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Skyscend uses AI to Revolutionize Invoice Management

Skyscend has recently launched the revolutionary SaaS (Software as a Service) offering in the form of Skyscend Pay. The given SaaS-based invoice management system aims at leveraging the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for removing friction that exists in invoice processing. The utilization of this high-end technology allows for smart functionalities that tend to be “context-aware.”

Heera Garia –CTO at Skyscend, in an announcement said that, digital transformation is spanning all aspects of modern businesses in every industry vertical out there. At Skyscend, the innovators aim at making use of cutting-edge technology like Artificial Intelligence, mobile-first approach, and blockchain technology for solving specific procurement needs in invoice management.

AI-Powered Invoice Management System

Skyscend Pay is available with a core platform that is known to offer detailed access to information, analytics, and functionalities. Using the advanced invoice management system by Skyscend, the users can go forward with analyzing and managing invoices, talking with customers or vendors, and observing analytics all in a single place. The offering is also available with simple invoice-centric uploads. The solution makes use of the revolutionary Artificial Intelligence technology for importing invoices rather than having the requirement of entering data manually by hand or relying on rule-based OCR or Optical Character Recognition.

In addition to this, the company also reveals that Skyscend Pay will be offering the innovative feature of dynamic discounting. With this feature, the vendors will be allowed to receive the respective funds expediently while providing savings to the end customers. The users can go forward with creating specific terms. However, the given feature can be used for applying one percent of discount for the Net 45 pay term, 2 percent for the Net 30 pay term, and 3 percent for instant payments.

The company also revealed that Skyscend Pay is totally connected with the help of well-utilized ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software as well as procurement networks. At the same time, the product can be customized when it comes to handling unique requirements.

The company Skyscend was set up in the year 2016. The main goal of the company is to offer expense management services across the spectrum of “Source-to-pay.”

Leveraging the Digital Transformation

The advent of high-end digital technologies was not able to bring about major advanced in the field of business procurement mechanisms. The original problems that existed in the same continued to remain as there was the absence of a dedicated SaaS or Software-as-a-Service solution catering to the specific requirements.

AI or Artificial Intelligence has been witnessing significant advancements in the recent era. Quite recently, it has been used in a wide range of applications. As such, Artificial Intelligence can also be observed in the business procurement scenario. Skyscend has stepped forward in the direction of integrating Artificial Intelligence in the respective procurement application. As such, the company finally aims at addressing specific problems that are prevalent with the existing invoicing solutions or applications.

Benefits of Skyscend Pay

Some of the top benefits of Skyscend Pay to look out for are:

  • Quick & Easy Uploading of Invoices: Instead of relying on slow, outdated, and inefficient methods of conventional data entry or fragile and rule-based OCR system, the revolutionary AI-based technology by Skyscend Pay aims at employing cutting-edge mechanisms for intelligently importing invoices. The Artificial Intelligence technology contextually parses existing invoices. As such, even totally novel formats could be understood easily.
  • Effective Correction & Reconciliation of Errors: While dealing with invoices, errors are way too common. In most instances, dealing with errors is known to consume time while involving major conversations between the buyers & suppliers. Even the occurrence of the simplest errors can mostly result in elongated email threads for ensuring that there are no misunderstandings between the parties involved. The Supplier Side Error Correction feature by Skyscend Pay helps in resolving the problem.
  • Fully Integrated with Famous Procurement Networks and ERPs: It is quite difficult to come across the right software solution for meeting the individual needs. At the same time, it is even more difficult to get the given software solution for playing nice with the remaining software stack. With the revolutionary AI-powered Pay software solution by Skyscend, the users can get access to top-notch procurement networks and advanced ERP solutions.
  • Fully Customizable for Addressing Unique Requirements: Skyscend Pay helps in adapting to fulfilling the respective needs of the organization. For instance, the configuration of whether invoice validation is done by the Supplier feature of Skyscend Pay or the AP department of the Buyer. The users can also consider making use of the web-hooks for triggering customized workflows on the series of events.
  • A Centralized Portal with In-Depth Access to Data, Analytics, and Features: Skyscend Pay helps in consolidating data from discreet sources into an easy-to-use, single interface. The advanced functionalities like viewing & managing invoices, communicating with clients or suppliers, and viewing curated analytics –all of these can be implemented without switching any tab.
  • Dynamic Discounting: The given feature helps the suppliers in getting the necessary capital that is required instantly. At the same time, it also helps in offering the much depreciated savings to the respective buyers. While the particular terms tend to be completely configurable by the users, the feature of Dynamic Discounting can be leveraged for optimum use.

About Skyscend

Skyscend is a leading procurement product & service organization led by highly experienced team in the industry. The company goes forward with the goal of helping clients in achieving procurement excellence. Since its inception in the year 2016, the company is committed to spend delivery and management services across the spectrum of source-to-pay.

