It’s a given that instant payments are no longer a fad, but a requirement, driven by consumers being anchored more and more in “real-time” everything. As such, it comes as no surprise that this trend will also shape corporate treasuries, steadily becoming the new norm in the very near future.
Where Allevo Stands
Last year, we started looking into new customer types, further extending our attention from banks to financial institutions and companies of various types and sizes.
We also started working on an EU-funded project which includes developing a software suite dedicated to SMEs and corporate treasuries, marketed as FinOps Suite – Making financial operations easy*.
As a bonus, we’re stepping up the game with an Instant Payments solution for banks, FinTP-Instant, that you’ll definitely hear more and more about in the coming months.
These three magic ingredients make up the perfect recipe to now tackle the subject of instant payments from a corporate treasury perspective.
Instant Payments Benefits for Companies
In brief, businesses will benefit from:
- Improved payment reconciliation process
- Increased efficiency of e-invoicing
- Optimized working capital and minimized external financing
- Predictability
- Fewer late payments
- Fast invoice payments
- Improved liquidity and cash management capabilities
- Enhanced e-commerce
- Reduced financial risk
Opportunity alert: benefiting from improved cash flow and immediate payment status update, companies can also achieve discounts for the early settlement of commitments.
Moreover, as instant payments are widely made available throughout Europe, they will become the #1 replacement for more expensive payment methods, such as credit cards, both online and at the point of sale.
Consumers want their orders processed un-intrusively and instantaneously, therefore merchants could implement an instant payments solution, passing the demand to suppliers immediately, extending the B2C real-time need towards B2B. Banks play the role of providing a relevant service to their corporate customers, gaining new business, while corporates address the current needs of modern people.
The sooner, the better, no doubt about that, so… keen to find out more about FinTP-Instant?
Book an appointment now with one of our consultants and get a head start over the competition! We are open to a quick conversation to help explore business opportunities in the light of options offered by this very interesting market initiative.
*FinOps Suite is the business name of the software solution being developed within our Treasure Open Source Software (TOSS) project. This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the Competitiveness Operational Programme 2014-2020, Priority Axis 2 “Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for a competitive digital economy”.
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Pentru informatii detaliate despre celelalte programe cofinantate de Uniunea Europeana, va invitam sa vizitati www.fonduri-ue.ro. Continutul acestui material nu reprezinta in mod obligatoriu pozitia oficiala a Uniunii Europene sau a Guvernului Romaniei. Proiect finantat in cadrul POC, Axa prioritara 2, Acțiunea 2.1, Prioritate de investitii 2b. Cod MySMIS: 115724, Nr. Contract Finantare: 101/16.08.2017.
