For hospitality businesses

Bulk payments built for hospitality businesses. Accurate payments without the stress.

Item: Telleroo
Rating: 5
Author: Sam Mehta

Telleroo connects to Xero, QuickBooks and your payroll software so you can pay suppliers and staff on time without logging into your bank. Approve and send a batch in seconds.

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Telleroo payments platform for hospitality businesses

The challenge

Manual payments put your supplier relationships and cash flow at risk

Restaurants, cafes, pubs and hotels juggle large volumes of supplier invoices alongside weekly, fortnightly, and monthly employee pay runs. Doing this manually through online banking is slow, error-prone, and leaves you without the visibility you need to stay in control.

Late supplier payments halt orders

A late payment to a key supplier could put your orders on hold. That directly impacts your ability to meet customer demand and maintain service standards when it matters most.

Multiple pay run schedules are complex to manage

Paying permanent employees monthly, temp staff weekly, and zero-hours workers fortnightly through your bank is time-consuming and leaves too much room for mistakes at every step.

No payee verification on bank transfers

Manually entering or copying and pasting supplier bank details exposes you to errors and fraud. New or updated payees need checking before a payment is released, and most banking portals give you no help with this.

No visibility over outgoing payments

When everything is processed through online banking, it is hard to see what has gone out, what is pending, and what impact your payments are having on cash flow at any given moment.

Paying suppliers one by one is not sustainable

As your supplier base grows, manually processing each payment through your bank takes hours. At 50, 100, or 200 suppliers, the process becomes a serious drain on your finance team's time.

Urgent payments take too long

When a supplier needs paying immediately to release a delivery, processing it manually through your banking portal can take time you do not have. Speed matters in hospitality and your payment process needs to keep up.

The solution

Pay hundreds of suppliers and staff in minutes. With full fraud checks and built-in approval flows.

Telleroo syncs payment data directly from your accounting or payroll software. No exporting files, no keying in bank details. Just check, approve, and fund.

Xero and QuickBooks integration - payment data syncs directly from your accounting software so there is nothing to re-enter or re-upload manually
Payroll software connections - connect Employment Hero, Staffology, SafeHR, FreshPay or Buddy to automate your employee pay runs alongside supplier payments
New and updated payee alerts - Telleroo flags any new or changed bank details so you can verify before a payment goes out, protecting you from errors and fraud
Batch approval in seconds - review your full supplier or payroll run, approve in bulk, and release all payments with a single click
Urgent payments in 5 minutes - use Faster Payments to get an urgent payment into a supplier's account in minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Telleroo platform showing hospitality payment features

How it works

From your accounting software to supplier accounts in three steps

Connect your software, confirm your payments, and batch pay in seconds. No banking portal logins. No manual re-entry.

Connect Xero, QuickBooks or your payroll software

Link your accounting or payroll software to Telleroo. Payment information is pulled through automatically. New or updated payee bank details are flagged for your review before anything is sent.

Create your pay run

Group suppliers or employees into a single payment batch. You can pay up to 200 Xero or QuickBooks invoices in a single pay run, or thousands of suppliers and employees at once via CSV or API.

Approve and send

Assign approvers and dual approvers. When the batch is approved, all payments will be released simultaneously. Funds are sent via Faster Payments. Urgent payments reach accounts in as little as a few minutes.

Security and compliance

Built for businesses that handle high payment volumes

Telleroo is FCA-authorised and ISO 27001 certified. Your funds and payment data are protected every step of the way.

FCA Authorised

Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

ISO 27001

Enterprise-grade information security management, independently certified.

Confirmation of Payee

Verify supplier names match their registered bank details before a payment is released.

Safeguarded Funds

All funds held in safeguarded accounts at ClearBank.

£Billions

Of payments processed

5 mins

For most payments to arrive

24/7

Payment processing

20 minute

Avg, support response

"If I have 50 suppliers to pay, as all I have to do is push it from Xero, confirm the values and click 'review', this takes me seconds to do. And I need to make an urgent payment, it can be in the supplier's account in 5 minutes."

Sam Mehta

Operations Manager, Wenodo Accounting

Use cases

Built for every hospitality payment type

From food and beverage supplier invoices to weekly staff pay runs, Telleroo handles the full range of outbound hospitality payments via your accounting software, payroll software or CSV.

Food and beverage supplier payments

Pay hundreds of produce, drink, and food service suppliers in a single batch. Upload a CSV or sync directly from Xero or QuickBooks, approve in seconds, and keep your supply chain running without interruption.

Weekly, fortnightly, and monthly payroll payments

Run separate payment batches for employees on different pay schedules. Whether your team is paid weekly, fortnightly, or monthly, each run is independent with its own approval and audit trail.

Agency and zero-hours staff payments

Pay agency workers and zero-hours employees accurately on different schedules without the headache. Telleroo handles the full range of variable workforce payments in one place.

Time-sensitive supplier opportunities

When a supplier offers a short-notice discount or you need to deprioritise non-essential payments to free up cash, the speed of Faster Payments means you can act on opportunities without cash flow risk.

Property and maintenance contractor payments

Pay maintenance contractors, cleaning companies, and refurbishment suppliers quickly with clear references and a full transaction trail for each site or property.

Manage multiple locations from one central hub

Whether you're managing payments for single restaurant or a nationwide chain of coffee shops, you can do it all from one central login.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions from hospitality businesses

Yes. Telleroo integrates directly with Xero and QuickBooks. Payment information syncs straight from your accounting software so there is no need to export files and re-upload them to a banking portal. Telleroo also connects to leading payroll software including Employment Hero, Staffology, SafeHR, FreshPay, and Buddy. New or updated payee details are flagged automatically before any payment goes out.

You can pay up to 200 suppliers in a single payment batch via Telleroo's Xero and QuickBooks integrations. If your business needs to pay larger volumes of employees, you can do this via CSV upload or through the Telleroo API, which supports thousands of payments at once. Both options give you full validation, approval workflows, and fraud prevention features.

Urgent payments can reach a supplier's account in as little as 5 minutes using the UK Faster Payments System, which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This gives you the flexibility to respond immediately when a supplier needs to be paid urgently to release an order or when a short-notice opportunity arises.

Yes. Telleroo is designed to handle multiple pay run schedules, so you can process weekly agency staff payments, fortnightly payroll, and monthly supplier settlements from the same platform. Each run is independent with its own approval flow and full audit trail.

No. Telleroo is built for business owners and finance teams, not just accountants. You can connect your own Xero or QuickBooks account and start processing payments yourself. If your accountant manages your payments on your behalf, they can also access Telleroo as part of the same workflow, with approval stages that give you full visibility and control over what goes out.

Start paying suppliers and staff on time, every time

Connect your accounting or payroll software and pay your staff and suppliers in the time it takes to brew an espresso.