The protection layer
Every bill checked
before money moves.
Screening checks every incoming bill and vendor the moment it arrives. New senders get verified before a first payment, a changed bank detail gets flagged instead of quietly paid, and every rejection is logged. Nothing pays out on trust alone.
Preflight · [email protected]
Sanctions compliance
PassYour blocklist
PassBots and throwaways
PassSender reputation
PassAll checks passed
Delivered to inbox
Blocked: [email protected]
Logged for audit
Reason: vendor_blocked · Channel: invoice_me
Active preflight
Bad invoices should never enter your AP workflow.
Screening actively filters. Every inbound submission is checked the moment it arrives. Blocked submissions are held back before they reach your inbox, and each rejection is logged for audit. It runs on every account without setup.
Preflight · [email protected]
Sanctions compliance
PassYour blocklist
PassBots and throwaways
PassSender reputation
PassAll checks passed
Delivered to inbox
Blocked: [email protected]
Logged for audit
Reason: vendor_blocked · Channel: invoice_me
What you're protected from
Layered protection on every submission.
Sanctions compliance
Senders tied to comprehensively sanctioned jurisdictions are stopped at the door, so you stay on the right side of the rules.
Your blocklist
Vendors you've blocked stay blocked. Their future submissions are rejected automatically.
Bots and throwaways
Automated abuse and disposable-address spam are filtered out before they reach you.
Bad actors
Reputation signals catch the senders that look like trouble, so far fewer bad invoices reach your workflow.
New senders
A sender you've never paid gets verified before a first payment, so a first-time bill isn't a first-time risk.
Changed bank details
When a vendor's payout details change, the bill is flagged for a second look instead of quietly paid to a new account.
Always evolving
The checks keep growing. You don't lift a finger.
New kinds of fraud show up all the time, so we keep adding new checks. Every account gets each one the day it ships, with nothing to install, no setting to turn on, and no version to upgrade. The protection you have today is the floor, not the ceiling.
- New checks roll out to every account automatically.
- When a new scam pattern appears, screening learns to catch it.
- Nothing for you to configure, patch, or maintain.
Active checks
Auto-updatedHuman in the loop
Screening informs. You decide.
Screening never quietly pays or blocks a real vendor on its own. It does the checking and hands you a clear read with the reasons behind it, then waits. You approve, hold, or reject. The only thing it decides without you is a hard sanctions failure, which can't be approved through Wrenbase either way.
Sender · design-coop.com
Worth a look
Payout account changed since the last bill.
Your call
Screening gives the read. You make the decision.
See what we blocked
See what Wrenbase blocks for you.
Most screening tools just block things and never tell you. You pay for the protection but have no idea if it's doing anything. Your dashboard has an activity panel listing every blocked submission and why. Bots probing your inbox, vendors not on your list, sanctioned countries. Check it once a week and you'll know exactly what the engine did for you.
- Counts by category for the bot traffic.
- One row for each real submission that got rejected.
- Reasons in plain words, not error codes.
Submissions · last 7 days
142
received via Invoice Me
Blocked · last 7 days
17
12% of 142 submissions
What we blocked
- bots and throwaways9
- sanctions4
- not on your vendor list3
- automated abuse1
Recent rejections
Vendors that got past the email gate and were rejected by your rules. These are worth a look.
not on your vendor list
due date required
max amount exceeded
Screening, on demand
Check a sender before you approve them.
Screening runs automatically on every bill, and you can also run it by hand the moment you're deciding. Someone new asks to join your vendor list, or their invoice shows up before they're on it. One click screens them and gives you a clear read on whether they look legitimate. It isn't proof, and it never decides for you. Your call, always.
Looks clear
Nothing stood out. A reasonable sign to go ahead, with your own judgment.
Worth a look
Something is worth reading before you approve. Not a rejection, just a heads-up.
Part of Wrenbase
Screening runs on every bill Wrenbase receives.
It sits underneath Intake, so the bills your vendors send arrive already checked.
Nothing pays out on trust alone.
Sign up free. Screening is on from the first bill.
Common questions
Quick answers.
- What is Wrenbase Screening?
- The layer that checks every incoming bill and vendor before money moves. Each submission is screened the moment it arrives, so bad invoices are caught before they reach your AP workflow and far less pays out on trust alone.
- What does Screening actually check?
- Sanctions compliance, your own blocklist, bot and throwaway-address filtering, and sender-reputation signals. It also verifies new senders before a first payment and flags a changed bank detail instead of quietly paying it.
- Does screening slow down my vendors?
- No. Screening runs in seconds when a submission arrives. Anything that fails is blocked and logged; everything else reaches your inbox right away.
- What happens to a blocked submission?
- It never reaches your inbox, and the rejection is logged for audit with a plain-language reason. You can see every blocked submission and why in your activity panel.
- Can I run screening on demand?
- Yes. Screening runs automatically on every bill, and you can also run it by hand the moment you're deciding, either because a sender asked to join your vendor list or their invoice arrived before they were on it. One click weighs a range of identity and reputation signals and gives you a clear read on whether the sender looks legitimate, with the reasons behind it. It isn't proof and it never decides for you. Your call, always.
- Can Screening block a sender on its own?
- Sanctions-class failures can't be approved through Wrenbase. Everything else is a signal for you to weigh; you make the final call.
- Is Screening a separate product I have to buy?
- Screening runs on every Wrenbase account as part of how bills come in. The on-demand check, which you run by hand when you're deciding on a sender, is included on the paid plans, with no per-check fee.