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Verification of Payee for Accountants and Bookkeepers

When you make payments for dozens of clients, a single wrong IBAN is more than an error — it is a reputational risk. Verification of Payee gives accounting firms a fast name check before every payment run.

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Verification of Payee for Accountants and Bookkeepers

Key takeaways

  • Accountants run supplier and payroll payments for many clients.
  • VoP confirms each payee account before a payment run goes out.
  • Bulk verification fits the batch nature of accounting payment files.

Accounting and bookkeeping firms sit at the centre of their clients' finances, often executing supplier payments, payroll and tax payments on their behalf. That trusted position also makes them an attractive target — and a single misdirected payment can damage a client relationship built over years.

The batch problem

Accountants typically process payments in batches — a supplier run, a payroll file — where one corrupted or fraudulent IBAN can slip through unnoticed. Verifying the whole file before submission catches mismatches at the point they matter.

Protect the client relationship

For a firm acting on a client's behalf, demonstrating that every payment was verified is both a safeguard and a selling point.

Where VoP fits

  1. 1 Run bulk Verification of Payee on supplier and payroll files before submission.
  2. 2 Verify new or changed payee details as they are added.
  3. 3 Surface mismatches to the client for confirmation.
  4. 4 Keep VoP outcomes as part of the engagement record.

Verified payment runs

RoxPay's Verification of Payee supports bulk and single checks, so accounting firms can verify a whole payment file or a one-off payee with the same tool.

FAQ

Frequently asked

They run supplier and payroll payments for many clients, where one wrong IBAN is both an error and a reputational risk. VoP confirms each payee account before a run goes out.

Yes. Bulk verification matches the batch nature of accounting payment files, checking a whole file before submission.

Yes. Demonstrating that every client payment is verified is both a safeguard and a differentiator for an accounting practice.

Verify every client payment run

Talk to RoxPay about Verification of Payee for your clients' payment files.