Bill pay | Getting started guide | Extend
Overview
Extend is once again Tearsheet’s Best Virtual Card Provider, earning the honor for the third year in a row.
Features
- Virtual cards: Learn more
- Budgets: Learn more
- Bill pay: Learn more
- Receipt management: Learn more
- Reimbursements: Learn more
- Reconciliation: Learn more
- Integrations: Learn more
Participating banks
- American Express
- Banc of California
- BMO
- City National Bank
- Corpay
- HSBC
- PNC
- Regions Bank
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Texas Capital
Extend for
- Vendor payments
- Virtual employee cards
- Expense management
- Tracking spend
- Reconciliation
- Integrated payments
- Custom AI agents
By industry
- Retail & ecommerce
- Legal services
- Construction & manufacturing
- Media & production agencies
- Life sciences & medical
Paying invoices with secure virtual cards
Paying invoices can be a cumbersome task. Calling each vendor to make a payment or waiting for paper checks to process adds time constraints to your already busy day.
Extend provides finance and accounts payable teams with a dedicated workflow to easily pay vendors with the control and security of virtual cards.
Benefits
- Easily pay an invoice—one at a time or in bulk—all while reaping credit card rewards
- Control charges and prevent fraud disruptions by providing vendors with a secure, easy-to-process payment
- Cut down on paper checks and track AP payments in real time for improved cash flow and budgeting
How does it work?
On the web app, create a virtual card specifically for invoice payment from the Create New button.
For the bill payer (virtual card creator):
- Select “Pay an invoice” or “Pay multiple invoices (CSV)” to get started.
- You can send the virtual card(s) to yourself (to pay over the phone, etc.) or you can send a virtual card directly to the vendor.
- Track and organize all your invoice payments from the “Bill Pay” page on the main navigation.
For the vendor (virtual card recipient):
- They will receive an email from Extend with a secure link to the virtual card details and instructions on how to process the payment.
FAQs
Who can I send a bill pay virtual card to?
You can send a bill pay virtual card to yourself (card creator) or to a recipient/vendor outside of your organization.
Who can view the bill pay virtual card number?
Currently, only the creator of that card in your organization and the vendor recipient can view the full virtual card number.
What happens if the vendor loses the email with the payment?
Bill pay card creators can resend the email at any time. Navigate to the bill pay virtual card details in Extend and resend the payment.