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Accounts Payable 2026: BIG Trends & Predictions

Accounts Payable 2026: BIG Trends & Predictions

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The Future of AP Is Here: Discover the 10 BIG Trends & 20 Predictions Shaping 2026

The future of AP is arriving faster than expected. This new Ardent Partners report reveals how AI, global compliance mandates, and industrialised fraud are reshaping the function, and what winning teams will do next.

AP is moving from back‑office processor to strategic value creator, driving cash optimisation, safeguarding against sophisticated fraud, and delivering real‑time financial intelligence to the business. The report distills 10 BIG trends and 20 predictions to guide your 2026 roadmap.

AP trends in 2026 include:

  • Agentic AI beyond the hype: Practical, high‑impact use cases for exception resolution, forecasting, and continuous audit, what to pilot now and what to plan for in 2027.
  • Global e‑invoicing compliance: Real‑time mandates make compliance a daily discipline embedded in AP workflows.
  • Fraud’s AI arms race: Why manual controls are no match for modern schemes, and how integrated, intelligence‑driven defences protect every dollar.
  • AP + Treasury convergence: Turn B2B payments into a lever for liquidity and working‑capital gains.
  • Data supremacy: Own, cleanse, and govern AP data to unlock accurate, proactive insights for partners across finance and supply chain.

And those are just a sneak peek!

Download your copy to see the full set of trends and predictions shaping AP in 2026 and steps you can take to turn them into advantage.

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