Albany Software, based in Alton, Hampshire, is a leading authority in the e-business market and provides a comprehensive portfolio of strategic solutions designed to enable electronic payments, collections and document delivery. It has already enabled over 12,000 customers in the UK to benefit from process automation, increased efficiency and significant cost reductions.

Albany Software is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Bacs affiliate and Associate of Payment Council, and works closely with Sage, INFOR, IRIS, Access and Intex Software to deliver integrated software solutions that meet the needs of businesses of any type and size.

Customers include Amnesty International, Cancer Research UK, Colchester Borough Council, House of Fraser, Manchester Metropolitan University, Redrow and Virgin Mobile.

Albany’s software portfolio includes; Albany ePAY – an intelligent payments management solution incorporating Bacs and Faster Payments; Albany ePAYMENTS – a Web-based commercial bureau service; ALBANYverify – enabling fast, accurate validation of UK bank account details; eCONNECT – electronically delivering a wide range of documents in several formats; eCOLLECT – the complete collection management solution for Direct Debits; and GlobalPay – an international payments portal delivered by Travelex.

Albany Software is a leading authority in the electronic payments market and provides a comprehensive portfolio of payment, collection and document distribution solutions. Originally conceived to provide one of the first Bacs solutions, Albany now supports a significant portion of the Bacs market.

As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Albany actively develops all its solutions using Microsoft technology. In addition, Albany is a Microsoft Business Solutions partner, providing solutions that integrate closely with the Dynamics suite of products. Our strength in the payments arena is driven by our solid relationships with the major UK banks, Bacs, VocaLink, the Payments Council, the European Banking Association, the European Software Association, SWIFT and many other affiliations ensuring we remain in tune with industry needs.

Albany ePAY is our flagship solution and has been tested by Bacs as part of Bacs software supplier accreditation, supporting both Bacs (three day) and Faster Payments (same day). It has also been tested by Microsoft as part of its ‘works with Windows Server 2008’ programme. This rigorous testing ensures ePAY not only meets the ongoing needs of customers but is rich in functionality, efficiently streamlines the payments and collections processes and works seamlessly with all the UK banks.