Sentenial and SunGard have developed a SEPA Direct Debit
solution that can centralise direct debit and payment processes
across a corporate’s eurozone network.

Sean Fitzgerald, CEO of Sentenial, said:

 “The move to combine SunGard’s AvantGard with Sentenial’s
Origix Corporate is reflective of the increased industry demand for
solutions that completely address the SEPA end-date challenge.”

The two vendors have also investigated the impact that SEPA will
have on corporates’ IT systems and identified the top 10 IT trends
and challenges.

These include the adoption of SEPA Direct Debits, which “could
be an unexpectedly large project for many corporations due to the
many variables involved with implementing and integrating a SEPA
solution with a variety of back-office accounting and CRM
systems.”

Other trends identified by Sentenial and SunGard include a lack
of a dedicated budget for SEPA projects because some corporate do
not realise how complex a migration will be; migrating customer
records to IBAN and sustaining a uniformity in CRM systems, as well
as:

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  • Massive CRM and ERP databases of large creditors. These
    creditors may face challenges in migrating to SEPA due to the bulk
    of data.

    Treasurers’ requirement for a complete mandate management system,
    including one that contains relevant mandate data every time a
    payment needs to be collected.

  • A rising interest in integrated collection and payment hubs
    among corporates to benefit from a single payment standard by
    reducing IT costs and other resources.
  • Using “a small number of cash management banks” to process euro
    transactions and using ISO 20022 messages for automated
    reconciliation.