If you've used Excel to create a database table with fixed formulas, and that table will be used by multiple people, there's a way to protect the sheet from being written over while still enabling editing in fields where people…
Finance Technology
Crooks have more tactics for committing payment fraud at their disposal than you think. For example, these are just the different types of phishing attacks being used to exploit busy A/P staffers and steal money and sensitive data from companies:…
A mere five years ago, 85% of companies being extorted by ransomware attacks paid up. The costs of not being able to do business and endangering customers' private data were just too high not to. Not anymore: Only 29% of…
Controllers typically don't do the same things every day. For an avid numbers-cruncher, the variety of projects and areas of the business that require one's attention helps make many aspects of the job interesting and enjoyable at times. With the…
The emergence of A/P automation software in recent years has been the catalyst of significant transformation of the accounts payable function at many companies. With workdays less consumed by mundane, manual data entry and processing of paper invoices, finance team…
What experts are saying the top business finance trends will be for the upcoming year may sound familiar. They're worth highlighting because companies that are able to adapt to these finance trends are most likely to be well-positioned for success…
The success of Finance depends on an accurate and efficient A/P department. That includes every step of invoice processing - receiving, validating, capturing and coding data, matching to purchase orders and receipts, routing through approval workflows, etc. In today's business…
Digitizing A/P is still very much on the minds of your peers, who are prioritizing control of cash flow over business growth as organizations face economic uncertainty and rising inflation. A survey of 821 finance pros, as well as 246…
Artificial intelligence (AI) regulations are coming soon from federal rulemaking agencies. President Biden signed an executive order (EO) that focuses largely on national security risks, but also potential dangers to large segments of the labor market. Early returns show companies…
Picture this scenario: An employee clicks on an email from a co-worker who's already left for the day. Nothing in the email subject line to suggest it's a phishing attempt or anything more malicious. So the employee clicks on the…
Smart and efficient credit risk management is critical to the bottom line. It's especially important if you're like the many companies that are offering the convenience of B2B e-commerce to customers. Consider these insightful industry research findings: In its 2021…
On July 20, the Federal Reserve announced the FedNow Service, a 24/7/365, instant payments system, is officially live. Touted as the biggest upgrade to the U.S. payments system in 50 years, FedNow looks like it's going to be more than…
