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For a finance director, choosing a payment scheme is rarely about finding the "best" option. It is about matching the route to the payment. A UK payroll run has different requirements from paying a euro-denominated supplier in France. An intercompany tran

For a large corporate, making payments is rarely as straightforward as uploading a file to a bank. Finance teams may be managing multiple entities, bank accounts, currencies and payment types, with data originating in different ERP, payroll and treasury s

Manual payment processing rarely looks expensive on a balance sheet. There is no obvious subscription fee for logging into a bank portal, downloading a file or checking a spreadsheet. The cost appears elsewhere: staff hours, duplicated work, errors, delay

For many UK corporates, Bacs is the backbone of domestic payments. Payroll, supplier payments and direct debit collections can all run reliably through a familiar scheme. But once a business starts paying suppliers in euros, settling invoices in US dollar

For scaling businesses, finance transformation is a fundamental piece of the growth puzzle. Yet projects to implement or upgrade enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems don't always live up to their promise to deliver end-to-end payment automation. Oft

Insider threat cases rose by 21% in 2025, according to Cifas' Fraudscape 2026 report, providing a timely reminder for finance and treasury teams to review internal payment controls and approval procedures. However, all too often organisations fall into th

Companies need a crystal clear, accurate data set to get something worthwhile out of AI. Emily Reaney, Head of Treasury at Travelodge Hotels The hype around AI is unquestionably in overdrive, dominating discussions from boardrooms to conference floors, as

Most fraud defence is built to catch the external threat trying to break in. The harder problem to solve, and the one that can cost businesses even more, is the fraud executed by internal threat actors within their own payment runs. I want to walk through

AccessPay is proud to announce that we have placed at 32nd place on the 2026 Great Place to Work list of UK's Best Workplaces for Women. The list recognises companies ensuring a fair balance of women and men across the organisation, removing barriers to w

For finance directors responsible for thousands of payroll, supplier and direct debit transactions every month, Bacs is far more than a payment scheme. It's a critical part of business continuity, governance and cash management. Yet while Bacs itself rema