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Verify Account Details Before You Pay

Azupay’s Account Check Service (ACS) enables real-time matching of customer-provided details, led by your workflow and powered by Confirmation of Payee and, PayID®, to help you reduce mistakes, minimise rework, and make more confident payment decisions.

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The Hidden Costs of Mismatched Account Details

Incorrect details lead to failed payments, rework, and operational inefficiencies, adding avoidable risk to every payout or onboarding flow.

Payment delays and rework

Mismatched details cause returns, exceptions, and slowdowns that consume valuable operational time.

Risk of misdirected payments

Without checking details upfront, businesses are exposed to costly and preventable mistakes.

Compliance and audit pressure

More exceptions mean more investigation, documentation, and oversight.

Customer friction

Failed or returned payments undermine trust, impacting experience when it matters most.

Limited decision clarity

Standard processes don’t confirm whether details align with trusted records, making validation difficult.

Why Use Azupay’s Account Check Service

Azupay ACS strengthens decisioning by integrating  Confirmation of Payee and PayID, so businesses can check and confirm payment details with greater confidence.

How It works

1

Capture

Your workflow collects either a PayID or BSB/ account number/ account name. ACS will use the pathway you configure.

2

Match

If account name and BSB + account number >
Confirmation of Payee
If mobile or email identifier > PayID
ACS returns match results in real-time.

3

Decide

Use match outcomes to proceed with the payment or request updated details.

Payout

The Three Ways to Use Account Check Service

Where Azupay Delivers Impact

From retail to travel, insurance to government, we help enterprises cut costs, reduce failures, and get paid faster.

Travel and airlines
Use Case

Travel and airlines

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Insurance and financial services
Use Case

Insurance and financial services

Payments modernisation made easy. Instant claims payouts with identity and account checks built

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Government and utilities
Industry

Government and utilities

Increase back-office efficiency and customer experience. Immediate confirmation; transparent audit trails that

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Gaming 

Gaming 

Frictionless pay-ins and instant, compliant payouts. Give players a fast, trusted experience

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Retail and ecommerce
Product

Retail and ecommerce

Memberships, instalments, and loyalty subscriptions that work reliably. 

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Integration That Fits Your Business

Whether you prefer direct API integration or workflow-driven configuration via your Azupay environment, ACS adapts to your systems and processes.

Azupay works with your technical and operational teams to design, configure, and optimise flows that reduce friction and scale with your business

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FAQs

What is Account Check Service (ACS)?

ACS is Azupay’s configurable validation service that checks customer-provided PayID or bank account details against trusted data sources. It includes Confirmation of Payee and PayID to help businesses make informed decisions before a payment is attempted.

What is Confirmation of Payee?

Confirmation of Payee matches the entered BSB, account number and account name with the account details held by the recipient’s bank and provides a match result.

When is PayID name checking used?

If the user provides a PayID (email, mobile, ABN or the organisation name), ACS resolves information attached to a PayID instead of CoP. These checks are mutually exclusive and selected automatically based on the data your workflow collects.

What do Confirmation of Payee match outcomes mean?

Match: Details match bank-held records
Close match: Details closely match bank-held records
No match: Details don’t match bank-held records
Error: The service couldn’t confirm the details

Can we decide how ACS is used in our workflow?

Yes. ACS is designed to be configured to your processes. Your business decides how data is collected, when checks run, and what actions occur after a result is provided. Our solutions ensure your use case remains compliant with privacy obligations, and optimal information security practices.

What is a mistaken payment?

A mistaken payment can occur for several reasons – for example, sending funds to the wrong account, sending the incorrect amount, issuing duplicate payments, or attaching inaccurate reference information. ACS helps reduce the likelihood of mistaken payments caused by incorrect account details, while other Azupay controls can help address additional sources of payment error.