Fintech Launches Supply Chain Partner Management Hub to Modernize Scan-Based Trading

TAMPA, Fla. — April 8, 2026 — Fintech, a leading B2B data and payments automation provider for retail and hospitality, has announced the launch of its supply chain partner management hub. The platform is built for grocery and convenience stores that operate shared inventory programs with direct store delivery (DSD) vendors. It delivers end-to-end data visibility and automated payments across supply chain partnerships, with the stated goals of improving margins and enabling smarter inventory decisions. According to the company, this is the first platform to offer timely visibility into point-of-sale (POS) and DSD data for such programs, helping reduce costs, eliminate operational friction, and scale revenue by improving on-shelf performance.

Shared inventory programs based on scan-based trading (SBT) are a retail model in which vendors retain ownership of their products until the items are scanned at the register. POS data exchanges then trigger an automated, accurate payment from the retailer to the vendor partner. With Fintech’s hub, every transaction flows through a proprietary validation and reconciliation framework, which the company says ensures precision, transparency, and trust at scale. Partners can collaborate on product assortments, store distributions, and a mutually validated price book.

Traditional scan-based trading run directly by retailers often suffers from limited data, manual processes, and slow or inaccurate payments, leading to operational inefficiencies and partner friction. Fintech’s solution provides accurate and timely data enhanced by intelligent validation and automation. This allows partners to optimize their shared inventory programs and better realize the full benefits of the SBT model, while unlocking faster payments and stronger supplier-retailer partnerships. The hub sits at the center of the partnership, enabling retailers and suppliers to connect and collaborate with all partners through a single, centralized platform.

“Our partner management hub is the most advanced product on the market, giving retailers and suppliers a seamless, accurate, and truly collaborative experience that is far beyond previous SBT programs,” said Fintech CEO Tad Phelps. “By combining validated data from both parties and processing accurate, automated payments with expert customer support, we’re eliminating friction and empowering the industry to manage supply chain partnerships at scale.”

Key product features include insights and data analysis, a mutually validated price book, automated payments, easy data integration setup, and expert customer support.

Following the acquisitions of the two leading third-party SBT companies, Fintech developed this new product based on the SBT model but running on a modern technology platform that leverages AI-driven data management capabilities. As Fintech brings this product to market, it reports a 67% market share of third-party managed SBT programs, supporting 85,000 retail doors at more than 150 retailers and over 3,500 suppliers.

To learn more, visit fintech.com/hub.

About Fintech LLC

Fintech LLC is a leading B2B data and payments automation provider for retail and hospitality. For over 35 years, Fintech has redefined how over 1.1 million B2B relationships buy and sell goods and supplies in the retail, hospitality, and alcohol industries. Backed by leading investors TA Associates and General Atlantic, Fintech processed more than $60 billion in automated B2B payment transactions last year. Their products are designed to help companies of any size, from enterprise to single-site, overcome daily operational challenges with innovative, efficiency-focused solutions. Fintech’s integrated platform centralizes invoice data and payments, POS and DSD data, product and cost compliance, price book management, and industry market data using AI, seamless integration capabilities, and proprietary automation technology. To learn more, visit fintech.com.

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