The UK's progress in developing e-businesses is well below the European
average, according to a report by the European Commission (EC). In some
cases, the UK is only ahead of countries like Cyprus, Lithuania and
Hungary.
Overall on e-business indicators, the UK came in at 28th out of 31
countries, according to the scoreboard report published by the EC this
week, which shows the performance of countries delivering on the agreed
targets of the Digital Agenda for Europe.
Basware, the leading provider of purchase-to-pay solutions, has
announced the first e-invoicing agreement of its kind with the State
Treasury of Finland. Under the agreement, companies that do not yet have
e-invoicing capabilities, can send their invoices to the state in
electronic format, free of charge. Using the Basware Supplier Portal,
even the smallest suppliers can now easily shift to e-invoicing and
start to benefit from optimized cash flow, better working capital
management and lower processing costs.
Striata, a leading global provider of electronic billing and eMarketing
solutions, has expanded its UK Exco team through the appointment of Eric
Darling, in the position of Head of Sales UK and Europe – effective 01
May 2011.
Darling has extensive Solutions Selling experience, working for
organisations to reduce costs and yield a significant return on
investment through their solutions. His knowledge of the IT software
market and successful sales track record are set to further strengthen
the Striata UK and Europe team. In his new role, Darling will drive
eBilling adoption, by providing push email billing solutions to blue
chip companies in the banking, finance, telecommunications and utilities
sectors.
Customers who sign up for the service, will have the choice of receiving
their statements as eStatements (an encrypted and password protected
attachment to an email), paper statements, or both, at the frequency
indicated by them.
The eStatements service, like the SMS alerts service launched last week,
is a new electronic channel which offers great convenience to
customers.
eStatements give customers speedier access to their account transaction
updates, without having to wait for postal delivery, which can take
weeks in the case of customers living abroad.
US paperless bill management company Bill.com has added new capabilities
to its Bill.com Mobile offering, now including accounts receivable and
collaboration features.
Bill.com's mobile offering is set to enable customers to manage their
daily financial operations, allowing them to review, approve and make
payments via their mobile devices. In addition, customers can schedule
payments from any bank account they are authorized to access, as well as
view all of their Bill.com accounts from a centralized dashboard.
