Payments - Industry & Customer Insights
WHITEPAPERS
The Move to Corporate Transaction Banking
Read about the advances taking place in today’s payments services landscape, including the evolution of payment factories into holistic corporate transaction banking systems
Global Study On Connectivity Across the Corporate Commercial EcoSystem
SunGard study reveals requirements for increased connectivity between suppliers, buyers, banks and other trading partners.
Benefits of B2B E-Payments: Finally Leaving the Paper Check Behind
Read about the many benefits businesses are reaping by migrating from traditional, paper-based methods of payment to electronic payment processing.
The Payment Factory: Strengthening Compliance & Improving Internal Controls for Corporate Treasurers
Read how Payment Factories are helping corporations to reduce costs and improve visibility.
SEPA: An Essential Guide for Corporate Treasurers
In this guide, we bring you key facts on SEPA, its implications and how to take advantage of the new opportunities which it provides.
Searcing for the Value-Added Services SEPA Creates in Your Corporation
When it comes to evaluating financial institutions to support corporate payment processing and connectivity options, there are four distinct areas to consider. Learn about what you should ask your banker when it comes to SEPA.
SWIFTNet for the Corporate Treasurer
Learn about the opportunities that SWIFT provides for corporations, the choices that need to be made and the steps that should be taken in order to reach this broader objective.
Payment Factories: The Way Forward
Read about how utilizing a single channel for payments processing improves visibility of cash flows for better liquidity management and reduces operational and transactional costs.
The E-Payables Benchmark Series: Electronic Payments & Fraud Prevention
Aberdeen examined the use, the experiences, and the intentions of more than 300 enterprises using payment solutions. Read about the findings in this report.
ARTICLES
ISO Concerns
Last year, Congress passed, and the President signed into law, important bipartisan reforms aimed at fixing the current interchange system, as part of the Dodd-Frank Act. New rules requiring that debit card swipe fees are reasonable are set to take effect in the summer of 200, but the big banks and credit card companies are fighting hard to protect their cash cow, by seeking delays. This articles explores how the present state of the US economy is affecting the market for card transactions.
"Working the Connections" A Look at SunGard's PayNetExchange
Has the long-awaited "tipping point" in B2B payments finally arrived? In pursuit of the answer, Glenbrook Partners is interviewing various solution providers. Read about the interview with Mike Kresse, SVP of Payment Services at SunGard.
Creating the Business Case for Payments Execution Outsourcing
Payment execution is the process of initiating payments, whether by cheque, ACH, wire or card. This articles discusses some business goals to consider as you build the case to outsource your payment function.
Simplicity, Security and Standardisation with SWIFT
Treasury operations manager at Caterpillar Inc., discusses the company's experiences as an early corporate adopter of SWIFT and how they were able to establish a standard approach to connectivity across the business, including both treasury and accounts payable.
Cash and Payments Transformation at Wienerberger
Wienerberger's group treasurer writes about the company's cash management and payments transformation project which included the implementation of AvantGard Payments.
Implementing SWIFT Connectivity at Lafarge
Lafarge's head of treasury control and administration discusses the company's successes with implementing a treasury management system, the AvantGard Payments solution and also introducing SWIFT connectivity.
Taking SWIFT to the Masses
With the number of corporations joining SWIFT quickly accelerating the focus is now on banks and application vendors to develop electronic solutions over SWIFT.
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B2B A/P Best Practices
Read about industry best practices for efficient A/P processing and fraud reduction.
CASE STUDIES
Force Protection
Force Protection migrates 45% of payments from check to electronic and generates on average $15K/month in virtual card revenue.
Alcatel-Lucent
Drive America
Drive America Reduces Disbursement Costs by More than 50% in One Month with Outsourced Payments Processing.
Zachry Industrial, Inc.
Using AvantGard Payments, Zachry Industrial, Inc. was able to improve visibility to cash, tighten process controls and security, and slash payment processing costs by 50%.
PlusOne Solutions
Read how PlusOne reduced manual tasks and lowered payment processing costs through check to ACH conversion using AvantGard PayNetExchange.
SafeLite
Safelite improved check printing efficiencies and increased security and control with AvantGard PayNetExchange.
Pepsi Bottling Group
Pepsi Bottling Group lowered costs and man-hours with AvantGard PayNetExchange.
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