Case Study: Highlands Country Club achieves secure, automated payments and eliminates stolen checks with Edenred Pay

ighlands Country Club eliminates stolen checks and automates its payment process with Edenred Pay’s secure virtual card solution

Highlands Country Club, a long-established golf and social club in the North Carolina mountains, struggled with a manual, check-based payables process that strained its small accounting team—especially during high season and COVID-related remote work. The Club also suffered stolen and delayed checks through the USPS, prompting Controller (and CFO) to seek a more secure, automated payment method; they selected Edenred Pay’s virtual card solution.

Highlands implemented Edenred Pay virtual card payments after confirming the vendor’s SOC-audited security controls, which gave the team confidence to move away from paper checks. The rollout and training were quick and easy, vendors are paid faster, staff no longer must be in the office to process payments, and the Club is saving on postage plus receiving an additional $300 per month from automated payments so far. Highlands plans to expand use of Edenred Pay to more vendors and invoicing to capture larger rebates.