Question 1

How does Accounting Links work if my suppliers aren't on the network yet?

Accepted Answer

You don't need your suppliers to sign up, install anything, or learn a new tool before you can start. We send them a magic link — they submit their invoice and payment details through a simple, branded page, and you get a verified, structured invoice in your dashboard. No account required on day one. As more of your suppliers submit invoices this way, they become part of the network. Their verified details persist, so the next time any buyer on Accounting Links pays them, the friction is already gone. You get the benefit of the network from invoice one; the network gets stronger every time a supplier is onboarded. In short: the network compounds, but you don't have to wait for it.

Question 2

What data do you share between buyers and suppliers — and what stays private?

Accepted Answer

We're a network, not a data exchange. The default is that sensitive commercial information stays yours. What's shared (with the relevant counterparty): verified company identity, verified bank and payment details, invoice status, payment status, and confirmations that reduce ambiguity and fraud risk for both sides. If you've paid a supplier, they can see the payment landed; if a supplier has submitted an invoice, you can see it's authentic. What stays private: your pricing, contract terms, spend patterns across other suppliers, internal approvals, your customer relationships, and anything outside the specific buyer–supplier relationship in question. Benchmarking insights are aggregated and anonymised — you see how your payment behaviour compares to the market, never another company's raw data. You own your data. The network only makes the parts that should be shared, actually shareable.

Question 3

How do you verify supplier payment details?

Accepted Answer

Traditional AP relies on a supplier emailing you bank details in a PDF and someone taking it on trust. That's where APP fraud lives. We verify supplier payment details across several layers: Company verification — matching supplier-submitted details to official company registers. Bank account verification — confirming the account exists and belongs to the registered entity. Jurisdiction checks — flagging when a bank country doesn't match the registered business country, a classic fraud signal. Network-level confirmation — if a supplier has already been paid by another business on the network to the same verified account, that's a strong trust signal. If the details suddenly change, that's a flag. Continuous, not one-time — verification doesn't stop after onboarding. Details are re-checked on change, and anomalies trigger alerts before money moves. The result: you know who you're paying, every time — not just the first time.

Question 4

Do you integrate with my ERP / accounting system?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We integrate directly with Xero and QuickBooks today, with two-way sync for suppliers, invoices, and tax rates — so Accounting Links becomes part of your existing stack rather than another silo to manage. We're built for the direction the market is heading: mandatory e-invoicing and PEPPOL compliance in the UK and across Europe. That means any work you do in Accounting Links today puts you ahead of the regulatory curve, not behind it. More integrations are rolling out continually. If your system isn't listed, tell us — we prioritise the roadmap based on where our customers actually live.

Question 5

Is there a cost for suppliers to join?

Accepted Answer

No. Suppliers join for free. This is a deliberate design choice. A network only works if the friction to join is near zero, so we never charge suppliers to submit invoices, verify their details, or receive payments through Accounting Links. The more suppliers participate, the more valuable the network becomes for every buyer on it — and charging at the supplier side would poison that dynamic. Buyers pay for the platform. Suppliers benefit from faster, more predictable payments and a verified profile that travels with them.

Question 6

How is this different from AP automation tools like Bill.com or Tipalti?

Accepted Answer

Short answer: those tools automate what happens inside your accounts payable function. We connect what happens between companies. AP automation tools are closed systems. They help you process invoices faster, route approvals, and push payments — but everything they know about your supplier came from you, typed into your instance, verified by you, stored in your silo. Every other business that pays that same supplier is doing the same work, in parallel, with no shared truth. Accounting Links is a network layer on top of AP. The difference shows up in four places: Verification — supplier identity and bank details are verified against the network, not just against what was typed into your system. Visibility — both buyer and supplier see invoice and payment status in real time. No more 'did you receive it?' emails. Trust signals — payment behaviour, verified relationships, and fraud flags travel with suppliers across the network. A new supplier to you may already be a known, trusted entity on the network. Intelligence — because financial interactions are visible rather than siloed, you get benchmarking, payment behaviour insights, and early fraud signals that no closed AP tool can produce on its own. If you just need to automate invoice processing, there are plenty of tools for that. If you want your AP function to be connected, verified, and protected by a shared layer of trust — that's what we're building.

Question 7

What happens to my data? Security, compliance, residency.

Accepted Answer

Your data is yours. We're the infrastructure, not the owner. Security. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Access is role-based, audit-logged, and scoped to the minimum needed for each user and each integration. Payment credentials are handled through regulated payment partners (Wise, Revolut, Railsr), not stored in plain infrastructure. Compliance. We are GDPR compliant by design. Our roadmap is aligned with upcoming UK and EU mandatory e-invoicing and PEPPOL standards, so you can adopt now without rework later. We're on a SOC 2 pathway, with controls and documentation already mapped. Residency. Customer data is hosted in UK/EU data centres. Cross-border transfers, where unavoidable, follow standard contractual clauses and are disclosed transparently. Portability and deletion. You can export your data at any time. If you leave, we delete it on request within the timelines required by GDPR — no hostage-taking. If you need specifics for a procurement or security review, our team will share our current security posture document and answer any questionnaire you put in front of us.

Let's bring your payment relationships into the network.

Contact

FAQ

Questions? here’s what others asked before switching

Big-league accounts payable tools, now built for lean teams.