web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:45:42 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) FEI Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Automation” https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/tags/automation Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International presents the FEI Podcast: an audio digest focusing on the ideas and strategies in finance and accounting. en-us episodic Discussions and thought-provoking ideas from Financial Executives International Financial Executives International Financial Executives International presents the FEI Podcast: an audio digest focusing on the ideas and strategies in finance and accounting. no business, finance, accounting, strategey Financial Executives International info@financialexecutives.org The State of B2B Payments: How Finance Leaders Are Driving Digital Transformation https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/173 76bab243-9848-41ac-85b7-2c00aebc64a1 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International Discover how finance leaders are transforming B2B payments in a digital-first economy. In this episode, Boost Payment Solutions and FEI unpack key findings from a recent industry survey and share actionable strategies to modernize AP workflows, reduce costs, and boost agility through automation and commercial card optimization. 53:06 no Nearly half of all companies say their B2B payment processes need major improvement. Over 70% still rely on manual AP workflows, and nearly 60% of suppliers cite high acceptance costs as a top concern. In this episode, based on a recent webinar hosted by Boost Payment Solutions and Financial Executives International (FEI), we explore the current state of B2B payments and the strategic shift toward automation and digitization. Hear directly from Boost executives as they share data-backed insights, lessons learned, and proven strategies to help finance leaders modernize their payment processes. Topics Covered: * Common inefficiencies in AP and AR workflows * Using automation to enhance operations and relationships * Leveraging commercial cards for strategic advantage * Advancing payment maturity in a digital-first economy Speakers * Seth Goodman, Chief Revenue Officer, Boost Payment Solutions * Zach Held, Chief Product Officer, Boost Payment Solutions Special Guests: Seth Goodman and Zach Held. B2B payments, AP automation, AR workflows, commercial cards, payment modernization, finance transformation, digital-first economy, supplier relationships, working capital optimization, Boost Payment Solutions, Financial Executives International, payment strategy, payment maturity, finance leadership Nearly half of all companies say their B2B payment processes need major improvement. Over 70% still rely on manual AP workflows, and nearly 60% of suppliers cite high acceptance costs as a top concern.

In this episode, based on a recent webinar hosted by Boost Payment Solutions and Financial Executives International (FEI), we explore the current state of B2B payments and the strategic shift toward automation and digitization. Hear directly from Boost executives as they share data-backed insights, lessons learned, and proven strategies to help finance leaders modernize their payment processes.

Topics Covered:

  • Common inefficiencies in AP and AR workflows
  • Using automation to enhance operations and relationships
  • Leveraging commercial cards for strategic advantage
  • Advancing payment maturity in a digital-first economy

Speakers

  • Seth Goodman, Chief Revenue Officer, Boost Payment Solutions
  • Zach Held, Chief Product Officer, Boost Payment Solutions

Special Guests: Seth Goodman and Zach Held.

]]> Nearly half of all companies say their B2B payment processes need major improvement. Over 70% still rely on manual AP workflows, and nearly 60% of suppliers cite high acceptance costs as a top concern.

In this episode, based on a recent webinar hosted by Boost Payment Solutions and Financial Executives International (FEI), we explore the current state of B2B payments and the strategic shift toward automation and digitization. Hear directly from Boost executives as they share data-backed insights, lessons learned, and proven strategies to help finance leaders modernize their payment processes.

Topics Covered:

  • Common inefficiencies in AP and AR workflows
  • Using automation to enhance operations and relationships
  • Leveraging commercial cards for strategic advantage
  • Advancing payment maturity in a digital-first economy

Speakers

  • Seth Goodman, Chief Revenue Officer, Boost Payment Solutions
  • Zach Held, Chief Product Officer, Boost Payment Solutions

Special Guests: Seth Goodman and Zach Held.

]]> Episode 15: RPA Is Becoming Finance’s New Norm https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/15 4e0e8aa6-51be-49d2-9bc7-cdde11d1deea Sat, 30 Jun 2018 18:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International Senior-level financial leaders are moving out the exploratory stage of robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence into implementation. 8:54 no How and where to leverage those technologies – and the knock on effect it has on finance staff and productivity – is the subject of a white paper that the Financial Executives Research Foundation is currently working towards publishing. In this episode of the Financial Executive Podcast, FEI Daily Managing Editor Olivia Berkman speaks with Dave Sackett, Senior Director of Finance & Administration at ULVAC Technologies and member of Financial Executive International’s Committee on Finance and Information Technology about his use if RPA and where he thinks it’s taking his company and the industry. Special Guest: Dave Sackett . How and where to leverage those technologies – and the knock on effect it has on finance staff and productivity – is the subject of a white paper that the Financial Executives Research Foundation is currently working towards publishing.

In this episode of the Financial Executive Podcast, FEI Daily Managing Editor Olivia Berkman speaks with Dave Sackett, Senior Director of Finance & Administration at ULVAC Technologies and member of Financial Executive International’s Committee on Finance and Information Technology about his use if RPA and where he thinks it’s taking his company and the industry.

Special Guest: Dave Sackett .

]]> How and where to leverage those technologies – and the knock on effect it has on finance staff and productivity – is the subject of a white paper that the Financial Executives Research Foundation is currently working towards publishing.

In this episode of the Financial Executive Podcast, FEI Daily Managing Editor Olivia Berkman speaks with Dave Sackett, Senior Director of Finance & Administration at ULVAC Technologies and member of Financial Executive International’s Committee on Finance and Information Technology about his use if RPA and where he thinks it’s taking his company and the industry.

Special Guest: Dave Sackett .

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