Case Study: Leading Multinational Law Firm achieves real-time cash visibility and streamlined payment automation with AccessPay

Improving Cash Visibility and Payment Automation in the Legal Sector

Leading Multinational Law Firm, a global top‑10 practice with offices in 28 countries and more than 4,000 staff, needed to improve cash visibility, secure approval workflows and reduce manual errors across busy finance teams. Facing over 20,000 transactions a month (payroll, supplier, CHAPS and SEPA), the firm sought a single payments platform and SWIFT gateway to streamline global payments and provide secure, mobile authorisation.

AccessPay implemented its cloud-based financial software platform and SWIFT gateway to automate transfers from the firm’s Elite ERP, supplier payments, UK payroll (SAP→Bacs), SEPA flows to NatWest/HSBC/ING and regular bank file exchange. The result: automated processing of ~20,000 transactions/month worth over £100m, around 99% approved with no further action, SWIFT confirmations in as little as three minutes, mobile secure approvals and built‑in controls (secondary checks for payments over £20,000), delivering real‑time cash visibility and significantly fewer manual touchpoints.