Equipping B2B Accounts Receivable to Thrive in the Digital Age with Nancy Sansom of Versapay
Sep 4, 2023
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Nancy Sansom of Versapay discusses B2B fintech and Collaborative Accounts Receivable Network. The podcast explores the challenges of B2B payments, importance of credit card processing, complexity of B2B, and the impact of digital tools and AI on relationships.
B2B Commerce faces challenges such as partial payments, disputes, and complex integrations, leading to a delay in digitization.
Accounts Receivable departments are crucial in the invoice-to-cash process, and automation combined with human connection can greatly improve customer experience.
Deep dives
The Challenges of B2B Commerce
B2B Commerce has lagged behind B2C due to its inherent complexity. Factors such as partial payments, different payment types, incentives, disputes, damaged goods, and separate remittance information pose challenges. Integrations with ERP and accounting systems, as well as complex requirements from card networks, also contribute to the delay in full digitization.
The Importance of Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable (AR) departments have been overlooked and considered back-office processes. However, they play a crucial role in the invoice-to-cash process and customer experience. Miscommunications and disputes cause payment delays. Automation can improve efficiency, but human connection and collaboration between AR and AP teams are necessary. Digital transformation is becoming essential for AR teams and can greatly impact overall customer experience.
VersaPay's Solutions for AR Automation
VersaPay is a B2B FinTech that offers payments and AR automation solutions. They optimize B2B payments technology through partnerships with ERP systems. Their collaborative AR approach focuses on connecting AR and AP teams, automating tasks, and improving cash application. VersaPay also offers AI-based cash application tools to streamline the process and address industry-specific needs. They aim to provide a comprehensive solution for AR automation in various industries.
Data and Technology in the Future of Payments
Data and processing technologies like AI and machine learning play a significant role in VersaPay's offerings. Their AI-powered cash application tool achieves high match rates and utilizes generative AI, historical layout decisioning, and combinatorics. VersaPay is also leveraging AI and data analytics to improve cash flow projection, underwriting processes, and ERP interactions. These technologies have the potential to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of payment processing in the B2B world and extend the lifespan of ERP systems.
Why have mid-market companies been ignored when it comes to payment and automation transformation? In this episode of PayPod, host Jacob Hollabaugh sits down with Nancy Sansom of Versapay to discuss their company's focus on B2B fintech and its offerings in payments and automation. Versapay is the first Collaborative Accounts Receivable Network. Watch this episode for a fun and interesting dive into this latest development in payments and fintech.
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