Glue Up’s membership management software now supports over 1,500 associations and chambers in 60+ countries—powering events, renewals, chapter billing, and merchandise sales. However, our momentum remains undiminished, as we seek to solve more operational hurdles to improve your experience. One critical area we’ve enhanced following feedback from finance teams is multi-currency processing to improve dues collection and automate reconciliation.
According to ASAE’s 2023 Global Operations Survey, half of U.S.-based associations now manage chapters across five global regions, and 43% plan to extend their operations into a sixth region. So, whether you’re already billing dues in multiple currencies or initiating cross-border operations down the line, you need a payment solution that scales with your growth.
That’s why we’ve launched Paygage, an international payment gateway for professional communities with chapters across EMEA and Africa. It’s the most convenient and secure choice for member-based organizations looking to automate international chapter payments and process event fees in local currencies.
Contact your Glue Up account manager to purchase the Paygage Gateway add-on and transform your multicurrency payment processing.
Need more info first? We’ll dive into the biggest multicurrency payment processing headaches and show how Glue Up’s Paygage integration turns them into automated, real-time solutions.
Address Multi-Currency Payment Currency Challenges with a Few Clicks
As you oversee chapters across the US, EMEA, and beyond, the complexity of multi-currency payment processing becomes painfully clear. When your members pay dues or event fees in euros, pounds, or naira, any glitch in the process ripples through renewals, cash flow, and satisfaction.
Below, we’ll share the most common challenges multi-chapter associations face and how Glue + Paygage Gateway integration addresses them:
Cross-Border Payment Failures — Glue Up + Paygage Eliminates Declines
Crossborder transactions fail at an average rate of 11%, triggering late renewals, extra support tickets, and angry members. Glue Up’s finance module teams up with Paygage to automate every step so you never chase missing dues again.
To eliminate declines and protect your cash flow, Glue Up + Paygage delivers:
Real-Time Exchange Rate Application: Paygage pulls live market rates at checkout, and Glue Up’s finance module uses them to issue accurate multicurrency invoices automatically. For instance, a European chapter sends Euro invoices that always match current EURUSD rates, preventing rate mismatch rejections.
Automated Payment Retries: When a payment fails, Paygage retries up to three times on a custom schedule while Glue Up logs each attempt and notifies members. This process can recover up to 25% of declined renewals without manual work.
Local Payment Method Support: Members pay via ACH, SEPA, MPesa, and other regional options directly through Glue Up’s branded portal. For example, a Kenyan chamber enabling MPesa can halve its payment failures and streamline dues collection.
Unified Reconciliation Dashboard: All transactions—successful or retried—feed into Glue Up’s realtime analytics dashboard, automating reconciliation and P&L reporting. A North American nonprofit can instantly spot crossborder declines and adjust outreach before renewals lapse.
Buy the Paygage Gateway add-on now to slash international payment failures and keep your chapters’ dues on schedule.
Multi-Chapter Manual Reconciliation Overload — Glue Up + Paygage Turns Hours Into Minutes
With cross-border payments automated, the next hurdle is reconciling those transactions—often a massive drain on your finance team’s time. According to PwC, 30 % of finance staff hours go toward manual reconciliation. In a multichapter association billing across currencies, that can mean dozens of hours each month spent matching invoices, bank statements, and exchangerate adjustments—time your team could spend on strategic initiatives instead.
Glue Up + Paygage reduces tedious, manual matching and delivers unified visibility for global membership billing and international dues processing:
Automated Invoice Sync: Transactions are processed directly through the Paygage map to Glue Up invoices in local and base currencies. For instance, a nonprofit with European and North American chapters sees euro and dollar payments reconcile automatically—no spreadsheet juggling or separate ledger entries required.
Unified Financial Dashboards: Realtime analytics centralize multichapter revenue streams, exchange rate impacts, and P&L reporting in one view. Your CFO can monitor cash flow across regions without toggling between systems, speeding up month-end closes by up to 50%.
Exception-Based Alerts: The system flags only mismatches, such as when a GBP payment doesn’t align with its invoice, and notifies your finance team instantly.
Tip: Leverage Glue Up’s Membership Discount Codes to tag payments by chapter or currency. Create unique codes for each region—euro, pound, etc.—and filter your finance dashboard by code for instant reconciliation.
Sluggish Payment Settlements — Glue Up + Paygage Accelerates Cash Flow
Even after a payment succeeds, traditional cross-border rails can hold funds for days— Visa research shows domestic B2B transfers average 21 days, while international ones take 32 days (55 % longer). Those delays disrupt global membership billing and leave your chapters waiting on critical cash.
To fast-track settlements and power your cross-border payment automation, Glue Up + Paygage provides:
Instant Settlement Notifications: As soon as funds arrive, Paygage pushes real-time confirmation to Glue Up’s finance module. For example, your European chapter sees member dues posted within hours, not days, eliminating guesswork on cash availability.
Same-Day Fund Availability: By leveraging SEPA Instant, ACH Same Day, and local rails, 75% of payments clear by end of day.
Automated Settlement Tracking: Glue Up monitors pending transactions and flags any delays, so finance teams intervene only when necessary.
Ledger Posting via More Add-Ons: Settled payments flow into your accounting software if you opt for our Sage Intacct, Xero, or QuickBooks add-ons. You can close the loop on international dues processing and get unified, up-to-the-minute financial data.
Ease Multi-Currency Payment Processing Across Your Global Chapters Today
We know running chapters in the US, EMEA, and beyond isn’t simple. Since launching Glue Up, we’ve made it our mission to streamline every step of your member value chain. That’s why we built Paygage—our own payment gateway designed for associations like yours.
Multicurrency payment processing shouldn’t tie up your team or delay renewals. Paygage is built for associations like yours and is designed to automate dues collection in 100+ currencies, apply current exchange rates, and sync every transaction to your finance module.
Enable the Paygage Gateway add-on to keep payments on time and free your staff for strategic work.
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