PYMNTS
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Take the lockbox, for example. It’s a service designed around the ubiquity of the paper check, and with checks still a popular payment tool in B2B transactions, lockbox services remain in high-demand. Lockbox services may seem outdated in today’s ecosystem of electronic payments and cloud-based financial management platforms.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
When it comes to treasury market offerings, banks have historically started wholesale and retail lockbox businesses. But, as payment types and payment channels have grown to become more electronic, the amount of lockbox payments is declining rapidly. Most commonly, those payments are sent by automated clearing house (ACH).
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 22, 2020
The industry thinks, if we can just get this payment on ACH or card, the problem goes away," reflected Lane. With ACH , the biggest challenge often comes in the form of remittance data being emailed separately from the movement of funds. And one buyer-supplier relationship may benefit from the familiarity of ACH more than another.
PYMNTS
APRIL 30, 2020
This week’s examination of the latest in payments rails innovation finds financial service providers innovating on top of existing rails to address the friction of ACH, checks and other bank transfer infrastructure. ACH Gets A Boost In The Public Sector. Invoiced Tackles The Friction of Check.
PYMNTS
JULY 5, 2019
Companies in the business-to-consumer (B2C) space have historically relied on lockbox processing through a bank – or a series of banks, depending on their size. If they are using the bank lockbox, some of the information coming through that channel might not arrive until late in the day or the next day.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 27, 2018
For receivables, Berdan noted that larger banks have done well with lockboxes as have smaller banks have with remote deposit capture (RDC). And banks, in turn, can handle all of their payments including ACH. But those trends are on the decline, according to Berdan, as more payments become electronic.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 2, 2019
Despite moves toward ACH payments and card payments, Kresse reminded that the classic B2B transaction is still fraught with emails and PDFs, which often disconnect critical data from the payment. However, with real-time payment modalities, and through the messaging standard ISO 20022, data can be easily uploaded into firms’ billing systems.
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