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Electronic Payment Systems: The Complete Guide

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Invoices must be manually created, printed, and mailed; then you wait for the customer to open the envelope, enter the invoice into his or her own system, process the invoice, print a check, and mail it to your company; then your staff has to open the envelope, deposit the check, and match the payment to the outstanding invoice.

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The Complete Guide to Electronic Payment Systems

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In 2017, 3.3 According to AFP, over the past decade, fraud risk for checks has spiked—rising from 60% in 2013 to 78% in 2017. After information is electronically extracted from the invoice, it goes through your pre-determined approval process. After the invoice is approved, payments are disbursed. from last year.

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AP Automation Expert Rhonda Greene on Year-End Closing Best Practices

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This is important, especially for year-end, because the AP department is tasked with accounting for every single invoice for the calendar year and ensuring they are entered correctly into the accounting system. I used to have piles of invoices sitting around that I would have to account for and accrue in a spreadsheet.

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