1. RESOLVE VARIOUS CHECK STATUS By Raza Muhammad rxm14530@utd.edurxm14530@utd.edu 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

2. 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.

3. INTRODUCTION – SERVICES PROVIDED  A2Z Payments provide following services:  Agent Commission Processing Commission processing is our industry-leading travel agency service that consolidates commissions from participating suppliers, ensuring timely and accurate payment. Agent Commission Processing  Reconciliation Reconciliation  Reconciliation is a dynamic add-on service for customers using A2Z Payments' agency commission processing service.  Hotel Payment Processing Offer the industry's leading commission payment solution. Hotel Payment Processing  Data Management By 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.

4. 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

5. PROBLEM CONTD.  List of various check statues.

6. PROCESS FLOW – HIGH LEVEL

7. STAKEHOLDER  A2Z Payments  Hotels  Agencies

8. 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

9. 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.

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