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Faster, Simpler Global Supplier Management
Spend less time on supplier management with complete automation—from onboarding to global payments—built into Tipalti Accounts Payable.
Supplier Management Features
The Freedom to Choose Payment Methods
Build stronger relationships with suppliers by allowing them to choose their preferred payment method, currency, and payment threshold.
- Choose from 50+ global and local payment methods
- Allocate transaction costs to suppliers, incentivizing them to choose the most cost-effective payment methods
- Get visibility into all transaction fees
This flexibility strengthens your supplier management strategy and helps reduce payment costs over time.
Improve Audit Controls and Risk Management
Our rules engine uses 26,000 global rules to catch payment issues early and cut errors.
- Tipalti validates bank details like SWIFT and IBAN codes and screens OFAC blacklists, cutting payment errors by over 66%
- Built-in global payment intelligence, risk and compliance management, and fraud prevention help enforce consistent supplier management processes
- By validating forms up front, you ensure compliance and minimize risk across the entire supplier management process
Vet and Submit Tax Forms Before Payment
Our tax wizard helps suppliers choose the right tax form while 1,000+ rules and TIN matching verify details. Get submission-ready 1099 and 1042-S reports for federal and state reporting, including withholdings.
- Collect W-9/W-8 tax forms during onboarding
- Verify tax details to prevent backup withholding penalties
- KPMG reviewed and approved to meet IRS requirements
Complete Supplier Visibility Into Invoices, Status, History
Cut down on payment questions from suppliers. In Tipalti’s hub, suppliers can get payment updates, check payment statuses, and track invoices and payment history.
- Suppliers receive proactive, white-labeled payment status email updates
- View of payments and invoices in real time
Manage Your Global Suppliers Effortlessly
Easily scale supplier operations with support for global banking, currencies, and regulations.
- Onboard suppliers in 27 languages with multi-language support
- Collect and validate supplier tax IDs across 60+ countries
- Customize onboarding for each entity to meet regional compliance and business needs

Simplify the Approval Process
Speed up supplier approvals and procurement with built-in communication, document collection, and automation.
- Collect the security, IT, legal, and InfoSec docs you need, configured to match your policies
- Direct supplier communication within Tipalti at every approval stage, with built-in audit trails for compliance
- Automatic PO delivery to suppliers with data sync to your ERP and accounting system*
*Support for NetSuite and Sage Intacct ERP
One Supplier Directory for More Informed Decisions
Improve supplier lifecycle management with our supplier directory. You’ll also uncover cost savings, reduce supplier risk, and improve relationships with suppliers, all while strengthening your supply chain visibility.
- Easily access supplier data across AP and Procurement, and essential information using the smart filter
- Search based on specific criteria
Optimize Supplier Data Sync
Tipalti’s pre-built API integrations sync supplier data with your ERP, giving employees, finance, and procurement teams full access to all supplier details. This data easily syncs with other systems through accounts payable and procurement processes for a thorough supplier review.
Integrations
Pre-built connections to extend automated workflows
Easily extend and simplify your workflows with pre-built integrations and powerful APIs for your ERPs, accounting systems, performance marketing platforms, HRIS, SSO, Slack, credit cards, and more.
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How It Works
Up and Running in Weeks, Not Months
Get up and running fast with personalized onboarding and dedicated support.
Step 1
Plan
Kickstart your success with a comprehensive setup call to review your procurement workflow, set up SSO integrations, validate technical configurations, and prepare for training.
Step 2
Configure
Our customer onboarding experts set up your Procurement instance, configure requirements, and complete the User Acceptance Test (UAT) for all the procurement workflows.
Step 3
Deploy
Our customer onboarding experts set up your Procurement instance, configure requirements, and complete the User Acceptance Test (UAT) for all the procurement workflows.
Step 4
Adopt
Boost user adoption using change management during launch. We’ll support you with best practices and communication strategies and fine-tune the needs for optimal adoption.
Step 5
Optimize
Our Customer Success and Support teams provide dedicated support and technical assistance by phone and email. They’ll learn your goals and offer tailored solutions to help you achieve them.
Platform Features
Work smarter, not harder
With AI and machine learning capabilities, an intuitive UX, and quick and easy global payments, you can drive unprecedented efficiency.

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