Tipalti

06/01/2026

Tariffs and trade fragmentation are reshaping the global economy. For digital platforms built around freelancers and creators, the threat is less direct than for physical goods businesses, but the pressure is still real.

Currency volatility is making cross-border payouts harder to manage. Tax reporting requirements on digital income are tightening across both the US and EU. And consumer spending is shifting in ways that change which platforms and creators are winning.

The companies handling this well aren't just watching the macro environment. They're building financial infrastructure that can absorb volatility and keep paying their global payee networks reliably when conditions get complicated.

More on what the current economic cycle means for digital platforms: https://tipalti.com/blog/what-digital-platforms-need-to-know-about-tariffs/?utm_campaign=always-on&utm_content=1780326904&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

05/30/2026

Imagine spending Monday mornings thinking about what's next instead of buried in spreadsheets.

Our automation helps make that a reality.

05/29/2026

AI agents are already shopping on behalf of consumers. The question most e-commerce businesses haven't fully answered yet is whether their operations are built to support that.

Agentic commerce is compressing the path from intent to purchase faster than most retail infrastructure can keep up. And sitting right at the center of that shift is the creator economy, the network of influencers and partners shaping the intent that AI then acts on.

As that ecosystem grows, so does the complexity of paying the people powering it. When it comes to global creators, real-time commissions, and cross-border compliance, the payout infrastructure behind modern commerce is under more pressure than ever.

We broke down where agentic commerce and the creator economy meet and what retail businesses need to get right to compete: https://tipalti.com/blog/ai-agentic-commerce-retail-shift/?utm_campaign=always-on&utm_content=1780069681&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

05/28/2026

The finance industry has largely made up its mind about AI. What it's still working out is how to trust it.

New data makes the case for adoption hard to argue with. Nearly all finance professionals say AI saves them time. Nearly as many say it improves their decisions. And for the first time, a majority can actually quantify the return: 61% of finance pros say they can now measure AI's ROI in concrete terms.

But the number that deserves the most attention is 55%. That's the share of finance professionals who say having a human in the loop to review AI decisions is critical.

That distinction matters. The finance teams getting the most out of AI aren't the ones who blindly handed over the keys. They're the ones who automated the heavy lifting while keeping a human in the loop for final approval. Speed without accountability is just opening yourself up to risk.

So the question for AP teams isn't whether AI belongs in your workflow. It's whether your AI gives you enough visibility to actually trust what it's doing.

Learn more here: https://tipalti.com/ts/global-ap-aw-ai/?utm_campaign=always-on&utm_content=1779980103&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

05/26/2026

Five years ago, Lantern Community Services ran on paper. They oversaw seventeen supportive housing sites, five shelters, and over 2,500 clients. Every audit trail, every client record, and every financial transaction was documented manually.

Michael Winter, who serves as CFO, CAO, CPO, CTO, and COO at the New York-based nonprofit, inherited that system. He didn't keep it for long.

Winter digitized everything. Procurement, client management, and financial reporting — all of it moved to a single open-access database connected across every building.

He brought an efficiency-first mindset to the organization.

The results are hard to argue with, too. Lantern has grown from $15 million in annual revenue to around $56 million over the past five years - without a proportionally large finance team. Winter's philosophy on why is straightforward: train people well, give them autonomy, and build systems that let them use their judgment rather than chase paper.

That approach extends to how he thinks about finance leadership in the nonprofit world more broadly. For Winter, the job isn't about oversight. It's about alignment — connecting the finance function to the programs and contracts that drive impact on the ground.

In an environment where every dollar spent represents a person being housed, that distinction matters more than most.

Read Michael's full Next Gen Finance Leaders article here: https://tipalti.com/blog/accounting-to-nonprofit-leadership/?utm_campaign=always-on&utm_content=1779805020&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

05/25/2026

Technology investments are growing faster and more complex than ever.

But visibility into that spend? Still lagging.

In this article, Bryan Simpson makes a compelling case for why procurement must take a leading role in Technology Business Management and help their organizations move beyond cost tracking to true value attribution.

The takeaway is clear: Companies that connect technology spend to outcomes will make better decisions, move faster, and unlock more value.

A strong perspective on where procurement and finance are headed: https://tipalti.com/blog/procurement-technology-roi/?utm_campaign=always-on&utm_content=1779719101&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

05/23/2026

What if your team could chase ideas instead of invoices?

05/22/2026

If your business files 10 or more information returns, the IRS now requires electronic filing. That threshold used to be 250.

It's one of the clearest signals yet that digital compliance has moved from future consideration to current requirement, and it's arriving at the same moment accounts payable is being asked to take on more: cash flow forecasting, vendor negotiations, and real-time reporting.

The teams handling this well stopped treating compliance as something you react to and started building it into their day-to-day operations. That means: standardized workflows, digital-first vendor management, and technology that absorbs new requirements without adding manual overhead.

Digital accounting standards are one of three trends every finance team should have on their radar this year.

Read our article to learn what else is changing and how to stay ahead: https://tipalti.com/blog/2025-accounting-forecast/?utm_campaign=always-on&utm_content=1779459480&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

05/21/2026

The finance teams that breeze through tax season aren't working harder in Q4.

They're working smarter all year: clean supplier data, automated W-9 collection, and audit-ready records that don't require a heroic last-minute push.

Here's how to get there: https://tipalti.com/blog/tax-preparation-strategies-finance-teams/?utm_campaign=always-on&utm_content=1779376502&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

05/19/2026

Leveraging AI agents in finance doesn’t need to be hard.

Explore how AI agents are transforming finance and accounting workflows. See real-world use cases, benefits, and trends shaping intelligent automation.