Confirmation of Payee:
Ensuring payment accuracy & security

Confirmation of Payee (CoP) empowers finance teams with the tools they need to verify account details with accuracy and precision.

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Easily cross-reference account names, sort-codes and account numbers, with immediate alerts to confirm if bank account details match, or not.

Seamlessly integrated into your payment operations, you can rest assured that your payments reach their intended recipients.

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Check Payee account names & details, reducing misdirected payments and preventing fraud

Prevent fraud & error

Catch erroneous payee details before payments are sent.

Drive efficiency

Onboard new payees with ease via embedded individual and bulk CoP checks.

Stay compliant

Fulfil KYC and AML requirements by conducting thorough checks, effortlessly.

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Confirmation of Payee acts a powerful defence mechanism against fraud.

It helps you identify phishing and app fraud, ensuring that fraudulent attempts are caught before payments are processed.

By integrating Confirmation of Payee into your processes, you protect your financial security and reputation.

Pair it with Payment Screening and Sanctions Screening for a multi-layered approach to fraud prevention.

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Ensure account accuracy when onboarding new payroll and supplier beneficiaries, and prevent erroneous payments being made.

Streamline the verification process with bulk Confirmation of Payee checks, eliminating the reliance on bank portals, and saving you significant time across your full payment verification process.

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Ensure compliance by streamlining data cleansing for KYC and AML requirements.

Confirmation of Payee’s capacity to handle large volumes of beneficiary data reduces the time spent on this process, whilst ensuring a more accurate outcome.

Our bulk checking capability offers a more efficient, and compliant approach which is recognised and approved by regulators.

Protecting you against APP Fraud & Payment Errors

Confirmation of Payee is a core feature within our Fraud & Error Prevention Suite, and is also available as a standalone service, giving you full flexibility to add Confirmation of Payee checks across your full payment process.

You can easily perform individual or bulk Confirmation of Payee checks as little or as often as you need. Confirmation of Payee acts as your shield against the threat of Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud and helps you identify errors in your payment files, ensuring the accuracy and security of your payments.

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Ensure Know Your Customer (KYC) & AML compliance

For financial institutions legally obligated to perform Know your Customer (KYC) checks and adhere to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, integrating Confirmation of Payee checks into your payment operations platform ensures you meet these regulatory standards.

Confirmation of Payee is your simplified path to compliance.

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"The rise of authorised push payment (APP) fraud has become a significant concern for businesses across the UK and beyond. In fact, according to UK Finance ‘more than £500 million was stolen via APP fraud from businesses in 2022 alone.’"

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Fraud & Error Prevention Suite
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How does AccessPay’s
Confirmation of Payee feature work

Single checks

1. Enter details of the single beneficiary you wish to pay.

2. Submit details for verification request to check against CoP database.

3. Result displayed for you to decide whether to proceed with the payment.

Bulk checks

If doing multiple checks, use a .CSV template as recommended by AccessPay to populate beneficiary.

1. Output a .CSV file from your finance system based on the template provided.

2. Upload the file within the AccessPay platform.

3. Submit the file for verification requests to check against CoP database.

4. Results ready for you to view in the Results Table to decide whether to proceed with the payments or not.

"We have about 35 bank accounts integrated with AccessPay. We use it for BACS, Payroll if there’s a same-day payment to make, and our Accounts Receivable team will use it to call in any Direct Debits payments that they’re taking. So it’s well-used, by at least three different departments within the business.’"

Empowers your finance teams with the tools they need with AccessPay’s Fraud & Error Prevention Suite

Get in touch with one of our experts by completing our contact form.

Why do you need Confirmation of Payee?

Precision across your full payment verification process

A core capability in the fight against APP Fraud

Simplify KYC & AML compliance, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards

Want to know more about
how to implement effective defence strategies?

Download our free guide: The Practical Guide to Combatting Authorised Push Payment Fraud and learn how you can:

  • recognise common types of APP fraud
  • implement best practices for protecting yourself and your business from APP fraud
  • understand what’s being done to combat APP Fraud in the UK


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Leverage AccessPay’s full Fraud & Error Prevention Suite for optimal protection

Confirmation of Payee is a feature of AccessPay’s comprehensive suite of capabilities designed to enhance your payment security.

Pair Confirmation of Payee with Payment Screening and Sanctions Screening for full protection across your payment operations.

AccessPay also offers Audit Trails, Reports and Multi-Factor Authentication / Single-Sign On options.

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