Pan-European smart collection via Sentenial’s Nuapay opens up new efficiencies
by Kylene Casanova
Multi-country direct debiting made easy with fully mandate management and fully automated reconciliation across multiple ledgers
Payments - Receipts
Background
Collecting bills efficiently, on-time and with a minimum of bad debts is essential in any business. Bill collection, unlike collecting payments at the point of sale, involves granting the buyer credit…
Read moreSEPA set to embrace instant and P2P mobile payments in euro
by Kylene Casanova
European Payments Council highlights trends it expects to shape the future of payments in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and beyond.
Is now the time to move on instant payments for corporates?
by Kylene Casanova
The EPC's July newsletter addresses topics including instant payments for corporates, PSD2, the EU Single Digital Market, e-authorisation and updates on Europe's evolving payments market.
Do you have the ‘right’, the most effective payment terms?
by Kylene Casanova
Informita Checklist shows the systems needed and how to set right terms and even shorten payment terms without losing business
CHAPS to extend operating hours from summer 2016
by Kylene Casanova
The UK's same-day, high-value payment system has announced it will extend operating hours to 18:00 from summer 2016, with an exact date to be announced later this year.
How SMEs can get their bills paid on time
by Kylene Casanova
Informita’s Brian Shanahan lists the key questions to ask whenever you have a new client
Late payment is costing UK’s SMEs £11bn a year
by Kylene Casanova
Small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK are spending up to £11 billion a year on chasing late payments from suppliers.
ERPB makes progress on e-invoicing for EU business
by Kylene Casanova
The Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) has endorsed the goal of establishing a harmonised electronic invoice/bill presentment & payment (EIPP/EBPP) service for payers and payees.
Is e-invoicing / e-billing entering a new era?
by Kylene Casanova
Still low global penetration with only 8% being paperless AND cross-border e-invoicing is even lower at 1-5% of all e-invoices. Yet 60-80% savings from e-invoicing projects
One step closer to pan-European instant payments for corporates
by Kylene Casanova
EBA Clearing, a bank-owned provider of pan-European payment infrastructure, has published requirements for pan-European instant payments for corporates.
Payments Council replaced by Payments UK
by Kylene Casanova
A new trade association representing the British payments industry, Payments UK, is being launched today.
Clearing house alliance to provide central Sepa payments
by Kylene Casanova
Six European ACHs have formed the European Clearing Cooperative to provide centralised payments processing services in the Eurozone.
B2B directory could breathe life into US e-payments
by Kylene Casanova
How will the Remittance Coalition's project to create an industry business directory make it easier for companies to make electronic payments?
Fine-tuning the payments services directive
by Kylene Casanova
The EPC clarifies its position on two key aspects of PSD2: the ‘no–questions-asked’ refund right for direct debits and customer authentication.
ING and Equens launch first digital direct debit mandate
by Kylene Casanova
New efficient alternative to existing mandate services
EPC invites comment on SEPA payment instruments
by Kylene Casanova
The EPC has called for suggestions as part of its review process to the existing SEPA rulebooks.
Good news for corporate treasury as EBA announces payments action?
by Kylene Casanova
The EBA has announced it will be taking action to harmonise payments regulation and banking supervision across the EU
UK: cash overtaken by ‘non-cash’ payments in 2014 for first time
by Kylene Casanova
Although cash is still king for consumers, forecast is that even this will drop below 50% next year. By 2024 UK Payment Council expect total cash transactions to be half of non-cash
What’s the future shape of payments in Europe?
by Kylene Casanova
A poll on the EPC website is asking people to vote on what will trigger the next of innovation in the European payments market.
EPC clarifies use of electronic mandate signatures
by Kylene Casanova
How should creditors and debtors use electronic mandate solutions under the SEPA Direct Debit Schemes?
EPC on the future of Sepa and other payments news
by Kylene Casanova
The European Payment Council's (EPC) quarterly newsletter (issue 26) addresses the trends that the EPC expects will shape the future of payments in Europe and around the world.
Global Adoption of Real-Time Retail Payments Systems ramping up
by Kylene Casanova
RT-RPS are live in 18 countries, 12 countries are ‘exploring / planning / building’, and an additional block of 17 countries that are ‘exploring’ through a pan-Eurozone initiative. How can you exploit real-time?
ACT launch new starter certificate – “the first step to treasury success”
by Kylene Casanova
Certificate in Treasury Fundamentals (CertTF) could be your first step in building your knowledge and expertise in treasury and corporate finance
Top Image Systems and Hanse Orga combine to provide Accounts Receivable Solutions
by Kylene Casanova
New solution which offers significant time and cost savings in remittance processing achieves rapid success world-wide