Accelerated virtual card payments in b2b transactions

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, an invoice for goods or services received by a buyer from a supplier, the invoice to be paid by the buyer;
• automatically predicting, by the processor, without an input from the buyer, invoice approval for payment by the buyer;
• obtaining, by the processor, a virtual card number for the supplier, the virtual card number being an electronic identifier that is associated with a payment account of the supplier to which the payment is made for the invoice through a payment card network;
• responsive to the automatically predicting invoice approval for payment by the buyer, initiating electronic processing to make the payment to the supplier for the invoice based on the virtual card number and the payment card network;
• receiving, by the processor, an electronic authorization message indicating a transactional status of the payment via the payment card network using the virtual card number;
• and
• transmitting, by the processor, an indication of the transactional status for display to the buyer.

A system of providing instant invoice payments for invoices from a supplier to a buyer, comprising:

• a processor programmed to:
• receive an invoice shared by a buyer for goods or services received by a buyer from a supplier, the invoice to be paid by the buyer;
• automatically predict, without an input from the buyer, invoice approval for payment by the buyer;
• responsive to the automatic prediction of invoice approval for payment by the buyer, initiate electronic processing to make the payment to the supplier for the invoice;
• access a transactional status of the payment;
• and
• transmit an indication of the transactional status for display to the buyer.