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Ditch Manual Processes and Secure Your Payments with AP Automation
Resources to help you get the most out of automated AP processes
Check runs. Postage. Tracking down updated vendor payment details. If you are like most finance professionals, your AP processes have many error-prone and time-consuming manual tasks.
What if you could reclaim that time to be able to focus on more strategic initiatives? With Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® Payment Assistant, you can improve your efficiency and mitigate risk. Blackbaud partnered with REPAY®, a trusted payments technology platform, so you can automate payments natively in Financial Edge NXT. Payment Assistant digitizes and automates how organizations pay vendors, reducing reliance on paper checks and eliminating the need to send sensitive financial information through the mail.
Payment Assistant joins purchase cards and Blackbaud’s patented expense management functionality to help you eliminate manual tasks and get more accurate data faster. Learn more about automated payments and streamlining your AP processes with these resources.
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AP Automation with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT Payment Assistant
Download the Payment Assistant data sheet to learn how automation can streamline your accounts payable so you can focus on helping your organization deliver more impact for your community.![](https://www.blackbaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-807185200-360x202.jpg)
Guide to Understanding Automated Payments
Download this guide today to see how automated AP can free up your finance team to focus on more strategic work.![](https://www.blackbaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1473163791-360x202.jpg)
Why Automated Payments Are the Future of AP
In this infographic, you’ll get a breakdown of why it’s time to ditch the paper checks and start automating your accounts payable.![](https://www.blackbaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pexels-jopwell-2422293-360x202.jpg)
Purchase Cards and Virtual Cards
In this guide, learn what purchase cards and virtual cards are and how they help you streamline your nonprofit organization’s expense management.![](https://www.blackbaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GettyImages-1096836534-360x202.jpg)
Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT Expense Management + Purchase Cards
Streamline your entire expense management process with automation tools and gain better visibility into your spending with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT.![](https://www.blackbaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/pexels-karolina-grabowska-5882653-360x202.jpg)
Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® Payment Assistant Vendor Enrollment Process
Download this data sheet to learn about getting your vendors enrolled and paid through Payment Assistant and see how you can start streamlining your AP processes.![](https://www.blackbaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1473163791-560x236.jpg)
9 Ways to Mitigate Fraud with AP Automation
Here are nine ways that AP automation can help your organization improve internal controls, deter bad actors, and mitigate fraud in your payments processes.![](https://www.blackbaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/is-ap-automation-right-for-my-org-infographic-meta-image-560x236.png)