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AFP's Enterprise Payments Virtual Series focused on innovating accounts payable and accounts receivable processes. In this series, we unlocked ways to modernize and revolutionize enterprise payments with automation, AI and more.
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The ISO 20022 Deadline Is Approaching… Is Your AP Function Ready?
After over two decades of planning and preparation, migration to the ISO 20022 standard for financial messaging has finally arrived for U.S. businesses. Two critical deadlines are fast approaching for ISO 20022 conversion. While those deadlines are primarily for the banks, if companies haven’t also migrated to the new standard for their international and domestic wire payments, operations will soon become more costly and less efficient.
Embracing Automation Without Fear
Automation is not about machines taking over—it’s about making processes faster, more accurate, and less stressful. Automation handles repetitive, low-value tasks, allowing AP and AR teams to focus on more strategic work. This session will provide an in-depth look at why enterprise payments teams need to embrace automation.
Overcoming Check Challenges for AP and AR
With efforts by both the federal government and payments industry stakeholders, the days of check payments appear to be numbered. However, the United States has been trying to phase out checks for decades and they’re still in use. In this panel discussion, we will explore the challenges that check payments pose for both AP and AR teams.
11 - 11:40AM ET
The ISO 20022 Deadline Is Approaching… Is Your AP Function Ready?
After over two decades of planning and preparation, migration to the ISO 20022 standard for financial messaging has finally arrived for U.S. businesses. Two critical deadlines are fast approaching for ISO 20022 conversion – Fedwire on July 14 and Swift on November 22. While those deadlines are primarily for the banks, if companies haven’t also migrated to the new standard for their international and domestic wire payments, operations will soon become more costly and less efficient. In this session, the head of global payments for Delta Airlines provides an in-depth view of how his team converted its international and domestic payables to ISO 20022.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand why your organization shouldn’t wait to migrate to ISO 20022
- Learn what your AP team needs to do to ensure that payables are ISO 20022-ready
12 - 12:40PM ET
How AI Agents Will Transform Accounts Receivable
Despite the impact AI has had on transforming every function in the business, AR is still a highly manual process in most companies. This session explores how automation and AI can dramatically improve efficiencies in AR both today and tomorrow. We'll look at when we can expect the order to cash process to be fully automated, opportunities for Agents in the receivables stack, and how finance leaders can successfully automate routine tasks now while preparing their teams for future improvements in AI for AR.
Key Takeaways:
- Gain an understanding on aspects of the AR process that can be automated now
- Explore ways to position your finance team to implement future AI innovations well
1 - 1:40PM ET
Embracing Automation Without Fear
Automation is not about machines taking over—it’s about making processes faster, more accurate, and less stressful. Automation handles repetitive, low-value tasks, allowing AP and AR teams to focus on more strategic work. This session provides an in-depth look at why enterprise payments teams need to embrace automation.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn best practices for making AR more efficient
- Understand how automating key processes allows AR teams to participate in strategic work
2 - 2:40PM ET
Overcoming Check Challenges for AP and AR
With both the federal government and payments industry stakeholders making efforts to reduce check usage, the days of check payments appear to be numbered. However, the United States has been trying to phase out checks for decades and they’re still in use. As new payment methods proliferate, many AP and AR departments would like to do away with checks if possible. In this panel discussion, explore the challenges that check payments pose for both AP and AR teams.
Key Takeaways:
- Review how key efforts by the government and the private sector are attempting to phase out checks
- Learn how both AP and AR teams are improving processes around check payments