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Bectran named to Construction Executive's 2026 Top tech(tm) List for fifth consecutive year. Order-to-cash platform recognized for automating credit, collections, and lien and UCC management at the job level for construction, building materials, and industrial supply companies. August 24, 2026 16:20 ET | Source: Bectran Inc. CHICAGO, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Bectran, the leading platform for trade credit, accounts receivable, collections, and payments, has been named to Construction Executive's 2026 Top Tech List for the fifth consecutive year. The annual list recognizes the software providers construction, building materials, and industrial supply companies rely on most. The publication's editors evaluate each provider on product efficacy and impact across the industry's toughest operational challenges, including the order-to-cash cycle. Why Bectran Made The 2026 Top Tech List Bectran earned its place on the list by automating one of construction's most persistent operational problems: credit management. As construction suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors take on more complex, multi-job customer relationships, manual job sheets and disconnected systems slow credit decisions, stall job approvals, drag out collections, and leave openings for fraud. Bectran replaces the spreadsheets and manual records many construction finance teams still work from today, automating credit decisioning and receivables management from the individual job, contractor, and subcontractor up through the full customer relationship. For finance teams, that means faster approvals on new jobs, fewer collection calls spent chasing down which job a payment applies to, and less time reconciling records by hand. "For a long time, construction finance teams have managed project-level risk with tools that weren't built for it," said Ali Kidwai, Senior Director of Product, Implementation, & Engineering at Bectran. "Five straight years on this list tells us we're building what the industry actually needs: credit and collections that work the way construction works, job by job." Job Credit Approvals in Seconds at SRS Distribution SRS Distribution, one of the fastest-growing distributors of building products in the United States, runs all of its job credit through Bectran, and more than half of those jobs are approved automatically with no manual touch. Applications that once took six to seven days to approve are completed in about four minutes when reviewed manually, and in as little as four seconds through Bectran's Instant Decision Manager. "Because of the scoring models in Bectran, we now automate and approve over 50% of our jobs... that's thousands of jobs that we don't have to touch," said Chris Arrington, Chief Credit Officer at SRS Distribution. That speed reaches SRS's customers too. A contractor can complete a Bectran credit application right at the branch counter, be approved in under a minute, and walk out with materials the same visit. Credit, Collections, and Lien Management in One Platform Bectran gives companies a single system for managing credit risk and receivables across the customer relationship, down to the individual job. On the credit side, Bectran automates application intake, approval routing, and risk scoring using bureau data, payment history, and behavioral signals. It also helps companies secure their receivables by managing UCC filings and lien rights alongside the jobs they protect. Integrations with leading lien-tracking providers automatically keep job sheet and lien data in sync. On the receivables side, the platform gives teams visibility into job-level exposure and automates cash application across complex customer hierarchies. Customers get access to a self-service portal to manage payments across every job from a single login. About Construction Executive Construction Executive is the leading media brand and trade publication for the construction industry. Since 2003, CE has reached construction owners, executives, and decision-makers with coverage spanning workforce development, safety, project management, and technology, earning more than 20 editorial awards for its reporting on the business of construction. About Bectran Bectran is to the Credit Department what CRM is to the Sales Department. From simple to complex organizations and SMEs to Fortune 500 companies, Bectran has helped companies cut down the time to process and approve credit by over 90% while significantly lowering the risk of credit defaults and the cost of collections. A growing number of companies are depending on Bectran to manage their Accounts Receivable and Collections. With significant process and task automation, companies can cut collection costs by 60-90% while accelerating the cash receipts cycle through complete, accurate cash applications. Visit bectran.com to learn more.

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