For mid-market firms, full AP automation is a long way off

This story was originally published on CFO.com. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily CFO.com newsletter. Is the mid-market ready for a wholly automated finance function? A new vendor survey indicates that most midsize businesses haven’t even automated their accounts payable processes entirely. In an online survey of 225 mid-market finance and accounting leaders in September 2025, only 4% of respondents said they had fully automated AP “from invoice to payment with no manual to ...