GoKawiilFinance leaders warn faster payments can slow down reconciliation and closing processes
An opinion piece by a payments executive argues that speeding up payment settlement does not automatically speed up a company's finance operations. Drawing on experience running Tyler Petroleum, the author notes that using multiple payment providers for different vendors created extra tracking and reconciliation burdens even as individual payments cleared faster. The piece cites the Federal Reserve's distinction between clearing (information movement) and settlement (fund movement) to explain why faster transfers can shift bottlenecks downstream to accounting teams.
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The argument suggests that companies evaluating payment technology should weigh reconciliation and reporting complexity, not just transaction speed, when adopting new payment methods or providers. It implies that adding multiple payment systems could create hidden operational costs in finance departments, even if it appears to improve customer- or vendor-facing speed. This framing could inform how businesses assess payment vendor consolidation as they adapt to a growing number of payment options cited in 2025 Federal Reserve research.
- Payment speed and reconciliation speed are described as two separate 'clocks' that must both improve for real efficiency gains.
- Using multiple payment providers reportedly increased tracking and matching burdens at Tyler Petroleum despite faster settlement.
- The Federal Reserve distinguishes between clearing (information) and settlement (funds), a distinction the author says businesses often overlook.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Sabeer Nelli, 2026-10-18
Published there as: “Your Payments Got Faster. So Why Didn’t Your Finance Team?”
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