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G iving clients more options to pay you results in faster payment. Consumers like

using credit cards when their checking account is running on fumes, while a growing number of businesses prefer paying by ACH (echeck) for security reasons. However, third-party payment providers often charge fees and take a few days to release funds.

Abacus Payment Exchange ... in One SentenceLaunched recently, AbacusNext’s Abacus Payment Exchange (APX) is a payment processing platform that works within the company’s AbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney, and Amicus Online practice management systems.

The Killer FeatureAPX addresses many complaints law firms have about payment providers. There’s no contract, no monthly fees, no monthly minimums, and no additional fees for premium credit cards. Ins-tead, APX charges a flat 3% of each credit card

transaction. ACH payments sail through free of charge. In most cases, APX deposits payments into your designated bank account overnight.

“APX is convenient and easy to use when clients want to pay with credit card,” said Ohio-based lawyer Norman J. Ullom-Morse. “It costs us substantially less than the previous vendor we used. It also works really well in the cloud environment. At this point, APX has become a necessity for my practice.”

Other Notable FeaturesAbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney, and Amicus Online contain an onboarding wizard for APX. This wizard auto-fills much of the required information such as your firm’s address. You can finish the signup process anytime in case you need to retrieve information.

The wizard verifies and authenticates your credit rating through Vantage, an independent

Abacus Payment Exchange Adds Payment Processing to AbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney,and Amicus OnlineBy Neil J. SquillanteAugust 23, 2017

“APX is convenient and easy to use when clients want to pay with credit card,” said

Ohio-based lawyer Norman J. Ullom-Morse.“It costs us substantially less than the previous

vendor we used. It also works really well in the cloud environment. At this point, APX has

become a necessity for my practice.”

APX Onboarding Wizard

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underwriter. For example, you may need to identify previous residences or vehicles. Most applications are approved within a day. APX is not privy to any of this information.

APX supports both operating and trust accounts. Accordingly, APX can deposit payments into a trust account, and deduct the 3% fee from your operating account. APX never deducts fees from trust accounts to comply with ethics rules.

In each respective practice mana-gement system, you can store a default payment method for each client to save keystrokes. You can always override this setting. APX emails clients a receipt confirming payment. With most providers, disputed charges (chargebacks) get sent to you. By contrast, APX receives chargebacks on your behalf and offers integrated tools for responding to and resolving these disputes.

The financial reports in AbacusLaw, Amicus Attorney, and Amicus Online now include APX payment data so you can assess its

impact on receivables aging. “Our clients have been telling us that that invoicing and getting paid is one of the hardest parts of a legal professional’s job,” said AbacusNext CEO Alessandra Lezama. “APX solves these payment and invoicing challenges within the industry-leading case management software.”

What Else Should You Know?APX is PCI-compliant and securely stores all payment information in its datacenters. No payment information resides in your practice management system.

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“Our clients have been telling usthat that invoicing and getting paid

is one of the hardest partsof a legal professional’s job,” said

AbacusNext CEO Alessandra Lezama.“APX solves these payment and invoicing

challenges within the industry-leadingcase management software.”