Topic: Payments Automation

Early-Payment Discounts in Construction: The Math, the Timing, and How to Fund Them

A 2/10 Net 30 discount is worth roughly 36.7% annualized, but the discount window starts before an owner draw clears. Here's how the math works in construction and how to fund capture without draining payroll cash.

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Jul 9, 2026
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Accounts Payable Process: Steps, Best Practices & Automation

Accounts Payable Process: Steps, Best Practices & Automation

A step-by-step look at how supplier invoices become paid liabilities, the controls each step needs, and where automation collapses cost and cycle time.

Vendor Management Best Practices for AP Teams: The Lifecycle, Controls, and Tools for 2026

Vendor Management Best Practices for AP Teams: The Lifecycle, Controls, and Tools for 2026

The end-to-end discipline AP teams use to onboard, pay, and review vendors — without losing money to duplicate records, fraud, or sloppy payment rails.

Why Vendor Enrollment Determines Your Virtual Card Program's Success

Why Vendor Enrollment Determines Your Virtual Card Program's Success

Most virtual card programs underperform because they can't get enough suppliers to accept. Here's why enrollment is the rate-limiting factor and what actually moves acceptance rates.

What Is Procurement? Definition, Process, and Types

What Is Procurement? Definition, Process, and Types

Procurement is more than buying. It's the end-to-end discipline of sourcing, contracting, purchasing, and paying for what a business needs, and where a lot of margin is quietly won or lost.

Construction Retainage Explained: How It Works, Accounting, and Release

Construction Retainage Explained: How It Works, Accounting, and Release

Retainage is the holdback every construction pay application carries. Here's how it works, how states cap it, how to account for it, and when you actually get paid.

How Do Virtual Card Payments Work for B2B?

How Do Virtual Card Payments Work for B2B?

The buyer-supplier mechanic, the controls that make B2B virtual cards different from consumer cards, and where this rail fits in an AP stack.

Smarter payments. Stronger growth. Keep business moving.

See how corpay brings AP, card programs, lodging, fleet and cross-borders together