Billing & Payments

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How do you currently deal with multiple pricing models, promotions and discounts? How are you adding or dropping services for customers? How you respond to these business challenges, grow your business and better support your customers may be a critical factor in your ability to compete in today's market.

Traditional billing systems lock your business into one method of computing charges or allow you to charge for only a single service/plan. To compete in today's dynamic marketplace, you need a billing solution that delivers sophisticated functionality, drives revenue to your business, and makes sense to customers.

Invoicing Engine

Aria's Invoicing Engine supports the widest range of billing scenarios on the market and includes the following components: calculation, usage rating, taxation, and invoice presentation.

Calculate charges automatically via Aria's billing engine and post to the user's account in real time.
Accept metered data feeds in nearly any measurable unit (time - seconds, minutes, hours; data - bit, megabyte, gigabyte; area - inches, feet, miles; etc.) and match metered data with corresponding charge in a client's product and service plan for inclusion in an invoice.
Apply country, state, and federal taxes based upon the billing address of the account.
Support worldwide currency and symbols and offer customers the option to settle in a currency other than that of the charge itself (this feature is offered by select Payment Processors).
Present invoices featuring your company branding and style with Aria's customizable templates.

Payment Engine

Aria's Payment Engine facilitates the entire capture-to-cash cycle by incorporating payment collection, payment processing and exception management (dunning) into a single efficient module.

Process transactions to authorize, manage, and support all major credit cards, debit cards, third-party payment services, and electronic checks. Forward Net Terms invoices (if applicable) to the Client via a secure method for ultimate fulfillment and delivery.
Aria Systems has established partnerships with reputable global payment processors in order to guarantee that our clients experience reliable and secure transaction support services.
Process overdue accounts automatically through Aria's dunning engine based on your business rules and preferences. Customize dunning plans according to specific plans and/or payment methods.

Simplify Payment and Collection Efforts

Aria's billing platform is built to automate the key business processes that capture earned revenue and improve cash flow. In addition to being more timely and efficient, automated processes also increase the likelihood of successful collection attempts and while decreasing the days outstanding for accounts receivable.

Increase operating efficiency by automating collection processes.
Avoid fraud and ensure compliance with credit card industry standards with Aria's highly secure payment processing engine and strict data standards.
Offer customers a variety of payment processing options and capitalize on Aria's existing relationships with reputable payment partners.

Automate Responses to Customer Events

Aria proactively monitors customer accounts and drives "best practices" workflows to respond to customer events (i.e. cancellations, upgrades, downgrades) and avoid revenue loss from customer churn. Automated Exception Management improves collections by proactively tracking, contacting and resolving issues related to expired credit cards, late payments, or violations of business rules in advance of an actual event.