{"id":2629,"date":"2020-02-16T11:19:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T05:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rzpwp.blog\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2025-11-30T20:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T15:05:21","slug":"settlements-transparency-working-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/business-banking\/settlements-transparency-working-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage Working Capital Efficiently with 100% Visibility in Settlements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working capital is more than just a financial metric. It is the fuel that allows companies to run their day-to-day business operations. Its management, or mismanagement, can have a very direct impact on a company\u2019s financial health and operational success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For businesses that <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/\">accept payments online<\/a>, working capital is a function of incoming settlements from their partner <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/payment-gateway-101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">payment gateways<\/a>. As a result, a lack of visibility in settlement timelines can end up creating a plethora of\u00a0 challenges for companies. Some of these include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Lack of clarity around settlement timelines<\/strong>: Wondering when their payments will get processed can keep businesses worried and make it difficult for them to manage working capital efficiently<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Expected settlement amount<\/strong>: Knowing how much they are going to be paid is a crucial piece of information for companies to plan their day-to-day operations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Settlement status on the transaction page<\/strong>: It is important for businesses to know which transactions have already been paid for and which are still pending<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>International payments<\/strong>: Answers to questions regarding the settlement cycle of their international payments and service fees on the same are crucial for businesses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Route settlements<\/strong>: Companies organized in a parent\/child network or partner network should not find it very difficult to keep a track of how much each entity will be paid and by when<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Settlement UX changes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To equip our merchants with the armor to handle these challenges, we\u2019ve made the following UI\/UX enhancements on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.razorpay.com\/signin\">Razorpay dashboard<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transparency on upcoming settlements\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amount and date for your next settlement will now be visible on your Home page, Transactions page &amp; Settlements page<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the go-to metric for businesses of any size to quickly assess when their next settlement will happen and how much will they be paid<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2632\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/uxtwo-1024x380.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/uxtwo-1024x380.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/uxtwo-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/uxtwo-768x285.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/uxtwo.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Settlement cycle in the \u2018My Account\u2019 section<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New to Razorpay and want to check what your default settlement schedule is? This information is readily available on the dashboard. No need to reach out to the support team<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"260\">Want to start accepting payments with an <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/international-payment-gateway-india\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"154\">international payment gateway<\/a>? Check your international settlement schedule through your dashboard to better manage your cash flow.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"368\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2636\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-1024x617.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image.png 1438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Settlement status for each and every transaction<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No more confusion on which transaction you have received payment for and which is still pending<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This feature also provides visibility on service fees paid to Razorpay<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2633\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/settlementuxone-1024x584.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/settlementuxone-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/settlementuxone-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/settlementuxone-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.razorpay.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/settlementuxone.png 1432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above changes will significantly enhance visibility on settlements and provide our merchants with the information they need to efficiently manage their working capital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An essential quality of a payments solution is the ability to scale to meet the growing demands for our customers. Transparency in settlements is another endeavour by us to give you the best payments infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you ready to simplify the way you accept online payments? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up on <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/payment-gateway\/\">Razorpay &#8211; top payment gateway in India<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you haven\u2019t and leave all your payment worries to us!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transparency in settlement cycles is an endeavour by us to give you the best payments experience and infrastructure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[51],"class_list":{"0":"post-2629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-banking","8":"tag-payments"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24891,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629\/revisions\/24891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}