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Workstream · 02 · Cross-border payments

AP runs itself. Finance closes faster.

We sit between your suppliers and your finance team — issuing POs, validating invoices, executing wires and reconciling FX so your books close on time, every time.

10h
saved per finance week
12+
currencies handled
0
missed close dates
How we hold the line

Three things we never compromise on.

One AP queue, every currency

Suppliers email a single Hampala address. We extract, validate, code and route — your finance team sees a clean queue, not an inbox.

Wires that don't fail

We execute multi-currency wires through your banking stack with the right intermediary instructions, IBAN/SWIFT validation and pre-flight FX quotes.

Close-ready every Friday

Reconciliation runs weekly, not at month-end. Disputes are surfaced inside 48 hours, not at the close meeting.

The flow

From inbound to closed, in four stages.

01
Intake

Invoices land in our shared queue. OCR + human review extract amount, currency, PO match, GL code and due date.

02
Validate

Three-way match against PO and goods receipt. Any deviation > tolerance is escalated to your AP lead with full context.

03
Execute

Approved batches are wired through your bank — single-currency or grouped FX — with screenshots and references back to the invoice.

04
Reconcile

Bank feeds reconciled to GL daily. FX gain/loss booked. Disputes opened with supplier the same day.

What you actually see

A live ledger. Not a status email.

Every workstream Hampala runs surfaces back to your team as a clean, queryable ledger — not a fortnightly PDF. Below: a representative snapshot of cross-border payments.

  • AP & invoicing
  • FX & wire ops
  • Dispute resolution
  • Reconciliation
Payment run
Wk 24 · £128,420 cleared
Hampala
  • Argyle Print Co. · INV-2241
    £18,400Wired
  • Meridian Freight · INV-118
    €11,300In flight
  • Halton Studios · INV-77
    £4,820Disputed
  • Ashford Tech · INV-09
    £8,250Scheduled
  • Penrose Marine · INV-441
    $6,920Wired
Live · how the work actually moves
Cross-border spend
H1 · GBP
£284k
+14%
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
UKIreland
Entity · UK Ltd
Hampala-managed
UK Ltd registered
Companies House
VAT return filed
Q1 · HMRC
Annual return
Due 14 days
PAYE active
Monthly
Where the line is

What's not ours.

We're embedded, not all-encompassing. Here's what stays with your team — by design.

  • We don't replace your bank — we operate on top of your existing rails.
  • We don't sign off on payments — your CFO/Controller still approves the run.
Common questions

The questions every CFO asks first.

Whose bank does the money move from?

Yours. We never custody funds. We prepare and submit the wire batch; your authorised signer approves it inside your banking portal.

How do you handle FX?

We pre-quote each currency leg, group payments where it reduces fees, and book gain/loss in the same currency your books are kept in.

What about supplier disputes?

We open the dispute, send the chase, propose the resolution and bring it back to your finance lead with a recommendation.

Your finance week shrinks by a day. Sometimes two.