Payhawk adds SAP S/4HANA integration in summer update

Payhawk has released its Summer '26 Edition, introducing more than 30 product updates for finance teams, including a native integration with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.

The release spans accounts payable, global payments, procurement, travel and system administration, as the London-based spend management company targets organisations with complex finance operations.

A central addition is direct integration with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, which synchronises expenses, payments, and master data between Payhawk and the ERP system. It is intended to reduce reconciliation work and keep spending records aligned across systems.

Another update adds role-based visibility for fields and values, allowing finance teams to control what individual employees can view and edit. This is designed to support segregation of duties and tighter internal controls in larger organisations.

Invoice handling

Accounts payable features are a major part of the release. Payhawk can now bring invoices into its platform via several routes, including electronic invoices, emailed PDF documents, and invoices retrieved from supplier portals using its AI Fetch tool, before assigning them to the correct entity.

The e-invoicing function applies across the European Union and is intended to help businesses prepare for broader mandatory e-invoicing requirements. This places the update within a broader shift toward more standardised digital invoice processing.

Payments reach

Payhawk has also expanded its global payments offering. Finance teams can open a local account, receive funds, issue cards and pay suppliers in local currency without setting up a separate banking relationship in each market.

Support for Swiss francs, Danish krone and Polish złoty has been added as part of the release. Payhawk now supports payments in more than 115 currencies across more than 150 countries.

The latest changes also extend the company's work with other finance systems. Automated ERP master data synchronisation and expanded expense report export functions for NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics are intended to reduce manual maintenance and keep records consistent across platforms.

Travel changes

Travel tools have also been updated. Users can now change their own bookings, make bookings on behalf of colleagues, apply policy-based allowances and use negotiated hotel rates within the system.

Payhawk has also added workflow features to Microsoft Teams, allowing finance staff to handle approvals and alerts within the collaboration platform. It described these as AI-native workflows and included Financial Controller Agent functions as part of the changes.

The broader aim of the update is to address a longstanding tension in finance software between control and ease of use. Vendors serving larger businesses have often emphasised deep process coverage, while customers have pushed for fewer disconnected systems and less manual administrative work.

This makes integration with major ERP platforms a significant area of competition. Companies such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and NetSuite often sit at the centre of finance operations, meaning spend management providers must integrate with established systems to win broader adoption among larger organisations.

Payhawk is positioning the release around that requirement, particularly in areas such as invoice capture, policy enforcement, payments and travel spending. The package is designed to help finance teams scale operations without adding equivalent overhead.

Hristo Borisov, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Payhawk, set out the company's view of the market in remarks accompanying the launch.

"Enterprise finance teams shouldn't have to sacrifice usability in order to gain operational depth," said Borisov. 

"The Summer '26 Edition is about helping companies operate in highly complex finance environments while keeping workflows intuitive, connected, and fast for the people using them every day."