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Why Touchless Invoice Processing Is the Future of Accounts Payable

Appstrax Technology leverages Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) to deliver touchless invoice processing, automating data extraction, matching, approvals, and payments. This solves key business challenges like slow cycles, high costs, errors, and manual overload, enabling finance teams to focus on strategic growth in dynamic markets.

Maryke Blom

December 18, 2025

Manual invoice handling feels like an endless treadmill—slow, repetitive, and prone to slips.

What if most invoices processed themselves with zero human touch?

Explore how touchless AP with IDP delivers speed, accuracy, and cost savings that transform finance teams from busy to strategic.

Think back to the last time an invoice required multiple hands-on reviews before payment. It’s not just time lost—it’s opportunity cost, mounting errors, and that quiet frustration building in your team. In many organisations, 70-80% of invoices could flow straight through if the right automation were in place.

You’re leading a finance function that deserves to be efficient and insightful, not bogged down in paperwork.

As your guide, we’re here to show why touchless processing isn’t a distant dream—it’s a practical reality powered by Intelligent Document Processing (IDP).

Picture the shift: Invoices arrive, data extracts instantly with high accuracy, matches automatically against POs and receipts, approvals route seamlessly, and payments trigger on schedule.

Exceptions?

Only the true outliers reach human eyes.

  • The benefits stack up quickly. Processing costs drop dramatically—often by 60-80%—while cycle times shrink from days to hours.
  • Early payment discounts become the norm, not the exception.
  • Errors plummet, freeing your team for analysis that actually drives the business forward.

In Sub-Saharan Africa’s dynamic markets, where supplier networks span borders and formats vary widely, touchless processing handles multilingual documents and diverse layouts without breaking stride.

The best part?

It’s achievable without ripping and replacing your existing systems. Start with high-volume flows, measure the gains, and scale confidently.

Touchless AP isn’t about replacing people—it’s about elevating them. Ready to move your finance team from firefighting to forward-thinking?

Book a consultation, and let’s outline your path to touchless.