RESOLVE VARIOUS CHECK STATUSBy Raza Muhammad rxm14530@utd.edu

CS/SE 6361, Fall 2014

Executive Master’s of Science in Software Engineering

Under the guidance of dr. Lawrence Chung

University of Texas at Dallas

INTRODUCTION

A2Z Payments is the world's leading processor of payment disbursement and reconciliation solutions. A2Z Payments operates a global payment network and is dedicated to the creation of authentic services including commission receipt and disbursement; foreign currency exchange; invoicing; and reconciliation and tracking.

A2Z Payments currently facilitates in excess of $90 million in payments annually, serving more than 20,000 properties, as well as 40,000 travel distributors in nearly 170 countries. In addition to A2Z Payments' headquarters in Fort worth, Texas, it has regional hubs in London, Singapore, New York and Europe.

INTRODUCTION – SERVICES PROVIDED

A2Z Payments provide following services:

Agent Commission ProcessingCommission processing is our industry-leading travel agency service that consolidates commissions from participating suppliers, ensuring timely and accurate payment. 

Reconciliation 

Reconciliation is a dynamic add-on service for customers using A2Z Payments' agency commission processing service. 

Hotel Payment ProcessingOffer the industry's leading commission payment solution.

Data ManagementBy processing all commissions through single provider, one can easily track data including booking revenues, account receivables, accounts payables and performance by brand, hotel, branch or agent.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Hotel XYZ receives a report that gives out incorrect information regarding checks being in different statuses. Following issues are reported.

Incorrect check status information i.e. check_reissue, check_canceled etc.

System picks large amount of data on report. There is no date range defined.

No priority set up for check statues

Reason for this issue: There is a bank file received that has different statues but there is no time stamp associated

PROBLEM CONTD.

List of various check statues.

Description StatusCLEARED 1STOP PAYMENT 2STOP PAY REQUEST 3PENDING CHECK 4ISSUED CHECK 5NOT ISSUED 6BREAKAGE 7ESCHEATED 8CREATED 9REISSUED 10REJECT X

PROCESS FLOW – HIGH LEVEL

STAKEHOLDER

A2Z Payments

Hotels

Agencies

PROBLEM CONCLUSION:

Inaccurate status in payment table

payment record received from bank does not have time stamp as mid night

No check final status added to logic

No purge criteria setup

No flag setup for record already sent

Multiple status with same date and time stamp

Various manual updates without update_date entries

SHOULD BE

Demonstrate the ability to create a monthly CR file in the specified format which includes a single entry for each payment meeting the following criteria:

1) all payments associated with XYZ Hotel transaction created in the prior marketing month

2) all payments associated with XYZ Hotel transaction that were not in a final status at the beginning of the prior marketing month.

The statuses reported will Ignore statuses after the end of the prior marketing month.

QUESTIONS

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