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Flow Direct: enrol and pay your suppliers by card.

Pay supplier invoices and tax with your business credit card, online. Your supplier is paid by bank transfer and never sees a card. Nothing to connect to your systems. Register, add a card and pay.

What this is

The same Flow settlement, with nothing to integrate.

Flow Direct runs on the same rails as Flow: ePayment. The card payment is with GlobalFinex B2B, not with your supplier. Your card funds the payment, we pay your supplier by bank transfer with a remittance advice, and your cash leaves when your card statement falls due rather than on the invoice due date.

The difference is how you get in. Flow sits inside your ERP or bank and suits a finance team running accounts payable at scale. Flow Direct is the portal and the app. You register, your invoices appear or you upload them, you tick the ones to pay and confirm. Use it for one invoice, every invoice or none, and stop whenever you like. Your terms with your suppliers do not change.

The point of it. Your supplier is paid on time. Your cash leaves when your card statement falls due, not on the invoice due date. Pay one business day before the due date and the money reaches the supplier on time.

You
Invoices from your supplier
Available to view and pay in GlobalFinex B2B.
You choose
Select the invoices for payment and pay using stored credit cards.
Card payment
GlobalFinex B2B
We take the card payment
Processed securely by us. Your supplier never sees or handles your card.
Receipt to you
Emailed straight away, listing the invoices covered and the total charged.
Bank transfer
Your supplier
Your supplier paid
Payment sent to your supplier by bank transfer.
Remittance advice
Sent by us with every payment, listing the invoices.
What you can pay

Any supplier. Any invoice. Tax.

Three ways an invoice gets in front of you to pay. The payment works the same way for all of them.

On the network

Suppliers on Flow Receive

Suppliers who have joined Flow Receive, the GlobalFinex B2B Supplier Network, send us a copy of each invoice and credit note. They appear in your account as issued, with the supplier's own invoice number, ready to pay.

Any other supplier

Upload the invoice yourself

For a supplier who is not on the network, upload the invoice and their bank details in the portal or the app. We verify the supplier, you pay by card, they receive a bank transfer and a remittance advice. They do not need an account with us.

Tax

ATO and other tax payments

Pay BAS, PAYG instalments and company tax by card. The ATO is paid in full on the due date through a channel it accepts. Your cash leaves on your card statement date. How tax payments work.

How to start

Five steps, and you only do the first four once

1

Register online

A few minutes, using the button on this page. You will need your business name and ABN. Whoever pays the invoices can register; it does not have to be the owner.

2

We check who you are

Most businesses are approved straight away on screen. Some are checked by our team and confirmed by email within a business day.

3

Connect to your supplier

Choose your supplier and give them the OK to send us copies of your invoices. Once they confirm, every open invoice and credit note appears in the portal with their invoice number. For a supplier not on the network, upload the invoice and their bank details instead.

4

Add your card

A Visa or Mastercard business credit card, any card the business authorises. Stored securely by us and never shared with your supplier, so nobody reads card details over the phone again.

5

Pay

Tick the invoices, apply any credit notes, check the total and confirm. We pay your supplier by bank transfer, send them the remittance advice and email you a receipt listing the invoices covered.

What changes

Your supplier is paid on time. Your cash leaves later.

Your terms with your suppliers do not change. How and when the payment is funded does.

  • Your cash leaves on your card statement date, not the invoice due date
  • Pay one business day before the due date so the money reaches the supplier on time
  • Invoices from network suppliers arrive in one place, online, as they are issued
  • You receive a reminder when an invoice is due
  • Nobody reads card details over the phone to a supplier again
Looking for the integrated version?

Flow runs the same settlement inside your ERP or bank.

Eligibility rules, approval anchoring and reconciliation in your own systems, for a finance team running accounts payable at scale.

See Flow: ePayment →
What you will see

Your invoices, ready to pay, online

Register online, then pay from the GlobalFinex B2B portal or the app. These are screens from the portal.

Straight answers

What this is

  • A way to pay suppliers and tax by business credit card
  • A service you choose and pay for, invoice by invoice
  • A GlobalFinex B2B account. Questions about it come to us, not to your supplier

What this is not

  • Not a loan or a finance product
  • Not a change to your account or terms with any supplier
  • Not compulsory. Bank transfer works exactly as before
Frequently asked questions

The questions people ask

When does my supplier get paid?

Usually the next business day after you pay by card, depending on your card issuer and bank transfer times.

Which cards can I use?

Visa and Mastercard business credit cards.

Can I pay a supplier who is not on the network?

Yes. Upload the invoice and the supplier's bank details in the portal or the app. We verify the supplier before the first payment. They receive a bank transfer and a remittance advice and do not need an account with us.

What does it cost?

A fee on each invoice you pay by card, paid to GlobalFinex B2B. Your supplier receives the full invoice amount. The fee is set out when you register and shown on screen before you confirm every payment.

What about credit notes and refunds?

Credit notes from network suppliers appear in your account and can be applied against invoice payments. Refunds are handled directly between you and the supplier.

Who we are

GlobalFinex B2B is an Australian payments business

We facilitate online card payment services so businesses can pay their suppliers easily, quickly and securely.

Your card is safe with us

PCI DSS compliant. Your card is tokenised and stored by us, and never shared with a supplier.

Registered and checked

Enrolled with AUSTRAC. Every business and every supplier on the network is verified before a payment moves.

Part of B2BE Group

B2BE has been processing electronic transactions between businesses for more than 27 years.