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In This Issue
The Value of Multiple Payment Options
5 Reasons Why Outsoursing Remittance Processing is the Right Move
Quick Tips on Reducing Mail-in Payment Processing Cost
Cutting Staff But Keeping Jobs in Florida
Winning The War on Misapplied Payments
Is Your Payment Reconciliation a Daily Nightmare?
Customer Service Challenges in Payment Processing
Kathy Wilson: Remittance Processing Road to Success
New Implementations & What Others Are Saying About Bill2Pay
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The Value of Multiple Payment Options


Many companies spend millions of dollars in product analysis, marketing, sales, product, distribution and numerous other standard business activities but then neglect the question of how they are going to get paid.

I remember a conference that I was asked to speak at where the topic was bill presentment and bill payment. As I scanned the audience, virtually all of the listeners were in their mid 40s and early 50s. A simple question was asked:

How many companies utilize a mobile payment application or a mobile invoicing process?

The answer was none. While this would not seem strange if this conference occurred in 1997, unfortunately this happened in 2007. While those of us that are a little mature in years may have grown up in the technology century, if you are anything like me, I am just now figuring out how to ...

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5 Reasons Why Outsourcing Remittance Processing is the Right Move

The Striking Questions

Should we keep our mail-in payments processing in-house? Should we outsource it? Is it worthwhile? What do I have to gain? What do I have to lose?

These are the questions that probably come to your mind when contemplating the best path for your remittance processing. And believe us, you are not alone.

All professionals who are charged with the responsibility for in-house remittance processing, regardless of industry, are facing the same dilemmas.

What Are Others Doing?

A good and growing number of them have found outsourcing their in-house processing to be the definitive answer. So we asked them to tell us the reasons why
Outsourcing Remittance Processing was the right move for them. And here are the top five:

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Quick Tips on Reducing Mail-in Payment Processing Cost


With the mail-in paper payment volume constantly dropping and the cost of equipment maintenance on a steady rise,
reducing mail-in payment processing cost is a real and constant challenge.

However, some companies have turned the processing of mail-in payments into a profitable business model. What tips can a successful and lucrative high quality lockbox operation give on this subject?

According to our Director of Payment Processing and respected Lockbox industry specialist, Kathy Wilson , there are some key factors to watch in order to keep the costs of a high-quality/low-error lockbox operation on the low side:

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Cutting Staff But Keeping Jobs In Florida


Let’s face it
, you would be hard pressed to find someone who enjoyed seeing people laid off due to a declining business line or budget cuts.

It’s an unpleasant topic and unfortunately, given the current economic state of so many business and municipalities, one that is far too prevalent and hard to ignore.

If you find yourself in the unenviable position of having to reduce cost, you may be considering reducing staff and outsourcing the tasks associated with the services your customers have come to expect...

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Winning The War on Misapplied Payments

Lockbox Errors Can Cost You Time And Money

Errors caused by your in-house process or your lockbox can cost you time, money and customer service time.

Over the last several years, the payment industry has seen an increase in the number of errors per 100,000 payments processed.

Of all the possible lockbox errors, misapplied payment posting errors are not only the most common but also the one with the highest growth rate ...


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Is Your Payment Reconciliation a Daily Nightmare?

Whether you process your remittance in house or are outsourcing, if you don’t have accurate detail and summary reconciliation data your daily balancing process can become a painful daily chore.

However, there are two key points you should keep in mind to make sure that doing payment reconciliation in your remittance processing becomes a quick and easy task.

On this article, we will go over the two key points that will make your life easier and stop the daily reconciliation nightmares...

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Customer Service Challenges in Remittance Processing

It's a Tough, Tough World

Customer Service professionals often have to deal with people at their worst. Dealing with angry or upset customers is among the toughest challenges faced by anyone in the Customer Service field.

Wearing Customers’ Shoes

But let’s not forget that it is not always fun to be the customer. I’ve never met anyone who enjoyed paying bills. It’s not a “fun” activity like bowling or dancing! It’s a chore. What’s worse than having to do a chore? Okay, I know, a lot of things are, but for the purpose of this discussion – nothing - nothing is worse than the chore of having to pay your bills. Well, nothing until there’s an issue with payment...

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Kathy Wilson: Remittance Processing Road to Success

In charge of productivity levels, error rates, exceptions management and cost management, Kathy Wilson has been the brains behind Bill2Pay’s Lockbox Service excellence for the last 19 years.

A Tough Road To Success

But not all was glory when Kathy joined the company that Intuition Systems purchased back in 1993. The previous company had hired Kathy to come in and take over the management of their lockbox as they had poor quality, payments not posting daily and letters from their customers threatening to leave. Kathy and her team at the time were able to turn the lockbox operation around and did so without losing a client.

Reaping the Results

When Intuition Systems was acquiring another division of the original company...


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New Implementations



What others are saying:

" Prompt responses to any problems or errors that may occur with corrective actions and suggestions. Bill2Pay is our first billpay vendor we have used and have overall been satisfied."

Tammy Sherouse
Supervisor - Payment Center
City Of Ocala Utilities

" I feel we receive excellent service from B2P. Kathy is an excellent rep and always handles my issues immediately. "

Tina Damiano
Accounting Supervisor
CSC - Computer Science Corporation



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