Insights on accounts payable automation, Peppol eInvoicing, AP governance, and the practical reality of running finance operations for Australian and New Zealand mid-market businesses. Written by practitioners, not marketers.
AP automation is software that replaces the manual steps in invoice processing — receipt, coding, approval, and payment — with a structured, rule-driven workflow. It connects your suppliers’ invoices to your accounting system without the data entry, email…
Read article →In accounts payable, some processes get all the attention. Invoice capture. Approval workflows. Fraud detection. But there’s one control point that remains stubbornly in the shadows: supplier statement reconciliation. Ask most finance leaders how much of their team’s…
Read article →In 2025, businesses in Australia and New Zealand are navigating an uncomfortable reality: fraud risk has shifted from occasional anomaly to operational inevitability, especially in Accounts Payable. Behind every delayed payment, mismatched invoice, or hastily approved supplier sits…
Read article →If your business sends PDF invoices by email, it might seem like you’re already doing eInvoicing. That’s a common misconception. While PDFs are digital files and email is electronic, true eInvoicing is a completely different process. It’s…
Read article →eInvoicing may feel new, but so did email once. Some of us still remember when businesses moved from letters to faxes, and then from faxes to email. By the early 1980s, email had arrived faster, cheaper, and…
Read article →Who doesn’t want to get paid faster? Late payments are a challenge for many businesses, and they usually come down to two core reasons. The first is financial: the customer simply doesn’t have the cash. That’s a…
Read article →New Zealand’s journey into eInvoicing officially began with a major milestone—one that involved Acume at the centre. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), acting as the New Zealand Peppol Authority, has played a critical role…
Read article →The cost of manually processing invoices can be surprisingly high. Multiple studies have found that, on average, businesses spend between $25 and $30 per invoice when relying on manual entry, email handling, and exception resolution. These costs…
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