In this release at the Wells Fargo site, we see a new product release announcement on the receivables side of the payments ledger. As part of corporate payments modernization, receivables has in the past played second fiddle to accounts payable automation, with frankly neither one getting enough investment. However, that has been changing during the past couple of years, and as companies reconsider end-to-end payments modernization, banks can also step up to offer more flexible and latest gen tech solutions as well. We have been covering this trend for members, most recently in a report on the very subject. In this case, Wells Fargo is offering integrated receivables in conjunction with Dade Systems, a Florida-based fintech specializing in receivables automation.
‘ “Integrated Receivables allows our clients to spend less time working on piecing together payments data and more time focusing on their core business objectives,” said Danny Peltz, head of Treasury Management & Payment Solutions for Wells Fargo. “By automating the capture of payments and the matching of funds to invoices, Integrated Receivables can help produce significant operational cost savings, reduce the risk of incomplete or inaccurate data entry, and accelerate cash flow.”…Artificial intelligence and machine learning technology enables Integrated Receivables to correct errors and improve matching logic over time, which can help companies devote less time and resources to manually applying payments….“With this solution, the software does the bulk of the heavy lifting behind the scenes,” said Chris Noe, Wells Fargo’s Head of Treasury Management Product Innovation. “We have incorporated multiple receivables solutions onto a single platform that is payment channel agnostic. We are able to use artificial intelligence and advanced data capture to memorize historical corrections and apply them automatically and accurately where needed.” ‘
We have also covered the importance of cash cycle convergence, or taking a strategic view of financial operations as a connected set of systems and processes, rather than point solutions to address isolated transaction sets. The ability to integrate the various capabilities across cash cycle operations has been greatly enhanced by APIs, and as companies further digitize these processes, they can better take advantage of the latest gen solutions like AI and RPA. Banks are collaborating with fintechs to help optimize such solutions and offer their treasury clients easier experiences and up to date products to improve working capital management. This is another good example of such collaboration.
‘Integrated Receivables’ customer implementation process is highly-configurable, and has been streamlined by Wells Fargo to help make it easy for clients to get up and running quickly. “Making it easier for our clients to do business with us is a top priority for the organization,” said Peltz. “We think they will be impressed with how smooth the setup is for this solution, and how it translates into faster access to working capital.”…Integrated Receivables is based on technology from DadeSystems, a leading provider of AR automation solutions. In February of 2020, Wells Fargo made an investment in DadeSystems to support the growth of the company’s suite of technology solutions….“We are excited about this extension of our relationship with Wells Fargo,” said Bill Zayas CEO, DadeSystems. “Wells Fargo and DadeSystems recognize the potential for accounts receivable automation to improve efficiencies for a wide range of businesses from smaller companies to the largest and most complex.” ‘
Overview by Steve Murphy, Director, Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service at Mercator Advisory Group
