Monthly Archives: January 2009

Supply Chain Financing is Growing | Innovative Finance Managers are Learning How With the Receivables Exchange

Posted on January 28, 2009 by PayStream Advisors

Did you ever wonder why business-to-business transactions are typically settled in 30 days? Why not when goods or services are delivered? Ironically, the concept of trade terms were invented by the Greeks who needed a system to allow for transportation … Continue reading →

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OCR Becomes the Belle of the A/P Ball

Posted on January 26, 2009 by tharlan

After years of lackluster performance, optical character recognition (OCR) for accounting has finally come of age. And it’s happened none too soon for accounts payable professionals, who have long been eager to automate the many time-consuming, labor-intensive tasks associated with … Continue reading →

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The War on Paper Yields Dividends

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Dave Schmidt

Credit departments are awash in paper. Consequently, credit analysts and collectors spend an inordinate amount of time filing documents, searching paper files for documents, distributing documents, copying data from documents, waiting for others to send them documents, reprinting invoices and … Continue reading →

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Choice, Convenience and Control Driving Consumer Payment Behavior

Posted on January 6, 2009 by PayStream Advisors

Did you know that Kellogg’s has more than 60 varieties of cereal? Or that each Starbucks store offers almost 70 different types of beverages? Most people might not know this kind of trivia, but anyone who has walked into a … Continue reading →

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