Prediction: Blockchain Will Replace Supplier Invoices

Most clients today use a complicated procedure for processing supplier payments to ensure the process is not only accurate and complete, but also:

• comports with the terms of the commercial agreement
• performs in compliance with the conditions of the contractual agreement
• is done with authenticated trading partners
• isn’t fraudulent or illicit in any way
• is fully auditable

This results in a costly, nine-step process that has many shortcomings when compared to Blockchain payments.  This (and other reasons) is why we predict that paying your suppliers via Blockchain will replace invoices faster than you think.  Click below to read entire article...

Mergers and Acquisitions: Managing Risk and Reducing Costs Through Software Disentanglement

Kin Hubbard, a humorist and journalist who lived 100 years ago, once said “the safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket”. Clearly views are different today. The value of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. financial services sector alone more than doubled to a whopping $196.5 billion in 2018 from $82.3 billion in 2017.

According to a report by White & Case, Financial Institutions M&A Sector 2019 Trends, there are possibilities of mega deals in Europe and that Wall Street behemoths may start flexing their expansion muscles. And when that materializes, a Stock Purchase Agreement (SPA) is the result that includes a myriad of questions that have to be answered (which we ask and answer).

While M&A announcements may get the headlines, a successful integration is the only true measure of a deal’s value. Delaying Software license disentanglement and transfer activities can have a negative impact.  We walk you through what questions to ask and what to look for in any M&A process.  Click below to read entire article.