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Simplify vendor onboarding

A smarter way to collect, validate, and manage global payee banking information without adding work or risk to your finance team.

 

Automated Payee Onboarding

Collecting and managing banking information shouldn't slow down your finance team. With Payee Connect, vendors, suppliers, and employees enter their own payment details through a secure, guided portal. Replace email collection, PDF forms, and spreadsheets with a guided, self-service workflow.

Powered by Payee Intelligence™, payees are prompted for the information required for each country and currency, helping reduce manual work, prevent payment errors, and get payees ready for payment faster. Banking details are then securely stored outside your internal systems.

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PAYEE CONNECT

From Invitation to Payment-Ready

 Whether you're onboarding 20 vendors or managing hundreds of international suppliers, manually collecting banking details doesn't scale. Payee Connect helps finance and accounts payable teams simplify onboarding, maintain accurate payee records, and reduce the operational burden of managing global payments.

Invite

Send payees a secure link to input their information through a guided self-service experience.

Capture the right information
The portal dynamically prompts payees for the banking information required to receiveve money in their country and currency.
Secure Storage

Your team reviews and approves validated payee records before payment. Sensitive banking information is stored within the platform, not in inboxes or shared drives. 

Pay with Confidence

Payee is now available for all future transactions. Funds move with verified instructions. 

Send Payments
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THE PAYEE EXPERIENCE

A Better Experience for Your Payees

Your vendors know their banking details better than anyone. We give them a secure, straightforward way to provide and maintain that information.

Simple, self-service onboarding

Payees receive a secure invitation and enter their banking details directly into a guided portal. They only see the fields relevant to their country, currency, and payment method.

Easy banking detail updates

When banking information changes, payees can submit updated details through a secure process, reducing the need to exchange sensitive information over email.

Less back-and-forth

No more chasing missing information, deciphering unfamiliar banking formats, or manually transferring details between systems.

PAYEE VALIDATION

The Right Banking Details, From the Start

Payee Connect is powered by our Payee Intelligence technology to identify the banking fields required for each payment destination and currency.

As payees enter their details, built-in validation helps catch missing or incorrectly formatted information before it causes payment problems.

  • Country- and currency-specific banking fields
  • SWIFT/BIC, IBAN, and local routing code validation
  • Fewer missing or incorrect payment instructions
  • Payment return rates below 0.5%, supported by Payee Intelligence™
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SECURE DATA MANAGEMENT

Keep Banking Data Out of Your ERP

Your ERP should help manage your business, not become a repository for sensitive international banking information.

Payee Connect gives businesses a secure, centralized way to collect and manage payee payment instructions without storing those details across internal spreadsheets, inboxes, and disconnected systems.

Simplify Payee Onboarding with Ascendant

Stop collecting banking details manually. Give your payees a secure way to provide their information while keeping your finance team in control.

TESTIMONIALS

What People Are Saying About Us

4-1
"Our previous bank was too big to care or think outside the box. Now, Ascendant’s team works with us to find solutions that work, such as using APIs to instantly book and buy rates.”

CEO

AUTOMOTIVE EXPORTER
4-1

“We trust Ascendant because we can always reach someone who knows our business. Their team goes above and beyond, offering practical guidance not just on FX, but on payments and banking overall.”

 

TREASURY MANAGER

FITNESS EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER
4-1

“Ascendant gives us faster, more transparent FX with significantly lower costs than traditional providers. Their team feels like a true partner, and that consistency and commitment really stand out.”

HEAD OF PAYABLES

GLOBAL FINTECH COMPANY
4-1

“We get quotes almost instantly, even for more complex currencies, and execution is always reliable. The platform is simple to use, and the team is incredibly responsive when we need support.”

NORTH AMERICAN TREASURER

INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING FIRM
4-1

“Ascendant has played a key role in helping us advance our technology. Their team is incredibly responsive and works alongside us to build solutions that fit our needs.”

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

GLOBAL RELOCATION COMPANY
4-1

“We trust Ascendant because they’re always available and easy to work with. The platform is intuitive, and reporting and vendor management are simple to maintain.”

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

LUXURY CRUISE LINE

FAQs

Making international business payments should be simple. If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for here, contact us

 

What is Payee Connect?

Payee Connect is Ascendant's secure, self-service onboarding portal that lets vendors, suppliers, contractors, and employees enter their own banking information. Instead of collecting payment details through emails, forms, and spreadsheets, your finance team sends a secure link and lets payees provide the information directly.

Powered by Payee Intelligence™, Payee Connect helps ensure the right banking details are collected and validated before payments are sent.

How does Payee Connect automate vendor onboarding?

Your finance team sends a secure invitation to a payee through Ascendant's aPay platform. The payee follows the link, verifies their access, and enters their banking information through a guided portal.

Payee Intelligence automatically identifies the required fields based on the country, currency, and payment method. Once submitted, the information is available in aPay for your team to review and approve.

This eliminates much of the manual data collection and entry involved in onboarding new payees.

Why use Payee Connect instead of collecting banking details through our ERP?

Most ERPs weren't designed to capture and store the different banking requirements needed for international payments. Depending on the destination, payments may require IBANs, SWIFT codes, local routing numbers, or additional regulatory information.

Payee Connect handles that complexity outside your ERP. Payees enter their own information, and Ascendant securely stores the banking details within our platform. Your finance team spends less time managing sensitive data while maintaining control over payee approvals.

How does Payee Connect keep banking information secure?

Payee Connect allows payees to submit sensitive banking information through a secure portal rather than exchanging it through email or spreadsheets.

Each payee receives a one-time secure link and a separate email containing an access code that expires after 10 minutes. Banking information is securely stored within Ascendant's platform, reducing the need to store sensitive payment details in your internal systems.

How does Payee Connect help prevent payment errors?

Payee Connect is powered by Payee Intelligence™, Ascendant's proprietary payment-data validation technology.

It automatically determines which banking fields are required based on the payee's country, currency, and payment method. It also checks information such as IBANs, SWIFT/BIC codes, and local routing numbers to identify missing or incorrectly formatted details before payments are sent.

Payee Intelligence helps Ascendant maintain payment return rates below 0.5%.

Can payees update their banking information?

Yes. Payee Connect allows payees to maintain their banking information through a secure self-service process.

Instead of emailing updated banking instructions to your finance team, payees can submit changes through the portal. This reduces manual data entry and helps keep payment information current.

Do we still control which payees are approved?

Yes. Your finance team remains in control of the onboarding and approval process.

You decide which payees receive an invitation to Payee Connect. Once a payee submits their banking information, your team can review and approve the details in aPay before using them for payments.

Who benefits most from Payee Connect?

Payee Connect is especially valuable for businesses managing frequent payments to multiple vendors, suppliers, contractors, or employees, particularly across different countries and currencies.

As your payee network grows, manually collecting and maintaining banking information becomes increasingly time-consuming. Payee Connect helps your finance team manage that growth without adding the same level of administrative work.

What's the difference between Payee Connect and Payee Intelligence?

Payee Connect is our secure, self-service onboarding portal that allows vendors, suppliers, and employees to enter and manage their own banking details, eliminating manual collection and data entry.

Payee Intelligence™ is our payment validation technology that works behind the scenes. It identifies the banking information required for each country, currency, and payment method, and checks for missing or incorrectly formatted details before payments are sent.

Together, they automate payee onboarding, improve payment accuracy, and help finance teams manage global payments with less manual work.

Modernize your international payments today

Talk to our experienced team to find out how we could help your business.

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