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MasterCard Introduces Next-Generation Contactless Payments

On 26th January 2021, MasterCard made the announcement that it is going to apply for the revolutionary range of quantum-resistant technologies for the development of next-gen contactless payments. The Ecos or Enhanced Contactless specifications will be the first-ever such technology in the industry. It helps in ensuring that as the dynamic digital landscape continues to evolve, and newer technologies including quantum computing are getting introduced, the technology of contactless payments will be future-proofed. At the same time, it also helps in ensuring that consumers would continue enjoying the same higher levels of security as well as convenience they have in the modern era, for several years to come.

The overall demand for safer, more convenient, and faster ways of payment has ignited the transition to the technology of contactless payments. At the same time, it is expected that the given trend will only grow in the coming years. As a matter of fact, during the 3rd quarter of 2020, contactless payments accounted for around 41 percent of transactions related to in-person purchases across the globe –witnessing an overall increase of 30 percent in comparison to the previous year.

MasterCard Introducing the Revolutionary Contactless Payment Technology

MasterCard has been accelerating the overall shift to the concept of contactless payment for several years. At the same time, the leading payment giant has been developing high-end specifications in the form of Ecos for supporting efforts related to industry standardization. At the same time, it can also help in ensuring that the overall ecosystem tends to benefit from increasing security levels.

Ajay Bhalla –President of Cyber & Intelligence at MasterCard, says that contactless technology serves to be the present as well as the future of in-person payments. The year 2020 had been responsible for bringing with it a significant rise of digitization while reinforcing the overall significance of digital solutions. One major instance of the given solution is contactless technology for helping in meeting the everyday needs. As the given ecosystem continues evolving, an increasing number of connected devices as well as the IoT (Internet of Things) are going to yield improved user demands. At the same time, it can also help in creating a greater need for continuous innovation for building next-gen capability while ensuring that technology would never outgrow trust.

Benefits of Ecos

With the help of Ecos or Enhanced Contactless specifications, some potential benefits to look out for are:

  • Improved Convenience: Over the passage of time, it is estimated that the respective in-store shopping experience will become contactless only. The latest specifications will help in delivering the assurance that any device is truly capable of serving as a payment device while getting rid of the overall need for the backup swiping or dipping of the card.
  • Improved Privacy: The all-new specifications will be helpful in delivering advanced protection when the existing account information will be getting shared between the digital wallet or card and the final checkout terminal. Ecos helps in building on the improved requirements for supporting a myriad of privacy regulations.
  • Improved Trust: Ecos is known to make use of the all-new quantum-resistant technology for delivering advanced algorithms as well as cryptography major strengths. At the same time, it also helps in maintaining the contactless interaction under the value of half a second.

As the all-new specifications get activated in the period of coming years, merchants as well as consumers can expect hassle-free transactions. Mobile payments, digital wallets, point-of-sale terminals, and contactless cards are going to continue working as they are doing in the modern era. Moreover, the overall compatibility with Ecos, along with the ongoing contactless specifications is going to be simple & straightforward.

Ecos is known to work behind the existing scenes while being delivered through some software upgrade. As such, no terminals or hardware specifications are required. The given investment tends to complement similar investments in the form of Click-to-pay, 3-D secure, and token technologies for delivering an improved merchant as well as consumer experience.

The Ever-increasing Demand for Contactless Payments

The overall demand for contactless payments is going strong and is increasing with each passing day. It is estimated that around 15 percent of the respective in-store purchases across the globe make use of the given technology. Realizing the immense opportunity to speed up the process of adoption, MasterCard has come up with a proper roadmap for setting out the specific requirements:

  • After the period of October 2018, acceptance terminals that are relatively newer in countries like Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Europe will be featuring the EMV chip while being contactless enabled.
  • After the period of April 2019, the cards that are issued new in the countries like Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America will be featuring EMV chip as well as the revolutionary contactless technology
  • By the time of April 2023, all the respective merchant terminals in countries like the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Latin America will be featuring the EMV chip while being contactless-enabled

Markets across the countries of Africa and the Middle East have already embraced and implemented the high-end technology of contactless payments. The given momentum is expected to receive more momentum with the acceleration of the acceptance landscape in the given region.

Foundation for Improved Security and Enhanced Growth

In the modern digital world, transactions are going to get smarter. At the core of the given fact is dynamic authentication in which every transaction would be incorporating unique information. It would also make it virtually impossible to replicate. This helps in reducing the overall risk of ensuring fraudulent transactions.

As the issuers would be evolving the respective offerings with the merchants upgrading the existing terminals, the modern payment system will be becoming more secure. This is because the given form of dynamic data gets introduced into the payment transaction. As such, the roadmap by MasterCard aims at strongly encouraging the overall adoption of the most secure available technologies.