The City of Denton partners with InvoiceCloud

By Edlyn Cardoza

The City of Denton, TX, has partnered with InvoiceCloud, an EngageSmart solution for online billing and payments, to launch an enhanced digital payment portal for 140,000 Denton residents and utility customers. The new payment portal, powered by InvoiceCloud and integrated with Harris NorthStar, launched on February 17.

By implementing InvoiceCloud, Denton now offers customers the option to pay utility bills via phone, text, GooglePay, ApplePay, PayPal, or Venmo. The new InvoiceCloud system also has a shopping cart feature, which will allow Denton residents who own multiple properties to pay various bills at once. Additionally, with InvoiceCloud’s system, phone numbers are stored securely, so residents don’t have to revalidate information every time they pay via text or phone.

With a customer base that has grown by about 5% every year, Denton city administrators anticipate that InvoiceCloud’s easy-to-use self-service options will prove useful for customers and limit the time City employees spend processing payments. Additionally, the City chose InvoiceCloud’s user-friendly bill payment and management system to drive the adoption of paperless billing services further. Currently, only 30% of Denton customers are enrolled in paperless billing. Denton’s diverse population, including college students, was also a mitigating factor in implementing a solution that accepts a wide range of digital payment options.

“InvoiceCloud’s payment portal offers a lot of new exciting features that uniquely fit the needs of our customers,” said Denton Customer Service Manager Christa Foster. “We’re also excited about InvoiceCloud’s seamless integration with Harris NorthStar and SilverBlaze—we’ve experienced a lot of friction with our past online billing solutions, and have been really impressed by the improved experience InvoiceCloud provides for both our customers and our employees.”

Denton utility customers who wish to register for online bill payment and other convenient payment options and scheduling features can visit here. Denton will continue to absorb the online payment convenience fee for customers.

Recently, IBS Intelligence reported that The City of Hagerstown, MD, had partnered with InvoiceCloud to launch an enhanced digital payment portal for over 40,000 Hagerstown residents.