Payment processing is one of the key operations for every business. A comprehensive, well-organized summary of your transactions between suppliers and customers is crucial in ensuring that your business' finances are in order. It also assists in avoiding unnecessary problems during month-end and quarterly reporting periods.
Experience and the reality of running a successful business prove to us that managing our finances can be a daunting challenge. In many companies, the question “What did our customer pay us for?”, is asked every day. As a result, accounting departments spend a lot of time billing and processing payments. This often involves direct communication with clients – thousands of emails and hundreds of hours on the phone. Even when clients specify what their payment is for, it is often necessary to manually clear their invoices in the financial/accounting system.
All this requires a valuable resource – employee time – time that can be saved. This is precisely why Settlink was developed!
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then Settlink is for you.
Our service is designed for businesses that regularly conduct transfers for many invoices or receive those types of transfers.
Business scenarios with Settlink
When making a payment, Settlink receives a complete list of invoice numbers. Consequently, it assigns a unique identifier to the bank transfer description.
Incoming payments by the payer are reflected on the payee's account.
When processing a bank statement, the financial/accouting system automatically recognizes the unique Settlink ID number and retrieves the associated list of invoices.
This information allows for the processing of incoming payments and automatic invoice clearing, for which the payment pertains to.
Before making a mass payment, the customer/payer submits a list of invoice numbers (with the help of our service's form). The corresponding identifier is then manually saved in the bank transfer description that is being made to the payee.
Incoming payments are reflected on the payee's account.
When processing a bank statement, the financial/accouting system recognizes the unique Settlink ID number and retrieves the associated list of invoices.
This information allows for the processing of incoming payments and automatic invoice clearing, for which the payment pertains to.
Before making a mass payment, the customer/payer submits a list of invoice numbers (with the help of our service's form). The corresponding identifier is then manually saved in the bank transfer description that is being made to the payee.
Incoming payments are reflected on the payee's account
The payee recognizes the unique Settlink ID number in the bank transfer description. Upon logging into the service, a list of invoices associated with that ID is retrieved. The obtained information is then used to settle incoming payments in the customer's own financial/accounting system.
The diversity that exists on the financial/accounting systems market, led us to one of our main goals: unifying and simplifying communication regardless of the various systems used by our clients.
The result of our work is API, which can be utilized by any system with an internet connection.
API uses REST, which makes it possible to easily exchange data in real time.
We currently offer a ready solution for SAP ERP. Please contact us for more information regarding the time, requirements and costs associated with this service.
Does your company use a different system? Please contact us to learn how integration is possible with Settlink.
The main objective during the design process of our service was the issue of data security. In this regard, Settlink does not require any sensitive information. Users do not need to specify the transfer amount, number of invoices, dates, and payer or payee details. The only required information is the list of invoice numbers, which is does not represent anything of value, except to the payer or payee. The simplicity of the service is also one of its greatest strengths – we did not want to create another system that would waste yours, your employees' and your business partners' valuable time.
No, invoice information is only available to registered users that have an active subscription. Moreover, the same information cannot be accessed by different users.
Full integration with SAP ERP takes about three or four days, as long as the system is configured to make automatic outgoing payments and and process electronic bank statements. However, for certain custom systems, implementation can take longer. Everything depends on the client's system configuration and number or character of additional enhancements in place.
Yes, upon logging into the service, a registered user gains access to a panel, where they are able to view a history of made and received payments.
Registration is not required if you only wish to generate payment summaries for your suppliers. However, it is required for all parties that wish to access invoice numbers with payment summaries.
Yes, we are able to customize solutions for our clients that specific requirements to be met when generating payment summaries. For example, a minimum number of invoices for certain payment.