Su vey epo t u cove s busi esses with fo mal accou ts payable payme t st ategies mode ize payme ts, i c ease fi a cial value, a d imp ove st ategic decisio -maki g
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, AvidXcha ge, a leade i AI-powe ed accou ts payable (AP) a d payme ts solutio s fo mid-ma ket busi esses a d thei supplie s, published fi di gs f om its 2026 B2B Payme ts St ategy su vey. The su vey e gaged with mo e tha 500 fi a ce decisio -make s at mid-ma ket o ga izatio s to u de sta d the cu e t state of B2B payme ts mode izatio a d whethe fi a ce teams a e leve agi g the esulti g efficie cy gai s a d payme t data to make mo e st ategic payme t decisio s. The data eveals disti ct behavio s betwee those with a d without fo mal payme t mix st ategies.
Develop a Payme t Mix St ategy: While ePayme t adoptio is widesp ead, with63% of espo de ts sayi g they mostly o exclusively use ePayme ts, ea ly half(47%) of mid-ma ket busi esses still lack a fo mal payme t mix st ategy that optimizes ac oss cost, ebates, a d supplie p efe e ces. The data fou d that busi esses with a fo mal payme t st ategy a e mo e likely to c eate fi a cial value th ough thei payme t decisio s.Tu Payme t Data i to Fi a cial I tellige ce: Busi esses with a fo mal payme t st ategy epo ted bei g twice as likely(67%) to say they have eal-time visibility tha those without a fo mal payme t st ategy(33%) . Nea ly a qua te(23%) of espo de ts said bette visibility i to cash flow a d payme t timi g would have the g eatest impact o thei AP o payme t st ategy i the ext 12 mo ths.P io itize the Supplie Expe ie ce: Nea ly half(46%) of fi a ce leade s state supplie payme t expe ie ce has a “ve y sig ifica t” impact o busi ess elatio ships. The fi di gs suggest busi esses with a fo mal payme t st ategy a e mo e likely to view payme ts as a st ategic d ive of supplie elatio ships a d o lo ge just a back-office fu ctio .View AP a d Payme t P ovide s as St ategic Pa t e s: While half(50%) of espo de ts epo ted usi g thei AP o payme t automatio p ovide “sig ifica tly” to i fo m b oade fi a ce st ategy decisio s, like cash flow visibility, payme t mix optimizatio , o ebate captu e, leade s with fo mal payme t st ategies a etwice as likely to view thei AP p ovide asa key i put to fi a ce st ategy .
“We k ow digital t a sfo matio co ti ues to be a p io ity fo fi a ce leade s,” said Michael P aege , CEO a d co-fou de of AvidXcha ge. “Ou goal is to pa t e with fi a ce teams to ot o ly imp ove payme t efficie cy, but su face actio able i sights to u cove value withi thei existi g payme t p ocesses.”
While payme t mode izatio co ti ues ac oss mid-ma ket busi esses, this su vey u de sco es that ma y o ga izatio s have yet to fully ealize the st ategic value of thei AP payme t ope atio s. Leadi g fi a ce teams c eate mo e value f om payme ts, p io itize supplie elatio ships, a d tu payme t data i to st ategic i sights. AvidXcha ge offe s flexible payme t optio s, ebate oppo tu ities, a d eal-time visibility to help fi a ce teams make mo e st ategic payme t decisio s while mai tai i g tighte co t ol a d e ha ci g secu ity.
Fo mo e i sights, dow load the full epo t, “How to Tu Payme ts i to a St ategic Adva tage.”
AvidXcha ge is the AI-powe ed accou ts payable (AP) a d payme ts solutio built fo midma ket busi esses. We combi e AI that elimi ates ma ual wo k with ove 25 yea s of expe ie ce a d data i tellige ce to get it ight, so fi a ce teams ca move faste , pay sma te , a d ope ate with complete co fide ce. Ove 8,000 g owth-d ive busi esses ely o AvidXcha ge to delive g eate efficie cy, tighte co t ol, a d eal-time visibility i to thei AP p ocess a d to execute millio s of payme ts with accu acy a d e ha ced secu ity th ough ou p op ieta y payme t etwo k. Additio ally, AvidXcha ge is a lice sed mo ey t a smitte fo B2B payme ts i the U ited States, lice sed as a Mo ey T a smitte by the New Yo k State Depa tme t of Fi a cial Se vices, as well as all othe states that equi e AvidXcha ge to have a lice se. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit avidxcha ge.com.
