In a survey released by APEX Analytix last month, 170 companies answered questions about their specific accounts payable (AP) policies and practices. The Financial Leaders’ Benchmarking Report shared insights into how much AP has transformed globally in the last few years, and where it may be headed. First touching on invoice processing, the report showed…
Beanworks Mobile App Has Launched with Invoice Approval and Upload
With the mobile app, Beanworks customers can now upload and approve invoices from anywhere in the world on their smartphones. The app provides a mobile-first experience, that makes processing invoices easier than ever. The Beanworks mobile app is an extension of our cloud-based web application, and uses our secure API for data synchronization between the…
Managing Accounts Payable for a Distributed Workforce
Remote working is not limited to startups anymore. Companies of all sizes are now seeing the benefits of flexible employee working arrangements. As of 2016, 43% of Americans surveyed say they spent at least some time working remotely last year, according to a recent Gallup survey. Why are companies going remote? There’s actually a long list…
The Biggest Barrier to Entry for Electronic B2B Payments in the US
Accounting teams across North America rely too heavily on paper checks as their primary form of payment to vendors. Not only does check processing involve plenty of manual work, but at high volumes check runs can be a large drain on a company’s resources and time. Electronic payments are a much-needed alternative to checks, but…
Bringing Accounting Innovation to the Hospitality Sector
Managers in the hospitality industry have so many competing demands on their time and attention, that it’s difficult to see where process inefficiencies exist. One area that often goes overlooked is the accounting department, a reliable mainstay in every hospitality business. Whether your accounting operations are centralized at a head office, or you have an…
Making Data-Driven Financial Decisions for your Business with Accounts Payable Automation
Does your accounting team fill a strategic role at your company? From a survey of business leaders in the UK, over one-third (34%) of those surveyed feel that their accounting departments are undervalued and underutilized. At the same time, 82% of CFOs are keen to adopt cloud applications as a way to move their businesses…
Beanworks CEO Catherine Dahl Receives Startup Canada BC Regional Award
The results of the fourth annual Startup Canada Awards were recently announced in regional ceremonies across the country. Beanworks CEO Catherine Dahl took home the Woman Entrepreneurship Award, presented by Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), as one of the 2017 BC Regional Winners. This year’s regional awards list for BC included nine entrepreneurs and…
Creating Connections: Accounts Payable Automation Makes Collaboration Easier
Email overload is a very real phenomenon for businesses these days. Global research company, The Radicati Group, reports that by 2018, over 139.4 billion business emails will be sent and received per day worldwide. On average, employees send and receive 97 emails per day, but that number is expected to climb to 140 per day…
How to Combat Payment Fraud with Accounts Payable Automation
This past August, accounts payable staff at MacEwan University in Edmonton made a simple change to vendor banking information that ended up costing the university $11.8 million. In June, an email was sent to MacEwan staff from what appeared to be a known vendor, Clark Builders, which had been working with MacEwan on various construction…
Beanworks Named to BIV’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies List
Each year Business in Vancouver compiles a list of the 100 fastest growing companies in British Columbia. This year’s list, published in August, includes a stellar line-up of both list veterans and new entrants. Beanworks is proud to have entered the list for the first time this year, ranking as the twelfth fastest growing company…