Dext, a bookkeeping automation platform serving accountants, bookkeepers and businesses, has announced a significant expansion of its Dext Payments product, adding payroll payment capabilities alongside several new features aimed at improving control, accuracy and flexibility for users.
Since its general availability launch earlier this year, described as the most requested feature in Dext’s history, the payments solution has seen customers process more than £2m through the platform. The latest update introduces payroll payments, allowing businesses and advisers to handle employee wage payments alongside supplier and expense payments within a single workflow.
Additional enhancements include scheduled payments up to 90 days in advance, the ability to apply credit notes directly within payment workflows, and improved filtering for Direct Debit invoices to reduce the risk of duplicate payments.
The payroll functionality works in conjunction with existing payroll software. Users upload a supported CSV file, after which the platform validates employee payment details and flags any discrepancies. Payments can then be created, scheduled and approved entirely within Dext, with built-in validation, duplicate detection and Confirmation of Payee checks, as well as full audit trails and role-based permissions throughout.
For accounting and bookkeeping practices, the expanded offering is intended to support more consistent and scalable service delivery across clients, reducing time spent on manual approvals and enabling payments to be offered as a structured, value-added service. For businesses, it provides a unified environment for paying suppliers, reimbursing expenses and processing wages.
Dext CEO Sabby Gill said, “Since launching Dext Payments, we’ve seen strong adoption from customers looking to bring more of their financial workflows into one place. With the addition of payroll payments, Dext Payments becomes a truly complete solution, enabling accountants, bookkeepers and businesses to manage all outgoing payments through a single, consistent workflow. This is a major step towards making Dext the system of record for day-to-day financial operations.”
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