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Virtual Card Payments
Virtual Card Payments
Unlock the Full Potential of

Virtual Card Payments

Are manual payment processes slowing down your team? Or are you already using virtual cards but not seeing the results expected? Edenred Pay’s Virtual Card Payments solution delivers unmatched results while transforming your payment operations into a strategic advantage.

With industry-leading supplier enrollment services, decades of experience, and advanced tools optimizing virtual card adoption, we ensure your virtual card program delivers maximum value.

One media company used Edenred Pay’s virtual card program to achieve vendor enrollment of 55%, capturing 70% of total spend volume.

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Why Choose Edenred Pay for Virtual Card Payments?

Optimize Costs, Generate Revenue, Mitigate Risk, and Simplify Reconciliation

Stop wasting resources on inefficient payment methods. Edenred Pay’s Virtual Card Payments solution goes beyond cost savings to deliver comprehensive value for your AP department.

  • Reduce operational costs.
    Eliminate expenses associated with manual transaction processing, paper checks, and inefficiencies in your payment workflows.
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  • Generate revenue on payments.
    Turn payments into a profit-generating activity by earning rebates on qualifying transactions.
  • Touch-free reconciliation.
    Say goodbye to the time-consuming, error-prone process of manually matching payments to invoices.  Real-time reconciliation ensures every virtual card payment is accurately tracked and matched to the right invoice without human intervention.  This saves your AP and finance team time, improves accuracy, and accelerates month-end closing processes.
  • Mitigate risk.
    Virtual cards are the most secure payment method with built-in controls that paper checks can’t match.

With Edenred Pay’s Virtual Card Payments solution, your AP department isn’t just more efficient – it becomes a strategic asset that drives profitability and operational excellence.

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Achieve Better Results from
Your Virtual Card Program

If your current virtual card program isn’t living up to expectations, Edenred Pay can help.

Industry-leading supplier enrollment services

Leverage our expertise to convert more suppliers to virtual cards for you, so you can maximize revenue and reduce inefficiencies.

Trusted supplier network

With access to one of the largest supplier networks, we identify and convert suppliers who are ready and willing to accept virtual cards.

Intelligent card optimization tools

Streamline card issuance for better acceptance rates and higher revenue.

Payment services

Edenred Pay can manually process payments on behalf of a supplier, when necessary, to drive card adoption and save your team time.

Ghost card programs

Simplify recurring payments, like subscriptions, with ghost cards tailored for streamlined, secure transactions.

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Enhanced Security and Fraud Protection

Payment fraud is a growing concern, but our Virtual Card Payments mitigate risk.

  • Dynamic spending controls. Provides granular control over each virtual card’s usage such as setting approved merchant categories, specific single use amounts, and advanced voiding or expiration dates.
  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA). Ensures only authorized users can initiate payments.
  • Advanced data encryption. Protects sensitive payment details from cyber threats.
  • No more mail risk. Eliminates the possibility of supplier payments getting lost or stolen in the mail.
  • End-to-end payment tracking. Get full visibility into the status of every virtual card payment, from initiation to supplier receipt.
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Real Customers, Real Results

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Kristy Jorgenson

Director of Finance, Goodway Group

Implementation was painless, and Edenred Pay has easily accommodated all of our requests. From initial file upload through reconciliations, they’ve guided us seamlessly through every process.
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Eleven, Inc.

Edenred Pay’s Payment Automation Platform empowers creative agencies like ours to earn extra revenue while paying bills efficiently.
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Spring Lake Country Club

I can’t say enough positive things about Edenred Pay. I was hesitant of change but it was the best thing I ¡ could have done. Edenred Pay's Payment Automation Platform drastically improved our payments process and made it an effortless and lucrative process.
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Kolter Hospitality

We have received a minimum of $20,000 per year in rebates from our limited service hotels in addition to a very recognizable shift in employee productivity.
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Associated Asset Management

Converting to Edenred Pay has been a tremendous help to our organization. It has increased our efficiency and security and provided us with a trusted industry partner that brings expertise in payment solutions.
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Hint, Inc.

