The African retail landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. As a business scales and the payment ecosystem becomes more intricate, the volume of data becomes growingly complex.

Yet, for many retailers, the “back-office” hasn’t kept pace. The gap between a successful sale and seeing that reflect in the bank is where risk lives—it is clear that manual reconciliation is not a viable strategy.

Traditional reconciliation for retailers has long been a “detective work” exercise. Finance teams often spend days matching till slips to fragmented banking records-a process highly prone to human error.

This complexity leads to a “domino effect” of revenue leakage, sometimes costing retailers up to 5% of their hard-earned profits.

Southern African Fintech, Transaction Junction (TJ), has addressed this friction head-on with the launch of TJ Recon PRO. It is a sophisticated platform designed to interrogate and match transaction records across the store, the payment processor (TJ), and the banks and other payment provider files simultaneously.

With the results of this process presented on a secure customer portal, users can immediately view transactions as “reconciled”, “unmatched”, or “missing” from a record.

Essentially, instead of searching for a “needle in a haystack,” finance teams are presented with the “needle” immediately. Results are delivered in real-time, allowing for rapid resolution and absolute peace of mind. Ultimately, it ensures that what is sold actually reaches the bank.

The platform provides comprehensive coverage for the entire payment ecosystem:

• Channel Convergence: Seamlessly managing in-store, online, and hybrid environments.

• Reconciling All Payment Methods: Matching all major card schemes, as well as an array of alternative payment methods—from digital payments and Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) to digital wallets, credit providers, as well as Value Added Services (VAS).

Ultimately, TJ Recon PRO moves beyond technical specs to focus on the feeling of confidence.

By returning 95% of manual reconciliation time back to the business, TJ empowers finance teams to shift from “catch-up” to “momentum,” clearing the path for strategic expansion.

To learn more about how the platform works in practice, readers can request a demo to explore its reconciliation capabilities in detail.

Featured image credit: Transaction Junction