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Payment Compliance Gatekeeper Agent

Automatically validates payment instructions in real-time against policies, regulations, and sanctions, flagging true exceptions for review.

About the Agent

Accounts payable teams frequently struggle with ensuring every payment meets complex and evolving regulatory requirements, especially when dealing with special or off-cycle cases. Manual validation is slow and error-prone, increasing the risk of compliance breaches, missed audit controls, and potential financial losses. Inconsistent processes further hinder transparency, contributing to process bottlenecks and operational inefficiencies.

The Payment Compliance Gatekeeper Agent transforms payment authorization workflows by automating real-time checks across internal policies, audit controls, and external regulatory data. Leveraging data from core sources—including payment requests, invoices, supplier master data, approval records, sanctions lists, regulatory databases, and even free-text justifications—this AI agent extracts, consolidates, and interprets both structured and unstructured information. It evaluates each proposed payment by rigorously mapping all requirements, detecting violations, and screening against up-to-date external sanction data.

By ensuring only genuine exceptions are escalated for manual review and systematically logging validation outcomes, the agent delivers embedded compliance with reduced manual intervention. Organizations benefit from streamlined processes, higher process and employee productivity, and significant cost savings, with a single source of truth that simplifies audit and reporting while minimizing compliance risk.

Accuracy
TBD

Speed
TBD

Input Data Set

Sample of data set required for Payment Compliance Gatekeeper Agent:

Off-Cycle Payment Request


Request ID: 89C-1045
Date: 2023-11-06
Submitted By: Sarah Chen (schen@innovatecorp.com)
Department: 751 - Research & Development




Payee Details


    

  • Supplier Name: Quantum Dynamics Ltd.
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  • Supplier ID: (New Supplier - Pending Onboarding)
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  • Address: 123 Innovation Drive, Tech City, 45678, Cyberia
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Payment Information


    

  • Invoice Number: QD-2023-AI-789
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  • Invoice Date: 2023-11-03
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  • Amount: 22,500.00
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  • Currency: USD
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  • Payment Due: Urgent - Net 3
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Banking Details


    

  • Bank Name: International Commerce Bank
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  • SWIFT/BIC: ICBKCY2N
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  • Account Number: 001-554879-003
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Justification for Off-Cycle Payment:


This is an urgent payment for critical path services related to Project Chimera. Quantum Dynamics provides a unique AI model tuning service that is essential for meeting our Q4 launch deadline. Their standard terms are Net 30, but early payment is required to secure immediate resource allocation. The standard payment cycle would jeopardize the project timeline. This payment has been verbally approved by John Carter, VP of R&D, due to its time-sensitive nature.

Deliverable Example

Sample output delivered by the Payment Compliance Gatekeeper Agent:

Payment Compliance Validation Report


Request ID: 89C-1045
Validation Status: Exception Found - Manual Review Required




Summary






Invoice Number
Supplier Name
Amount (USD)
Overall Result






QD-2023-AI-789
Quantum Dynamics Ltd.
$22,500.00
FLAGGED






Reason for Exception: The payment request violates internal policies related to supplier status and transaction value, requiring manual authorization.




Detailed Compliance Checks






Category
Check
Status
Details






Internal Policy
Payment Amount vs. Authority Level
FLAG
Amount of $22,500.00 exceeds the $15,000 auto-approval threshold for new suppliers.





Supplier Onboarding Status
FLAG
Supplier "Quantum Dynamics Ltd." is not fully onboarded in the master data system.





Off-Cycle Payment Justification
PASS
Justification text analyzed and deemed sufficient for policy requirements, pending final approval.




Audit & Control
Duplicate Invoice Check
PASS
No duplicate invoice found for this supplier and amount in the last 12 months.





Approval Authority Verification
PASS
John Carter (VP, R&D) is confirmed to have the required approval authority for this expenditure level.




External Screening
Beneficiary Sanctions Check (OFAC, EU, UN)
PASS
"Quantum Dynamics Ltd." and its principals not found on any monitored sanctions lists.





Beneficiary Bank Sanctions Check
PASS
"International Commerce Bank" (SWIFT: ICBKCY2N) cleared all sanctions checks.








Action Required


Routing: This payment has been automatically routed to the AP Supervisor Queue for manual review and final approval.


Notes for Reviewer:


    

  • Confirm the verbal approval from John Carter.
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  • Expedite supplier onboarding process for Quantum Dynamics Ltd. before releasing funds.
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