To those considering Edenred Pay, just do it. I would recommend them to anyone. Their solution will save you time and money. Plus, the team at Edenred Pay are the utmost professionals and I hold them in high regard.
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The Edenred Pay Advantage

The Edenred Pay Advantage

With decades of experience and proprietary tools for supplier enrollment, Edenred Pay ensures you get the most out of your virtual card program.

  • Industry-leading supplier enrollment services to convert more suppliers to virtual cards.
  • Proprietary optimization tools to maximize rebates and acceptance rates.
  • A trusted supplier database to identify new opportunities and boost adoption.
  • Ghost card solutions for recurring payments, eliminating manual effort.

Additionally, unlike many providers, Edenred Pay is a certified Mastercard and Visa processor with full control of our proprietary virtual card processing platform. We don’t rely on third-party processors—our direct connections to the card networks allow us to deliver faster, more flexible, and more secure solutions tailored to your needs. By eliminating the middleman, we’re able to focus entirely on driving value for you, without being limited by another partner’s technology, roadmap, or capacity to scale.

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Virtual Card Payments FAQs

A virtual card is a unique, single-use or limited-use card number issued for a specific payment.  It allows buyers to pay suppliers securely and electronically – without needing a physical card.

It streamlines your payment workflows, eliminates manual tasks like check printing, improves reconciliation through automation, and earns rebates on eligible payments – turning an AP department into a source of efficiency and revenue.

Key benefits include lower processing costs, faster payments to suppliers, simplified reconciliation, and the potential to earn rebates on transactions. Virtual card payments also are the most secure payment method – they are plastic-less, the supplier never receives the full 16-digit card number, all data is encrypted, and you can set an amount or amount range and date or date range.

Leading virtual card solutions providers specialize in improving underperforming programs. With industry-leading supplier enrollment services, intelligent tools for optimization, a trusted supplier network, and built-in fraud controls, they help you convert more vendors and maximize revenue and value.

The best virtual card solutions providers offer dedicated teams to handle outreach, education, and onboarding to convert suppliers on your behalf.  They also use a trusted supplier database to target vendors that are more likely to accept virtual cards.

Ghost cards are virtual cards assigned to specific vendors or recurring payments – such as subscriptions or software.  They simplify regular transactions and reduce manual intervention while maintaining strong security.

Each virtual card payment is matched automatically to the correct invoice, eliminating manual entry and reducing errors.  This accelerates the close process and boosts accuracy.

Virtual cards reduce the risk of fraud with features like multi-factor authentication, advanced encryption, and limited-use card numbers. Plus, there are no physical checks that can be intercepted or lost, and the fast processing and settlement of cards makes them easier to track than checks.

Yes.  Virtual card solutions can be tailored for industries such as media and advertising, property management, hospitality, healthcare, and golf – each with unique payment needs and high transaction volumes.

Yes.  The best virtual card payments solutions are part of a complete invoice-to-pay platform, enabling seamless automation from invoice receipt through to reconciliation.

Customers typically see reduced processing costs, faster reconciliation, enhanced security, and new revenue opportunities.  Many customers experience fast implementation and strong ongoing support.

Our trusted supplier database, intelligent card optimization tools, white-glove supplier onboarding, and expertise in payment automation help ensure you get maximum adoption, revenue, and results. Visibility allows teams to quickly identify unused cards, helping reduce manual follow-up—saving time and reducing errors, supporting security and compliance.

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Virtual Card Payments from Edenred Pay

Whether you’re new to virtual cards or looking to achieve better results, Edenred Pay has the expertise and tools to help.  Drive efficiency, security, and profitability while building stronger supplier relationships.

Learn more about how Edenred Pay can elevate your AP operations.