs get into trouble because of it. Why? They have to cough up the money to run their own business. And if they fail to do so they are forced to get credit from the bank, perhaps reduce their growth and even shut down their business entirely. Tradeshift’s solution to : Instant Payments

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6 US AP automation news bytes

May 30, 2012  |  Invoice Automation, North America, Payment  |  Comments Off

Many companies recently announced that they have selected a third party to automate their accounts payable process. Perceptive Software and University of Kansas; Icelandair Group and Brainware Distiller; Qualicaps and Esker; Birchstreet and Northwood Hospitality; Sears Canada and ADP; Concur and Brainware Distiller. Read the ins and outs here

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FYI: 10 pieces of US e-billing news

May 29, 2012  |  Electronic Invoicing, Merger, Acquisition, Funding, North America  |  Comments Off

Wow, at lot is happening in the United States of e-billing. The subjects range from the introduction of a new e-billing service for law firms to PayPal’s first steps in Japan to the arrest of a woman who committed credit card fraud. Just take it all in and use it to your advantage

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E-invoicing in Mexico: key changes as from 1 July 2012 [by InvoiceWare]

May 22, 2012  |  Electronic Invoicing, Latin America, Legal, North America  |  Comments Off

Just like Argentina, Brazil and Chile, compliance has now also become THE dominating meaning of einvoicing in Mexico. This because Mexico has adopted a intricate series of legislation and regulations around electronic invoicing. InvoiceWare explains

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Together Tradeshift and INTTRA provide ocean freight e-invoicing

May 18, 2012  |  Electronic Invoicing, Europe, North America, Payment  |  Comments Off

INTTRA and Tradeshift have entered into a strategic alliance. Their goals is to enable ocean carriers and their customers to manage with a single connection ocean freight invoices, disputes and payments on a common platform

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E-Invoicing Adoption Benchmarking Report

May 15, 2012  |  Electronic Invoicing, North America, Payment, Research  |  Comments Off

Not surprisingly, they’re achieving significant benefits, including payment cycles reduced to five days, (from 23), a 39 percent increase in on-time payments and a 63 percent reduction in lost paper invoices

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E-invoicing News: Siemens Global and Direct Insite renew contract | Mercantile Bank of Michigan partners with Bill.com | 12 State and County Governments start using doxo

May 11, 2012  |  Electronic Invoicing, North America  |  Comments Off

Siemens Global Shared Services and Direct Insite rekindle partnership for supplier e-invoicing services | Mercantile Bank of Michigan utilizes Bill.com’s e-invoicing platform | 12 States and County Governments join invoice manager doxo

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AP Automation News: Doe Ron selects DataServ, HKS Selects CCG, Orange selects Kofax

May 8, 2012  |  Invoice Automation, North America  |  Comments Off

The Doe Run company selects DataServ SaaS for Purchase-to-Pay automation | HKS selects CCG electronic invoicing to improve financial oversight through AP Automation | And, Orange Business Services transforms procurement with e-invoicing by Kofax

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