How do you say "payment due" in Japanese? CheckFree, part of Fiserv Inc., has unveiled a client billing and revenue management product that lets international companies generate invoices in languages such as Kanji and Chinese. CheckFree Advantage Fee 6.2 lets corporations' far-flung units work seamlessly together using local languages to manage the revenue process and billing requirements, the company says. The technology also extends the multi-lingual capabilities to user screens, reporting and data import functions.

"Many institutions have a global requirement to streamline and automate billing processes to prevent revenue leakage by consolidating global client invoicing processes onto a single platform, while keeping flexibility for local customization," says Geoff Harries, vice president, product strategy, CheckFree Investment Services Software, in Brookfield, Wis. CheckFree 6.2 solves that challenge, Harries says.