7 Small Business Payment Options to Keep Customers Happy

Two people work at a desk, one using a calculator and papers, the other holding a tablet with charts, surrounded by documents.

Summary: Choosing the right small business payment options is essential to your company’s health and survival. Many small organizations suffer from late or unpaid invoices, which impacts cash on hand and other basic company operations. Many companies are diversifying their payment channels and methods for more choice and faster payment capture. Common online payment options for small business include: Both …

Increase Digital Engagement on eSignatures and Payments

Increase Digital Engagement on eSignatures and Payments

Is your company struggling to get customers to sign contracts or make payments in a timely manner? Digital engagement is the key to more signed contracts, closed deals, and completed payments. A solid digital engagement plan: Encourages higher response rates from the requests you send by using email and SMS channels. Speeds up interactions, from esignatures and document delivery to …

Digital Customer Journey Mapping to Improve Payment Experience

Digital Customer Journey Mapping to Improve Payment Experience

In debt collection, the root to higher payments and more success closing accounts is helping consumers solve their problems. If you don’t know the struggles they face, however, you can’t achieve this goal. Understanding the digital customer journey consumers take during their payment experience can help your agency understand where you’re succeeding and – more importantly – where potential payments …

Use Pay by Text (and More!) to Engage and Delight Customers

Man in a patterned shirt sits indoors, looking down and smiling slightly while holding a smartphone in both hands near a bright window.

Consumer preferences have changed. Most people want the fastest, easiest way to interact with your company – that means paper statements and telephone calls shouldn’t be your only way to engage with customers. Allowing consumers to pay by text is an excellent tool to reach consumers, boost engagement numbers and ultimately collect more payments on time.Use Cases For Text Messaging …

8 Digital Methods of Payment to Upgrade Customer Experience

Large smartphone with a QR code on the screen, surrounded by people using devices, coins, a bank card, and finance and security icons.

There’s nothing more frustrating than customers failing to pay you on time for goods or services you’ve already provided. Fortunately, emerging technology options and methods of payment can shorten the average number of days it takes to collect a bill. Adopting omnichannel payment methods makes it easy for everyone to pay the way they prefer, from younger digital natives who …

How to Improve Customer Experience in Accounts Receivable

How to Improve Customer Experience in Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable businesses have a unique relationship with consumers. Often, you find yourselves collecting a bill that consumers may not be excited to pay for a good or service that has already been delivered. Making payment as easy as possible will go a long way towards fast resolution and higher debt recovery rates.  Understanding the basic elements of how to …

10 Customer Experience Statistics For Accounts Receivable

10 Customer Experience Statistics for Accounts Receivable

Poor customer experience negatively impacts companies every day – whether they realize it or not. However, the accounts receivable industry is seeing a shift in focus to prioritize consumers. If your AR company hasn’t made the shift yet, here are ten customer experience statistics that may change your mind.Impact of Negative Customer Service on Business Negative customer experience can severely …