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RESOLVE VARIOUS CHECK STATUSBy Raza Muhammad [email protected]
CS/SE 6361, Fall 2014
Executive Master’s of Science in Software Engineering
Under the guidance of dr. Lawrence Chung
University of Texas at Dallas
INTRODUCTION
A2Z Payments is the world's leading processor of payment disbursement and reconciliation solutions. A2Z Payments operates a global payment network and is dedicated to the creation of authentic services including commission receipt and disbursement; foreign currency exchange; invoicing; and reconciliation and tracking.
A2Z Payments currently facilitates in excess of $90 million in payments annually, serving more than 20,000 properties, as well as 40,000 travel distributors in nearly 170 countries. In addition to A2Z Payments' headquarters in Fort worth, Texas, it has regional hubs in London, Singapore, New York and Europe.
INTRODUCTION – SERVICES PROVIDED
A2Z Payments provide following services:
Agent Commission ProcessingCommission processing is our industry-leading travel agency service that consolidates commissions from participating suppliers, ensuring timely and accurate payment.
Reconciliation
Reconciliation is a dynamic add-on service for customers using A2Z Payments' agency commission processing service.
Hotel Payment ProcessingOffer the industry's leading commission payment solution.
Data ManagementBy processing all commissions through single provider, one can easily track data including booking revenues, account receivables, accounts payables and performance by brand, hotel, branch or agent.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Hotel XYZ receives a report that gives out incorrect information regarding checks being in different statuses. Following issues are reported.
Incorrect check status information i.e. check_reissue, check_canceled etc.
System picks large amount of data on report. There is no date range defined.
No priority set up for check statues
Reason for this issue: There is a bank file received that has different statues but there is no time stamp associated
PROBLEM CONTD.
List of various check statues.
Description StatusCLEARED 1STOP PAYMENT 2STOP PAY REQUEST 3PENDING CHECK 4ISSUED CHECK 5NOT ISSUED 6BREAKAGE 7ESCHEATED 8CREATED 9REISSUED 10REJECT X
PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
Inaccurate status in payment table
payment record received from bank does not have time stamp as mid night
No check final status added to logic
No purge criteria setup
No flag setup for record already sent
Multiple status with same date and time stamp
Various manual updates without update_date entries
SHOULD BE
Demonstrate the ability to create a monthly CR file in the specified format which includes a single entry for each payment meeting the following criteria:
1) all payments associated with XYZ Hotel transaction created in the prior marketing month
2) all payments associated with XYZ Hotel transaction that were not in a final status at the beginning of the prior marketing month.
The statuses reported will Ignore statuses after the end of the prior marketing month.