One of the most important facets of a successful credit or purchasing card program is finding a card issuer who’s just right for you.

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Tags: Best practices, Communication, Cost cutters, Fraud prevention, Internal controls, Purchasing cards, Technology, Vendor relations

As vendors start closing their books for year-end, you’ll need to be on the watch for this sneaky practice.

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Tags: A/P, Communication, Credits, Vendor relations, Year-end

Ready or not, here they come: E-invoices are expected to outnumber the paper versions by 2010.

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Tags: A/P, Accounting trends, Communication, E-payments, Technology, Vendor relations

You may expect delivery services, travel vendors and the like to be adding fuel surcharges these days. But this “vendor” takes the cake.

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Tags: Extra fees, Fuel surcharges, Lighter side of finance, Vendor relations