Case Study: Charles Russell Speechlys automates client account payments and strengthens compliance with AccessPay

Supporting an international law firm’s service delivery and growth ambitions with client account payment automation

Charles Russell Speechlys is an international law firm specializing in private capital, handling high volumes of high-value client account payments across multiple regions. It wanted to replace manual payment processing, improve security, support growth, and stay compliant with the Solicitors Accounts Rules, so it turned to AccessPay and its bank connectivity and account name verification capabilities.

AccessPay integrated the firm’s Elite 3E practice management system with bank accounts via host-to-host connections, automated bank statement feeds from 60+ banks, and added account name verification for payee validation. The result was stronger payment security, reduced fraud and error risk, better compliance oversight, and significant time savings, with Charles Russell Speechlys estimating it has saved over 1,500 hours in the last financial year.

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