While most Kyriba clients use the payments module, there remain opportunities to standardize payment connectivity and technology by using Kyriba as a payment hub. In this session, American Express Global Business and Sempra Energy will discuss how they use Kyriba not only for treasury payments, but also for routing ERP payments through the system to standardize controls, improve visibility and reduce costs.

1. Control, Compliance and
Efficiency
Why We Implemented
Payments in Kyriba
Lance Gartner, Sempra Energy
Emily Heard, American Express Global Business Travel
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Lance Gartner
Sempra Energy

3. Sempra Payments Overview
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US and International Operations
Live
Current Implementation

4. US Operations – Treasury Payments
Payment Module Feature
• Personalized Entry Templates
• Token-based Approval Rights
• 3rd Party Approval Process with
Dual Admin (Vendor Admin)
• Restricted Access for One-Time 3rd
Party Payment
• Budget Code Mapping
• Debt Settlement Workflow
Attribute
• Internal Control, Efficiency
• Internal Control
• Internal Control
• Internal Control
• Efficiency, Cash Visibility
• Internal Control, Efficiency, Cash
Visibility
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5. US Operations – ERP Payments
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Payment Module Features
• ERP Integration
• Encrypted AMEX Blind Routing
• Payment Summary Reporting
Attribute
• Internal Control, Efficiency, Cash
Visibility, STP
• Internal Control, Efficiency
• Efficiency

6. International Operations
Netherlands – Key Features
• One Module / 3 Groups
• Data Permissions Enabled
• Personalized Entry Templates
• Centralized Review Process (US&MX)
Mexico – Key Features
• Initiate / Release 7 Operational Banks
• Multiple Connectivity Channels
• Multiple Payment Options
Attribute
• Efficiency
• Internal Control
• Internal Control, Efficiency
• Internal Control, Efficiency
Attribute
• Internal Control, Efficiency
• Flexible to Operations
• Flexible to Operations
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7. Summary – Benefits for Sempra Energy
Operational Efficiencies
• ERP connectivity enables straight through processing
• Enhanced Cash Flow Forecasting with payment templates and budget code
mapping
• No need to log into multiple banks to initiate and release payments
Enhanced Controls
• Data permission and access profile features allows for customized control
setup that can be flexible to operations. (Vendor management, debt settlement,
data segregation)
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8. Summary – Benefits for Sempra Energy
Scalable
• As business units become more complex, the payment module allows your
treasury department to scale.
• As entities and accounts get added, we have a streamlined process to onboard
and bring payments into the automated workflow.
Cost Savings
• Automating payments reduces manual labor for tracking, initiating, approving,
scanning/storing, managing audit requests, manual forecast updates, reduce
bank services.
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Emily Heard
American Express Global Business Travel

10. American Express Global Business Travel
History
• GBT was spun out from American Express in 2014
ØInitially “former parent” managed all payments & connectivity
ØGBT needed to setup own operations, processes, ERP,
connectivity
• Selected NetSuite as ERP
• Tried to process payments directly from NetSuite
Ø Hired consultants who started building FTP connections from
scratch
Ø First bank took 18 months – needed help!
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11. American Express Global Business Travel
Enter: Kyriba
• Payment factory was the primary motivation for selecting Kyriba
• Kyriba was a NetSuite Partner with a “NetSuite Bridge”
Ø Could import payment files from NetSuite
Ø Format transformation – to formats required by each GBT bank
Ø Bank connectivity – could manage all the connectivity for GBT
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12. American Express Global Business Travel
Payments Overview
Global Operations
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35 Countries 85 Banks 200+ Accounts
250,000 Payments
per month

13. International Operations
Payment Factory Feature
• NetSuite Integration (STP)
• Kyriba maintenance of bank formats
• Kyriba owns connectivity to the banks
Payment Module Feature
• Management of Bank Accounts
• Track end-to-end cash movement
Kyriba Feature
• Enhanced Audit Package
• Premium Support
Benefit to GBT
• Control, Compliance, efficiency
• Efficiency, Cost
• Control, Efficiency, Cost
Benefit to GBT
• Control, Efficiency, Compliance
• Control, Efficiency, Compliance
Benefit to GBT
• Control, Compliance, Efficiency
• Efficiency, Control
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14. Summary – AMEX GBT Benefits
Operational Efficiencies
• ERP Connectivity enables straight through processing
• Bank Account Management of 200 accounts; 85 banks with 2 headcount
• Premium Support – monitors 250K payments per month
Enhanced Controls
• Track cash from beginning to end
• Payment failures are easy to track and correct
• Enhanced Audit package – Audit process was simple and easy (from
Treasury/AP perspective)
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15. Summary – AMEX GBT Benefits
Scalable
• No processing issues and Kyriba has been able to support 250K
transactions per month
• Premium Support – enables AMEX to scale with limited resources
Cost Savings
• Automating payments reduces manual labor for tracking/initiating..etc..
• Reduction of IT support needed for formatting requirements
• Maintenance of connectivity eliminates need for additional IT support
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Questions?

17. THANK YOU
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