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Authorize.Net

How To Leverage Authorize.Net Webhooks with Datatel's IVR Payments / Pay-By-Phone xPress for Real-Time Payment Notifications and Business process automation

When you combine Datatel's Automated Pay-By-Phone xPress with Authorize.net's Webhooks you can optimize your accounting and operation processes so they are faster, simpler, and more efficient.

Posted: August 12, 2019

Payment Security

Employee Perpetrated Data Breach Compromises 2.7 Million Customer Records

Despite the best efforts of businesses to beef up their internet security, hacks, data breaches and cyber-attacks continue to be a serious threat to their customers' sensitive and confidential information, particularly their credit card data.

Posted: July 19, 2019

Data Breaches and Cyber-attacks Highlight the Need for Securing All Payment Channels

Despite the best efforts of businesses to beef up their internet security, hacks, data breaches and cyber-attacks continue to be a serious threat to their customers' sensitive and confidential information, particularly their credit card data.

Posted: June 19, 2019

Payments

IVR Payments – How Having Multiple Payment Channels Makes Bill Payment Faster and Easier

A massive data breach recently was discovered at Desjardins, one of the largest federations of credit unions in North America. Information related to names, addresses, birth dates, social insurance numbers, email addresses and information about transaction habits of 2.7 million group members and 173,000 business customers were compromised. The data breach was perpetrated by an employee who since has been fired.

Posted: June 26, 2019

Customer Communications

TXT Messaging Adoption in Healthcare and Insurance IVR Payments

An in-depth analysis that focused on the healthcare and insurance industries. We looked specifically at the behavior of customers (Insurance) and patients (Healthcare) when making payments by phone (calling in to an Automated IVR Payments line) and when they were provided with the option to receive a confirmation of payment directly to their mobile phone via Text Messaging (SMS).

Posted: March 18, 2019

What Studies Are Saying About Engaging Your Customers

A recent study conducted by Datatel shows that clients across multiple industries offering IVR Payments experience a 65% SMS Text Payment receipt opt-in, and growing

Posted: December 01, 2016

IVR Payments

Study: How Much is it Costing You to Process Payments Manually Over the Phone

A Study Demonstrates how IVR Payments (Pay-By-Phone) delivers substantial cost reduction to small and medium size businesses that are currently relying on employees to handle calls from customers wishing to pay their bills over the telephone.

Posted: February 26, 2019

How IVR Payments Can Save Your Organization Thousands Of Dollars A Year

Automated Pay-By-Phone Payments can address PCI compliance requirements, reduce work load by hundreds of hours and save organizations and businesses thousands of dollars a year.

Posted: March 02, 2018

Why 24/7 Payments By Phone Matter

Automated Pay-By-Phone (IVR Payments), can help businesses to meet the growing consumer expectation of 24/7 service, increase payment activity, reduce payment delays, and keep operational costs in check.

Posted: January 22, 2018

How Do IVR Payments Work? The Basics

IVR Payments (Interactive Voice Response) also know as Pay-By-Phone is a technology that allows customers to make payment for bills, fees, contributions over the telephone by interacting with an automated system.

Posted: January 18, 2018

Automation Replaces Agents to Meet PCI Compliance

City operated utility companies are replacing live agents with automation to meet PCI compliance requirements

Posted: June 20, 2017

PCI Compliance Can Lead To Hidden Cost Savings

Disguised in this maze of analysis, evaluations and decisions that managers must make, is the potential of exponential cost savings. With On-Demand Pay-By-Phone you can shift agent time to automation time

Posted: March 07, 2017

How Can IVR Help You With Your PCI Compliance

If your business is accepting credit cards as a form of payment for good and services over the telephone either collected by live agents or using an automated IVR you MUST be PCI Compliant

Posted: December 21, 2016

How Engaging Callers With The Right Information Can Increase the Payment Completion Rate

Getting a customer to pay a bill is not always an easy task. By following a few simple principles you can optimize your callers experience resulting higher customer satisfaction

Posted: September 09, 2016

IVR Payments Healthcare

How IVR Payment Technology and Automation Can Save Medical Practices Money and Improve Efficiency

IVR Payments by phone cost a fraction of what processing payments over the phone by live agents does and can operate 24/7/365. Various studies have demonstrated that approximately 30% or more of patients choose to make bill payments after hours when that option is available.

Posted: December 11, 2018

IVR Payment Technology Helps Medical Practices with HIPAA Security Requirements

Findings from a poll taken of 150 healthcare professionals responsible for HIPAA compliance at organizations with fewer than 500 employees it was discovered that...

Posted: November 19, 2018

Healthcare Providers More Vulnerable Than Ever to Cyber Attacks – The Case for PCI Compliance Now

Healthcare providers have never been more vulnerable to data breaches and cyber attacks. Healthcare is the second largest industry in the U.S. and is even more vulnerable in the sense that not only is hacker meddling costly in terms of time and money, it can threaten lives as well.

Posted: October 26, 2018

Medical Practices Can Significantly Improve Security and Cut Costs with Automated Pay-By-Phone and Payment Reminders

Today more than ever it is important for your patients to know that their personal information is being protected. You can protect your patients credit card information by implementing automated Pay-By-Phone technology (IVR Payments) which removes your staff from handling sensitive information. This enables you to enhance your practice's level of security and help you achieve PCI compliance.

Posted: October 22, 2018

IVR Payments (Pay-By-Phone) For Medical Practices The Basics

Automated Pay-by-Phone provides patients with a way to make bill payment 24/7 over the phone. Medical practices can significantly reduce operational costs by shifting tasks from higher-cost staff to automation.

Posted: September 10, 2018

How Pay-By-Phone Can Help Healthcare Providers with PCI Compliance

The way healthcare providers take payment with credit cards is undergoing significant and continuous change as a result of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) security requirements, and the efforts of PCI Security Standard Council to secure credit card holder information.

Posted: July 05, 2017

Payment Reminders

Cash Flow Acceleration! Improve Invoice-to-Cash Collection with Data Driven Communications

By implementing algorithmic collections communication, businesses and organizations can help improve collections and reduce outstanding receivables, while maintaining positive customer relations. The end result is an optimized business financial performance

Posted: October 17, 2018

IVR Employee Tracking & Safety

Case Study: Employee Tracking & Safety - AHU

IVR Employee Tracking & Safety: reduced administrative costs associated with Employee Safety Tracking and Response processes by over 80%

Posted: September 06, 2016

IVR Business Applications

IVR For Facilities Management

How IVR can help large tenants and landlords to quickly respond and resolve facility problems in order to run their businesses efficiently and successfully.

Posted: May 08, 2016

IVR Customer Experience

How To Improve Your Customers Experience When Calling In To Your IVR.

How To Improve Your Customers Experience When Calling In To Your IVR.

Posted: October 21, 2015

IVR Surveys

Writing Your IVR Survey Script: Quick Tips

When translating your paper or web-based survey into an IVR-friendly script, try to re-write it as if you're the caller. What would keep you engaged and interested in continuing?

Posted: January 13, 2010

Selecting The Right Voice Talent For Your IVR Survey

Selecting Voice Talent for your IVR survey is a key consideration, as she/he will be representing your company; she/he is your spokesperson.

Posted: November 27, 2009

Your IVR Survey Project - How You Can Get More People To Participate

If you are running a survey using IVR, or planning on doing so, here are a few things you can be doing to increase the number of people who want to participate in your IVR survey

Posted: September 09, 2009

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