Payment Challenges for International Events and Their Solutions

Payment Challenges for International Events and Their Solutions

Entering new horizons as an event organizer can bring exciting new possibilities. You’re finally landing those big international conferences, signing contracts with overseas speakers and coordinating some high-profile multinational corporate gatherings. You’re scaling up the ladder and things seem to be progressing just fine. However, for nearly every cross-border event that you take on, comes with it a persistent headache: international payment processing.

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Best Practices to Adopt Digital Payments for Research Conferences

Digital Payments and Invoicing for Research Conferences: Best Practices

The advent of digital payment systems has brought with it some remarkable possibilities for conference organizers. This is especially true for managers of research conferences who previously drowned in a sea of payment reconciliation spreadsheets and manual invoice generation. Some payments arrive as wire transfers, while others come through credit cards; most are processed correctly, but some mysteriously vanish into banking limbo.

The choice of payment methods that international attendees prefer also warrants mild interest. Some others pay twice, just to be sure their registration went through.
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