Payments & fraud keeping CFOs awake at night
by Jack Large
The Kyriba sponsored AFP 2018 Payments Fraud Survey showed that 70% of respondents are much more worried about fraud than a year ago. Their concerns are shown by their responses to the question of what would make your global payment processes more secure:
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Keys for more efficient payments
The survey showed that respondents thought that the key places for improvements in payment processing were:
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Recommendations
No wonder the CFO and senior executives are advising that companies should:
- Implement real-time payment screening and detection capabilities
- Invest in systems and processes that boost payments security and efficiency by providing complete visibility into payments, including information about their timing, amount, and transaction status
- Implement standardised global payment workflows and controls throughout
- Have all global payment users working off the same system, such as a centralised cloud-based payments hub
- Integrate global payment systems with cash management and working capital solutions, and with the company’s ERP system
- Look out for new developments real-time payments, APIs, machine learning, and reporting process automation to further improve your payments processing efficiency and security.
CTMfile take: It is simple really: integrate and standardise all your payment processes and use real-time wherever possible.
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