Lumanu FOr PLATFORMS

Stop managing hundreds of vendors. Start managing one.

Lumanu acts as your single vendor of record for all creator and freelancer payments. Your team stops chasing W-9s, creating POs rejecting invoices, and managing tax filings.

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Before Lumanu, our AP team was buried in W9s/1099s, incorrect vendor invoices, and delayed payments. Now we process thousands of vendor payments through Lumanu as one compliant partner. Finance finally has visibility and control without slowing down our marketing teams.

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Nick Wagner

VP Finance & Operations

Warner Music Group

Before Lumanu, our AP team was buried in W9s/1099s, incorrect vendor invoices, and delayed payments. Now we process thousands of vendor payments through Lumanu as one compliant partner. Finance finally has visibility and control without slowing down our marketing teams.

Nick Wagner profile picture
Nick Wagner

VP Finance & Operations

Warner Music Group

Before Lumanu, our AP team was buried in W9s/1099s, incorrect vendor invoices, and delayed payments. Now we process thousands of vendor payments through Lumanu as one compliant partner. Finance finally has visibility and control without slowing down our marketing teams.

Nick Wagner profile picture
Nick Wagner

VP Finance & Operations

Warner Music Group

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Less manual work. Fewer errors. No more tax season surprises.

Eliminate Vendor Sprawl

One vendor to onboard, one vendor to pay. Lumanu replaces hundreds of creators, freelancers, and long-tail vendors in your ERP so you're not drowning in new vendor requests every time Marketing runs a campaign.

Lumanu onboards once with your vendor management software and other policies.

Manage marketing vendor spend at the campaign or project level in your ERP.

Reduce Burden on AP Teams

Lumanu sends consolidated accurate, standardized invoices every time. No more net term payment exceptions or back-and-forth with creators over missing fields or incorrect amounts.

Consolidate hundreds of creator payouts into funding invoices.

Reduce administrative burden on AP and Procurement teams.

Lumanu supports PO and net term policies.

Centralize Spend & Reconciliation

No more hunting down spend data across inboxes and spreadsheets. Get clean, itemized invoices and GL-ready reports with spend broken out by department, campaign, and vendor.

Track spend against specific campaign and project budgets in real-time.

Full marketing payment ledger visibility for marketing teams, no more back and forth on payment status.

Marketing, Creators and Finance have full visibility into all payouts and status.

Lumanu manages tax and compliance with mobile friendly onboarding

Offload Compliance & Tax

Lumanu takes on W-9 collection, TIN matching, 1099 filing handled. Lumanu takes the compliance burden off your plate entirely, so tax season doesn't mean all-hands-on-deck for AP.

Support for ACH, SEPA, FAST, and local banking rails worldwide.

Instant push-to-card payments via Visa or Mastercard.

Fund and pay in global currencies as needed.

FAQ

FAQ

Take a deeper dive into Lumanu and how it works.

Take a deeper dive into Lumanu and how it works.

Does Lumanu handle 1099 tax compliance for creator and freelancer payments?

Yes. Because Lumanu acts as the vendor of record, the 1099 filing obligation shifts from your company to Lumanu. Lumanu collects and validates W-9 and W-8 forms, performs TIN matching, and handles 1099-NEC and 1042-S generation at year end. This means your finance team doesn't need to chase tax forms from individual creators or manage year-end filings for hundreds of vendors. Lumanu takes that on entirely.

How does Lumanu reduce accounts payable workload for marketing payments?

Lumanu acts as a single vendor of record in your ERP or AP system, replacing the hundreds of individual creators, freelancers, and production vendors your marketing team works with. Instead of onboarding and managing each one separately, your AP team processes payments through one pre-vetted vendor (Lumanu) with standardized invoices, consolidated billing options, and no manual invoice corrections.

How does Lumanu work with a company's existing ERP or accounts payable system?

Lumanu is designed to slot into your existing AP workflow as a single, pre-approved vendor, not replace it. Your team adds Lumanu once in your ERP or AP system, and from that point forward, all creator and freelancer payments route through that one vendor relationship. Lumanu provides GL-ready exports with spend broken out by department, campaign, and vendor, making reconciliation straightforward. It works alongside platforms like NetSuite, SAP, and other major ERP systems without requiring AP teams to change how they operate day-to-day.

Can Lumanu manage payments to international creators and freelancers?

Yes. Lumanu supports vendor payments in 180+ countries with automated foreign exchange and global tax ID validation. For international payments, Lumanu acts as an undisclosed agent, which means VAT is not required on those transactions. Your AP team gets compliant international payments without needing to navigate the tax rules of each country individually.

Is Lumanu a good fit for companies that run high-volume influencer or creator marketing programs?

Lumanu is specifically built for companies that pay large numbers of creators, freelancers, and production vendors as part of their marketing operations. The more volume a company runs, the more value Lumanu delivers, consolidating what would otherwise be hundreds of individual vendor setups, tax filings, and payment workflows into a single, compliant process that AP teams can actually manage at scale.

Does Lumanu handle 1099 tax compliance for creator and freelancer payments?

Yes. Because Lumanu acts as the vendor of record, the 1099 filing obligation shifts from your company to Lumanu. Lumanu collects and validates W-9 and W-8 forms, performs TIN matching, and handles 1099-NEC and 1042-S generation at year end. This means your finance team doesn't need to chase tax forms from individual creators or manage year-end filings for hundreds of vendors. Lumanu takes that on entirely.

How does Lumanu reduce accounts payable workload for marketing payments?

Lumanu acts as a single vendor of record in your ERP or AP system, replacing the hundreds of individual creators, freelancers, and production vendors your marketing team works with. Instead of onboarding and managing each one separately, your AP team processes payments through one pre-vetted vendor (Lumanu) with standardized invoices, consolidated billing options, and no manual invoice corrections.

How does Lumanu work with a company's existing ERP or accounts payable system?

Lumanu is designed to slot into your existing AP workflow as a single, pre-approved vendor, not replace it. Your team adds Lumanu once in your ERP or AP system, and from that point forward, all creator and freelancer payments route through that one vendor relationship. Lumanu provides GL-ready exports with spend broken out by department, campaign, and vendor, making reconciliation straightforward. It works alongside platforms like NetSuite, SAP, and other major ERP systems without requiring AP teams to change how they operate day-to-day.

Can Lumanu manage payments to international creators and freelancers?

Yes. Lumanu supports vendor payments in 180+ countries with automated foreign exchange and global tax ID validation. For international payments, Lumanu acts as an undisclosed agent, which means VAT is not required on those transactions. Your AP team gets compliant international payments without needing to navigate the tax rules of each country individually.

Is Lumanu a good fit for companies that run high-volume influencer or creator marketing programs?

Lumanu is specifically built for companies that pay large numbers of creators, freelancers, and production vendors as part of their marketing operations. The more volume a company runs, the more value Lumanu delivers, consolidating what would otherwise be hundreds of individual vendor setups, tax filings, and payment workflows into a single, compliant process that AP teams can actually manage at scale.

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