About this webinar
Today’s finance and IT teams are under growing pressure to manage increasingly complex payment environments—spanning multiple banks, vendors, systems, and compliance requirements. Manual reconciliation processes and outdated fraud prevention measures can slow operations, increase risk, and limit visibility into cash flow.
In this session, experts from EPI-USE Services for AWS and AWS explore the practical steps enterprises can take to improve payment processing through automation, real-time reconciliation, and intelligent fraud detection—specifically within SAP environments.
Key Learnings:
- The common challenges organizations face with traditional payment processing and reconciliation
- How automation and real-time data improve accuracy, reduce reconciliation time, and support compliance
- An overview of machine learning–based fraud detection tools, including AWS Fraud Detector
- Business outcomes including improved operational efficiency and reduced risk exposure
This session is designed for finance, IT, and operations professionals interested in strengthening financial processes and learning how technology can support better decision-making and security in enterprise payment operations.
Presented by:
Christopher Belford
Senior Director, EPI-USE Services for AWS
Christopher Belford is a Senior Director at EPI-USE Services for AWS with over 20 years of expertise in high-volume systems for Government, Financial Services, Retail, and Life Sciences. He has held roles including CTO, CIO, and Group Architect, specializing in system design, ERP integration, and cloud migrations.
Currently leading public sector solution strategy at EPI-USE services for AWS, Christopher drives global initiatives in Smart City, FinTech, and SAP cloud migrations. His accomplishments include designing e-filing platforms for 6 million users, transactional banking APIs, and tax reconciliation systems.
Recognized as an Adobe Ambassador, Christopher's leadership has transformed enterprise systems, improving workflows and customer experiences globally.
Archana Kuppuswamy
Sr. Partner Solutions Architect, AWS
A SAP Cloud Solution Architect with 20 years of experience, held various roles such as Solutions Architect, SAP Basis administrator, Consultant, team lead during my tenure at Amazon Web Services, Hitachi Digital Services, SAP America and SAP Labs India.
At AWS, act as trusted advisor for SAP partners in North America, own the technical strategy and execution plan to develop the partners SAP on AWS business practices, influence the growth, transformation and SAP technology practices on the AWS platform.