From Anxiety to Advantage: A Practical AI Playbook for Finance and Shared Services Leaders
Turning AI uncertainty into advantage
Itemize Named “AP Solution of the Year” in 10th Annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards Program
Prestigious Annual Awards Program Celebrates a Decade of Recognizing the World’s Most Innovative Financial Technology Companies LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market, today announced that Itemize, a leading provider of AI-powered finance automation, been selected …
The AP Inbox Problem: Why Finance Teams Spend Too Much Time Answering the Same Questions
Talk to almost any accounts payable (AP) professional and you’ll hear the same story: the inbox never stops. Between processing invoices, resolving exceptions, and supporting the broader procure-to-pay process, AP teams are constantly fielding emails asking about invoice status, approvals, and payments. What seems like a small task, answering a “quick” question, is a daily …
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The hidden costs of inefficient cash application and how modern teams are finally fixing them
Steve Markle explains why past cash application automation approaches have failed and how only context-aware, adaptive intelligence can deliver reliably and at scale March 13, 2026 Cash application leaders don’t need anyone to tell them their process is under strain. They feel it every day. Payments arrive through multiple channels, remittance formats vary wildly, customers submit partial data, …
The Future of AI in Treasury & Payments: Key Takeaways from Deluxe Exchange 2026
The Deluxe Exchange 2026 conference in Miami brought together financial institutions, fintechs, and technology leaders to explore where AI is taking treasury, receivables, and payments. Samuel Ridderhof, SVP of AI Delivery and Operations at Itemize, attended the event and came back energized by the conversations – particularly the session “Generative AI and Treasury: Redefining the …
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Why Controls That Rely on Humans Don’t Scale
For years, finance and treasury leaders have been taught a reassuring idea: that human review equals control. More approvals. More sign-offs. More eyes on every transaction. That logic worked when transaction volumes were lower, payment cycles were slower, and fraud was easier to spot. But the operating environment finance teams face today looks very different. …
How the New Nacha Rules Are Raising the Bar on Bank Account Validation and Fraud Monitoring
As payment fraud continues to grow in sophistication, speed, and scale, the ACH Network is evolving its expectations for how risk is identified and managed. The latest amendments to the Nacha Operating Rules, specifically the new Risk Management and Fraud Monitoring requirements taking effect in 2026, signal a clear shift away from reactive controls and …
From Touchless to Trustworthy: The Real Next Step in Finance Automation
A year ago, most “AI in finance” conversations still sounded like: Can it read the invoice? Can it summarize the email? Can it pull the fields? Now the bar has moved. The interesting question is: Can it do the work – then show its work? That shift is happening fast. Gartner reported 58% of finance …
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The Zero-Touch Future: How CFOs Are Reshaping Shared Services for Speed and Resilience
How future-ready organizations orchestrate AI, APIs, and workflow intelligence to eliminate friction Shared services organizations are entering a defining era. CFOs are no longer asking for shared services to simply be efficient. They are asking them to be fast, resilient, and unbreakable under pressure. They want finance operations that scale instantly with the business, withstand …
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Finance Automation Is Shifting Again – and This Time It’s About Execution
Finance automation has had a long arc. Every few years, a new wave of technology arrives with the same promise: less manual work, fewer errors, faster close, better controls. And every time, finance teams adopt it… and still end up spending too much time cleaning up exceptions. OCR was a step forward. It helped turn …
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