How Do I Choose a Vendor Management System? Spoiler: You Don’t
The search for a vendor management system usually starts the same way. Someone opens a spreadsheet, drops in sixty feature rows, and assigns each a weight. Demos get booked, and…
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PaymentWorks Pulse: The Scale and Complexity of Vendor Master Data Management Are Outpacing the Capabilities of Most Organizations
WALTHAM, Mass. , Nov. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PaymentWorks today announced the release of the 2026 Vendor Onboarding and Master Data Management Study, commissioned by PaymentWorks and conducted by…
What is a Vendor Management System — and What Does It Have to Do With Vendor Identity?
A vendor record looks identical whether it belongs to a real supplier or to someone who impersonated one convincingly enough to get paid. That single fact explains how the software…
Vendor Payment Solutions: What AP Teams Actually Need (And Why the Vendor Side Matters More Than You Think)
The market for vendor payment solutions has never been bigger. There are platforms for payment automation, invoice processing, early payment programs, virtual cards, cross-border payments, dynamic discounting, and a dozen…
How Do Virtual Cards Help Prevent Vendor Fraud Risk?
Vendor fraud succeeds by reusing one stolen asset: a standing account or routing number a criminal can hit again and again. The question most AP and procurement leaders are now…
How State and Local Governments Can Streamline Operations With Vendor Payment Automation
Vendor payment automation replaces the manual, paper-based steps in government accounts payable with controlled digital workflows that onboard vendors, approve invoices, pay electronically, and reconcile to the ledger. Done right,…
Your Vendor File Grew Up, But Your Process Still Uses Training Wheels
Most finance teams know their vendor master is messy. Few can say how messy, what it costs, or how exposed it leaves them. The Hackett Group set out to answer…
1099 Compliance and Vendor Data: How Clean Vendor Records Prevent Year-End Headaches
Every year, AP teams across the country spend Q4 doing the same thing: chasing vendor data.
What “Know Your Vendor” Compliance Actually Requires: Beyond the W-9
Ask most AP teams what vendor compliance looks like, and they'll point to the W-9.