Emerging Enterprises Shrink Time To Cash

PYMNTS reports that emerging enterprises ($250 million–$2.5 billion revenue) are prioritizing time to cash, based on a recent Time to Cash Index and executive roundtable in 2025. Leaders from Bottomline, Coupa and FIS said automation, AI, supplier onboarding and data standardization are shortening cash cycles, with 71% of CFOs improving time to cash and firms seeing measurable ROI like Coupa's 5.8% savings and 270% three-year ROI.
Key Points
- 1Highlight accelerating time-to-cash focus among $250M–$2.5B firms; 71% improved in past year
- 2Emphasize automation, AI, and supplier onboarding reduce friction and improve liquidity and predictability
- 3Advise practitioners to standardize data, deploy payment hubs, and redesign processes for measurable ROI
Scoring Rationale
Practical, actionable industry insights with executive data support, limited by being based on a single roundtable and report.
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