Case Study: United Language Group achieves faster payments, fee savings, and scalable onboarding with Tipalti

United Language Group Cuts Payments Processing Time & Scales with Tipalti

United Language Group (ULG), a Minneapolis-based language services marketplace with offices in seven countries and over 10,000 linguists, was hampered by a fragmented, manual accounts payable process across six entities after acquisitions. AP workflows took up to 15 days to close, relied on costly wires/ACH/paper checks, and slowed onboarding as the business scaled—so ULG needed an efficient, international payments solution without adding finance headcount.

Implementing Tipalti automated payee onboarding (five-minute setup), consolidated all entities on a cloud platform, and enabled multi-currency, multi-method payouts. As a result, processing time dropped to 1–2 days, ULG scaled its linguist network without new hires, gained better visibility, and cut about $3,000 per month in transaction fees.

United Language Group

Toni Tornell

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