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The Road to a Receivables Hub
Blaine Carnprobst Managing Director, Receivables BNY Mellon Office: 412-‐234-‐1037 Mobile: 412-‐298-‐5575
Lawrence F. BueNner Vice President – InnovaSon WAUSAU Financial Systems Office: 715-‐241-‐2251 Mobile: 715-‐302-‐5614
• Receivables Hub Defini0on & Purpose • Evolu0on of Receivables Processing • Integral Parts of A/R & Lockbox – Document Imaging – Long Term Image Archive – Integra0on Of Field Payments – Decisioning Services – A/R Matching
• Deduc0ons • Consolidated Data Feed • Analy0cs & Insight
Outline
• Ability to aggregate all receivables payments, regardless of payment method
• Real-‐0me (or near real-‐0me) access • Images for all paper items • Robust search and repor0ng features • Internet browser access • Workflow enabled • Business rules engines • Consolidated data transmissions
Receivables Hub DefiniSon
• Aggregates payments from all sources – Lockbox – Checks (paper, image, remote deposit) – ACH (pre-‐auth debit, WEB, TEL, Home Banking, . . .) – EBPP (seSling through ACH or Card) – Wire Transfer (FedWire, CHIPS, SWIFT) – Cards
• Common interface architecture (vs. point-‐to-‐point) – Devoid of business line or customer specific logic – Uses a common model that is based on industry standards
(e.g. ISO 20022) – Consistent payment informa0on from all payment channels
Purposes of a Receivables Hub
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• Provide streamlined remiSance details for single (or at least, consistent) A/R feed – Electronic data – Paper (keyed & ICR’d) – Cards – EDI transla0on – EDI re-‐associa0on
Purposes of a Receivables Hub (cont.)
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Purposes of a Receivables Hub (cont.)
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• Standardized & centralized for all payment types • Trend analyses Repor0ng
• Intra-‐process Decisioning • Consistent research & resolu0on tools • Workflow func0onality – manual & automated • Trend analyses • Evolving payer knowledge • Consistent return item workflow
Excep0ons
• Mul0-‐currency • Ability to “learn” and correct common payer issues • Real-‐0me informa0on • Integra0on with Trade transac0ons – LC’s & Open Account
Future possibili0es
EvoluSon of Receivables Processing
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Checks -‐ Branch
Checks – Remote Deposit
Checks – Lockbox
ACH Pre-‐Auth Debits
ACH WEB & TEL
ACH Home Banking
FedWire
Deposit A/R System
A/R Staff
Check & Doc
Images
Deposit Data
Credit & Debit Cards
ExcepSons
Merchant Processor
Non-Bank Accounts
Electronic Billing & Payment
ExcepS
on Decisioning
A/R Data
Electronic Billing & Payment
• Building blocks for your lockbox provider becoming more closely integrated to your A/R system: – Document Imaging – A/R Matching – Long Term Image Archive – Integra0on Of Field Payments – Decisioning Services – Extending A/R Matching & Decisioning – Integra0ng Even Further Into A/R
Integral Parts
• "The Standard" For Retail & Wholesale Lockbox
– With A/R transmissions, document imaging assists with excep0on resolu0on
– Without A/R transmissions, par0cularly lower volumes, A/R pos0ng can be completed intra-‐day via images
Document Imaging
Imaging eliminates the courier costs associated with overnight packages and the internal expense of imaging
and filing of paper remiSances.
• Viewing your bank as your “Digital Fiduciary” – Eliminate need for original paper remiSances – Transi0oning from CD’s to Long Term Online Access
• On-‐line reten0on for seven to ten years • Ease of access & search func0onality • Reduces the opportunity for privacy thed by elimina0ng transport of CD or paper remiSances
– No longer restricted to paper lockbox items • Adding images of electronic transac0ons (ACH & Wire)
Long Term Image Archive
• Remote Deposit Capture – Check image deposits – Payment detail capture
• Automated pos0ng to General Ledger – Quick Books to SAP
– Mul0ple payment types • ACH and credit card from same plahorm
• Mobile eCheck Applica0ons – Point of service deposit
• Improve DSO by 1+ day
IntegraSon Of Field Payments
• Repairs within the lockbox opera0on – Systemic – Manual / keying queues
• Intra-‐day access by receiver’s A/R or Credit staff to resolve remaining excep0ons – Unbalanced mul0’s, unresolved check-‐only’s, “sod stops”
• Extending the strength of lockbox to ACH & Wire – Reuse exis0ng lockbox receivables business rules for all payment types
Decisioning Services
• Open Invoice File U0lized by Lockbox Processor – Match invoice and payment to open A/R items – Correct invoice numbers that are truncated, etc.
• Applying Rules Engines – Decision short-‐pays by reason codes – U0lizing pre-‐determined thresholds – Ability to split & merge prior to transmission file
• Produce clean pos0ng files – XML feeds directly to ERP systems
A/R Matching
• Hard core excep0ons! – Short payments for an0cipated business needs
• marke0ng deduc0ons – Short payments for unforeseen events
• damaged goods, carrier disputes, failure to comply with buyer terms of shipment, etc.
• U0lizing workflow – Route items based on reason code, amount, or customer – Automate the approval escala0on
• Root cause analysis
DeducSons
• History of lockbox data & images geong beSer and beSer • ACH & Wire payments have been excep0ons to this well
refined process • Bringing ACH & Wire into similar consistent processes • Evolving payments & technology will lead the process to be
more 0mely
Consolidated Data Feed
• Once data together, puong it to produc0ve use . . . – BeSer understanding of current day receipts
• Liquidity management & working capital management – Transform the data into insight for the receiver
• Supply Chain Financing (SCF) • Globaliza0on / Global Payments / Integra0on with Trade
AnalyScs & Insight
• Inves0gate level of func0onality employed by your Lockboxes -‐-‐ Are you taking advantage of: – Full document imaging (including payment transac0ons & correspondence)? – Intra-‐day decisioning (where it makes sense to use)? – Systemic data “manipula0on” (where feasible)? – Integra0on of electronic payment data with paper payment data (A/R data
transmission, reports, and document images)? • Do you have sta0s0cal reports regarding deduc0ons?
– Deduc0ons by customer – Most common types of deduc0ons – Ongoing trend – Time to resolve deduc0ons – Average daily unapplied cash
• If you polled your A/R staff, what would be the TOP 3 issues they typically face? What TOP 3 changes do they feel would make their job easier?
Key “Take Away’s”