Bectran Partners with Avalara to automate tax compliance. May 27, 2026 Enhance accuracy and efficiency in managing tax exemption certificates. CHICAGO, May 27, 2026 - Bectran Inc., a leader in trade credit, collections, and accounts receivable management, today announced a partnership with Avalara, the agentic AI leader in global tax and compliance. The partnership, combined with Bectran's AI-powered tools, helps finance teams reduce complexity across tax management and accounts receivable workflows and improve the speed and accuracy of financial decision-making. As part of this collaboration, Bectran is now part of Avalara's "Certified for AvaTax" program, which recognizes integrations that meet high standards for performance, reliability, and customer experience. Bectran customers can now leverage Avalara Exemption Certificate Management (ECM)to streamline the collection, storage, and management of tax documents from vendors and buyers. Centralizing exemption certificates and tax document management helps businesses reduce compliance risk, improve accuracy, and maintain audit readiness. Enhanced tax compliance with automated Certificate Management. Managing tax exemption certificates is an intricate and time-intensive responsibility for credit teams. The Avalara integration enables Bectran users to create, store, and validate exemption certificates directly within their existing workflows, leveraging Bectran's document vault for secure, centralized storage and controlled access to accurate, up-to-date documentation. Businesses can sync tax certificate data with Avalara automatically, providing organizations with flexibility and control over data management. Bectran provides a unified platform for managing both financial risk and regulatory obligations. With this enhancement, Bectran continues to expand its suite of process automation capabilities - enabling finance teams to shift focus from manual compliance tasks to higher-value strategic initiatives. This partnership marks another step in Bectran's commitment to modernizing financial operations, helping businesses adapt to evolving compliance demands with greater speed, accuracy, security, and confidence. A shared commitment to simplicity and compliance. "Tax certificate management is one of the most manual, error-prone parts of the credit workflow," said Ali Kidwai, Senior Director of Product and Engineering at Bectran. "Through our integration with Avalara, credit teams can now validate, store, and manage exemption certificates without ever leaving the platform, keeping them compliant and audit-ready without the busywork." Together, Bectran and Avalara are making compliance a seamless, connected part of the financial workflow - removing inefficiencies, so it becomes a natural extension of everyday operations. "Bectran is helping finance teams simplify some of the most operationally complex parts of the customer and compliance lifecycle, and we're extending that value through this new partnership," said Meg Higgins, SVP of Global Partners at Avalara." By integrating Avalara's exemption certificate management capabilities directly into Bectran's platform, businesses can automate manual processes, improve accuracy, and stay audit-ready, all within the workflows their teams already rely on every day." About Avalara. Avalara is the agentic AI platform for global tax and compliance. For more than two decades, Avalara has built one of the most expansive libraries of tax content and integrations in the industry, processing more than 54 billion transactions annually and supporting millions of businesses worldwide. The company's purpose-built AI agents automate end-to-end compliance with greater precision, from tax calculations and return filings to exemption certificate management and beyond. For more information, visit Avalara.com. Media contact: [email protected] (703) 596-808 May 27, 2026

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