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AP Automation Built for Media & Advertising Speed

Automate invoices. Simplify media payments. Control campaign spending.

Media finance teams operate at campaign speed, processing high invoice volumes, paying vendors on tight timelines, and tracking rapidly shifting spend.

Edenred Pay automates the entire invoice-to-pay process so you can move faster, reduce risk, and gain real-time financial control.

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Built for Media & Advertising Finance

Manual processes slow campaigns, increase errors, and limit visibility.

Agencies and media organizations manage complex payments across publishers, production vendors, talent, and digital platforms.

As a Meta and TikTok vendor, Edenred Pay helps agencies manage platform spend with greater control, speed, and reporting clarity.

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Connect the Entire
Invoice-to-Pay Process

One Workflow from Invoice Receipt to Reconciliation

Disconnected systems create delays and reconciliation headaches. Edenred Pay unifies invoice capture, approvals, payments, and reconciliation.

  • Accelerate media invoice processing
  • Simplify vendor payments and approvals
  • Improve visibility into campaign spending
  • Earn cash-back rebates on qualifying Premium ACH and card payments
  • Reduce fraud risk and manual work
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Eliminate Invoice Bottlenecks

Invoice Automation for High-Volume Campaign Billing

Manual invoice entry and routing delay approvals and jeopardize deadlines. Edenred Pay captures, extracts, and routes invoices automatically.

  • Capture invoices from email, portals, EDI, and paper
  • Automatically extract and validate data
  • Match invoices with insertion orders
  • Route approvals by campaign or budget rules
  • Reduce duplicate payments and errors
  • Meet campaign payment deadlines
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Simplify Media Vendor Payments

Integrated Payables for Complex Vendor Ecosystems

Media teams pay diverse vendors with varying payment needs. Edenred Pay simplifies payments through a single workflow. Edenred Pay’s integrated payables solution enables you to:

  • Pay via virtual card, ACH, Premium ACH, or check
  • Manage multiple or recurring payments with ghost card payments.
  • Improve vendor satisfaction with faster payments
  • Manage Meta and TikTok platform spend with greater control, speed, and reporting clarity
  • Centralize reporting across payment types
  • Earn cash-back rebates on qualifying Premium ACH and card payments
  • Mitigate payment fraud risk
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Optimize Media Buying with Virtual Cards

Faster, More Secure, Rebate-Generating Payments

Virtual cards are ideal for media buying, but difficult to scale manually. Edenred Pay automates virtual card payments for speed, control, and revenue.

  • Pay vendors quickly and securely
  • Earn rebates that offset ad spend
  • Control spending with virtual cards
  • Automate recurring payments with ghost cards
  • Reduce fraud and eliminate bank data exposure
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Reduce Fraud Risk and Strengthen Compliance

Media organizations face rising payment fraud and vendor impersonation risks. Edenred Pay strengthens payment security with built-in controls.

  • Multi Factor Authentication
  • Segregation of duties and access controls
  • Configurable approval workflows
  • Reduced bank data exposure
  • Advanced data encryption
  • Full audit trails

The result?  Stronger protection and compliance confidence.

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Seamless Connectivity with Systems You Already Use

Media agencies run on tight campaign deadlines, complex vendor ecosystems and constant reconciliation. Edenred Pay directly integrates with the systems you already use to keep invoices, approvals, and payments moving in sync with your media spend.

  • Direct integrations with leading ERPs including Mediaocean, Strata, Simpli.fi Advantage, and more
  • Sync invoice, vendor, and payment data across systems
  • Eliminate manual entry and reduce errors
  • Maintain existing workflows and approvals

Edenred Pay works within your existing environment—enhancing, not replacing—so your team can move faster with greater confidence and control.

Your business moves at campaign speed. Your AP process should too.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Edenred Pay simplifies the complexity of media accounts payable with end-to-end invoice-to-pay automation that streamlines every step from invoice capture to supplier payment. Our platform features configurable workflows designed to manage the unique approval hierarchies, cost allocations, and campaign-level reporting required in media organizations. For exceptions that require extra attention, our expert-assisted exceptions resolution services ensure invoices are reviewed, resolved, and processed quickly—keeping campaigns on track and suppliers satisfied. Edenred Pay also integrates seamlessly with leading ERPs and accounting systems to facilitate straight-through processing, eliminating manual touchpoints and improving accuracy. The result is a smarter, faster AP operation with better visibility into spend, improved control over budgets, and data that empowers media finance teams to make more informed business decisions.

Edenred Pay gives media and advertising finance teams real-time visibility and control across the entire invoice-to-pay cycle, from invoice intake to final payment. Our intuitive dashboards surface invoice and payment status, exceptions, and approvals in one place, eliminating blind spots that often delay campaigns or disrupt vendor relationships. You'll gain clear insight into cash flows, with the ability to see upcoming liabilities, approved payments, and spend trends across brands, campaigns, and suppliers. This enables proactive campaign spend management, so finance teams can ensure budgets stay aligned, cash is allocated efficiently, and payments support rather than stall campaign execution. Edenred Pay's configurable workflows and ERP and accounting system integrations make it easy to maintain control while facilitating straight-through processing. The result is a more transparent, predictable, and efficient AP process that empowers teams to make smarter financial and operational decisions in real time.

Yes. Edenred Pay's payments automation supports all major payment methods, including virtual cards, premium ACH, standard ACH, and checks—giving your AP team the flexibility to pay each supplier in their preferred way. Our platform automates payment execution, approval, and reconciliation, eliminating manual processes and reducing the risk of errors or fraud. With virtual card and premium ACH payments, organizations can also generate rebates and monetize their AP spend, creating a new revenue stream while optimizing working capital. All payments flow through a single, secure platform integrated with your existing ERP or accounting system, providing centralized visibility into payment status, cash flow, and supplier activity. Edenred Pay combines flexibility, security, and insight to deliver a truly end-to-end invoice-to-pay experience.

Edenred Pay eliminates the manual effort and costly data errors that slow down media and advertising accounts payable teams. All invoices, whether for production, digital buys, or agency fees, are aggregated on a single platform, providing a unified, automated workflow from receipt through payment. Our AI-powered data capture delivers 99.5% accuracy, ensuring line-level detail and coding precision across multiple brands, clients, and campaigns. Built-in exception management tools and expert-assisted resolution services help quickly identify and correct discrepancies such as mismatched PO numbers, duplicate invoices, or incorrect billing allocations, before they impact campaign timelines or budgets. With ERP and accounting system integrations, Edenred Pay enables straight-through processing that eliminates rekeying, reduces approval bottlenecks, and gives finance teams more time to focus on campaign analysis and spend optimization. The result: faster invoice cycles, fewer errors, and a more efficient AP operation that keeps campaigns moving smoothly.