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With Buyer Initiated Payments, you can turn payments into opportunities to improve control over your payments and optimize your working capital.

Optimize working capital through Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) extension

Enjoy the flexibility of multiple settlement methods (virtual payment account, check, ACH, wire), and the ability to consolidate frequent invoices into one larger monthly payment to maximize short-term cash.

Increase the volume of electronic payments and reduce checks

Start saving money immediately by eliminating checks with targeted suppliers and the manual, labor intensive process of managing returned mail and uncashed checks or re-issued checks. Make reconciliation easier with a consolidated monthly reconciliation file.

Read how a major regional healthcare provider quickly reduced their volume of checks and increased electronic payment with minimal change.

Increase payment security

You can be confident your information is secure using our password-protected, centralized payment portal, available 24/7.

Buyer Initiated Payments provides you with the efficiency of electronic payments and also eliminates the need to exchange private account number information.

Easily connect with your accounting system

With Buyer Initiated Payments, there’s no need to worry about compatibility. The solution connects to any Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or accounting system, and it requires no additional hardware or software, and no extensive training.

Gain access to a global network of suppliers

Due to our long-standing, direct relationships with millions of merchants, a large number already accept Buyer Initiated Payments. You also have the added benefit of our dedicated supplier enablement team to help with enrollment strategy, maximizing adoption, and ongoing support.

Benefit from world-class, dedicated Customer Service

As with all of our services, Buyer Initiated Payment comes with the added security of knowing you’re backed by world-class Customer Service where there’s always someone ready to help. From the initial assessment and design of your program through implementation and beyond, we’re committed to knowing your business in depth and constantly evaluating how our solutions can better help you.
 

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