EXPERT VIEW 3 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial Payment Transformation: CFOs Eye Digital While Wrestling With Paper Invoices Finance leaders have declared transformation their top priority for 2025. Meanwhile, most B2B payments still take days to clear. The gap between strategy documents and actual payment rails has never been wider.
EXPERT VIEW 5 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial Everyone Keeps Saying the Same Thing About Receivables Management The internet is awash with identical tips about automating AR and offering early payment discounts. Meanwhile, CFOs are still chasing invoices like it's 1994. Perhaps the problem isn't knowing what to do, it's actually doing it.
EXPERT VIEW 4 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial Tax Compliance Costs Up 32%. CFOs Are Tired. New research shows businesses are spending a third more on tax compliance since 2017. Not on taxes themselves. On the cost of working out what they owe. Finance leaders are elevating tax to a strategic priority, which is either sensible planning or a cry for help.
EXPERT VIEW 4 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial Late Payments Aren't Accidents. They're Strategic (And Everyone Knows It) New research confirms what CFOs have known for years: some buyers deliberately delay payment to manage their own cash flow. Meanwhile, suppliers are left choosing between chasing invoices and maintaining relationships. It's working exactly as intended.
EXPERT VIEW 4 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial Everyone's Using AI in Finance. No One Knows What They're Doing Yet. Two-thirds of CFOs say AI is critical to their finance function. The other third are probably lying. But when you dig past the press releases, most implementations are still stuck automating the same tasks Excel macros handled in 2003.
EXPERT VIEW 4 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial Late Payments: The Invisible Tax on Everyone Who Actually Works One third of small businesses say late payments threaten their survival. Sales teams chase deals with serial late payers anyway. Someone's not reading the memo, and it's costing more than just cash flow.
EXPERT VIEW 4 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial CFOs Want AI in Accounting, Just Not Without Supervision Finance leaders are cautiously optimistic about AI automation. They see the efficiency gains. They acknowledge the cost savings. And 97% of them insist a human needs to check the work.
EXPERT VIEW 3 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial CFOs Rediscover Cash Flow Management (Like It Ever Left) Finance leaders are prioritising automation and forecasting in 2024-2026. Which is interesting, because that's also what they prioritised in 2020. And 2015. Here's what's actually changing.
EXPERT VIEW 3 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial Every Finance Blog Says the Same Thing About Receivables. Here's Why. Twelve best practices. Eight proven tips. Five strategic ways. The advice is uniform, obvious, and surprisingly difficult to implement. We looked at what CFOs are actually saying about accounts receivable management.
EXPERT VIEW 6 min read S Sarah Mitchell CFO, Pinnacle Manufacturing Group Why Cash Flow is King in 2025 In uncertain economic times, businesses that master cash flow management will outperform those focused solely on profitability.
EXPERT VIEW 4 min read N NewsworthyIsh Editorial Tax Compliance: When 'Just Following the Rules' Costs More Than the Tax Bill CFOs are discovering that staying compliant with tax regulations now costs more in time, technology, and personal liability than many expected. The real expense isn't the tax itself - it's proving you paid it correctly.
EXPERT VIEW 8 min read M Michael Chen Founder & CEO, CollectAI Solutions Late Payment Culture Must Change: A Call to Action The normalization of late payments is strangling small businesses. It's time for systemic change.
Payment Transformation: CFOs Eye Digital While Wrestling With Paper Invoices
Finance leaders have declared transformation their top priority for 2025. Meanwhile, most B2B payments still take days to clear. The gap between strategy documents and actual payment rails has never been wider.
Everyone Keeps Saying the Same Thing About Receivables Management
The internet is awash with identical tips about automating AR and offering early payment discounts. Meanwhile, CFOs are still chasing invoices like it's 1994. Perhaps the problem isn't knowing what to do, it's actually doing it.
Tax Compliance Costs Up 32%. CFOs Are Tired.
New research shows businesses are spending a third more on tax compliance since 2017. Not on taxes themselves. On the cost of working out what they owe. Finance leaders are elevating tax to a strategic priority, which is either sensible planning or a cry for help.
Late Payments Aren't Accidents. They're Strategic (And Everyone Knows It)
New research confirms what CFOs have known for years: some buyers deliberately delay payment to manage their own cash flow. Meanwhile, suppliers are left choosing between chasing invoices and maintaining relationships. It's working exactly as intended.
Everyone's Using AI in Finance. No One Knows What They're Doing Yet.
Two-thirds of CFOs say AI is critical to their finance function. The other third are probably lying. But when you dig past the press releases, most implementations are still stuck automating the same tasks Excel macros handled in 2003.
Late Payments: The Invisible Tax on Everyone Who Actually Works
One third of small businesses say late payments threaten their survival. Sales teams chase deals with serial late payers anyway. Someone's not reading the memo, and it's costing more than just cash flow.
CFOs Want AI in Accounting, Just Not Without Supervision
Finance leaders are cautiously optimistic about AI automation. They see the efficiency gains. They acknowledge the cost savings. And 97% of them insist a human needs to check the work.
CFOs Rediscover Cash Flow Management (Like It Ever Left)
Finance leaders are prioritising automation and forecasting in 2024-2026. Which is interesting, because that's also what they prioritised in 2020. And 2015. Here's what's actually changing.
Every Finance Blog Says the Same Thing About Receivables. Here's Why.
Twelve best practices. Eight proven tips. Five strategic ways. The advice is uniform, obvious, and surprisingly difficult to implement. We looked at what CFOs are actually saying about accounts receivable management.
Why Cash Flow is King in 2025
In uncertain economic times, businesses that master cash flow management will outperform those focused solely on profitability.
Tax Compliance: When 'Just Following the Rules' Costs More Than the Tax Bill
CFOs are discovering that staying compliant with tax regulations now costs more in time, technology, and personal liability than many expected. The real expense isn't the tax itself - it's proving you paid it correctly.
Late Payment Culture Must Change: A Call to Action
The normalization of late payments is strangling small businesses. It's time for systemic change.