Built for Credit Unions & Community Banks

The AI-Powered Digital
Payment Suite

Unify Bill Pay, AR, P2P/A2A, Cross-Border, and Custom Payment Workflows under your brand.
 Bring daily financial activity, member engagement, and deposit flow back into your ecosystem.

PayOnward is an AI-powered digital payment platform built for Credit Unions and Community-Based Financial Institutions that unifies accounts receivable & bill pay for local businesses, member bill pay, and real-time money movement. It helps financial institutions retain payment relationships, protect deposits, and deliver modern digital experiences under their own brand.

Trusted by Industry Leaders

Invested in and Built by Credit Unions…for Credit Unions and FIs

You’re Losing Control of the Payment
Relationship

More than 80% of digital transactions occur outside traditional FIs. 
PayOnward brings daily interactions back into your ecosystem and restores ownership of payments, data, and engagement.

Smart scheduling

Automatically aligns payments with income and due dates.

Risk detection

Identifies potential issues before they impact members.

Personalized insights

Provides timely guidance based on individual behavior.

Continuous anomaly monitoring

Monitors activity in real time to flag unusual patterns.

The Cost of Fragmentation

When payments move to third-party apps, you lose visibility, data, and the primary financial relationship.

90%

SMBs desire to pay vendors with one click or less

41%

SMBs plan to move to another FI in a year due to lack of digital solutions

35%

SMBs still doing accounts receivable (AR) manually

According to the PYMNTS July 2024 “Digital-First Banking Tracker® Series” Report

Reinventing how credit unions power digital payments

The First AI-Native Payment Engine

For decades, digital payments have been delivered through fragmented systems, manual workflows, and reactive tools that were never designed for how members and businesses actually manage money today.

PayOnward was created to change that.

This is the foundation that allows PayOnward to move from static payments to adaptive, predictive, and self-optimizing payment experiences for members and SMBs.

This is the foundation that allows PayOnward to move from static payments to adaptive, predictive, and self-optimizing payment experiences for members and SMBs.

PayOnward is a fully AI-native payment engine designed to transform how Credit Unions deliver digital payments.

Every workflow benefits from embedded intelligence that:

Predicts cash flow

Aligns payments with income

Detects anomalies and fraud

Optimizes routing across FedNow, RTP, and ACH

Automates routine tasks

Delivers personalized insights for SMBs and members

 

On top of this engine, PayOnward offers modular AI agents that tackle specific member and operational needs:

Manage My Bills

Flex Inflow

Smart VendorPay

Smart Routing

Two Powerful Suites. Endless Possibilities.

Business Suite

Modernize SMB financial operations with AI-driven Accounts Receivable, intelligent SMB Bill Pay, cash flow predictions, vendor risk alerts, and accounting integrations.

Explore Business Suite

Individual Suite

Deliver a next-generation member experience with self-managing Bill Pay, instant P2P/A2A transfers, transparent Cross-Border payments, and personalized financial intelligence.

Explore Individual Suite

Custom Payment Solutions

Configure unique payment workflows – internal operations, disbursements, vertical-specific payments, and real-time routing – without costly custom development.

Explore Custom Solution

Why Institutions Choose PayOnward

Leading credit unions trust our infrastructure to deliver modern payment experiences while maintaining absolute control and security.

Built for Credit Unions

Designed specifically to meet the operational, regulatory, and member experience needs of Credit Unions.

Support for real-time rails

Supports modern and traditional payment rails, including FedNow, RTP, and ACH.

Low deployment overhead

Configurable workflows reduce implementation time without heavy custom development.

Vendor consolidation

Replace multiple point solutions with a single, unified payment platform.

Future-ready payment architecture

Built to adapt as payment networks, regulations, and member expectations evolve.

Ready to modernize the member experience?

Explore how AI-powered bill pay, P2P, and cross-border flows fit into your institution’s strategy.