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Bankflip Integration

ApproveThis manages your Bankflip Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Documents

The Approval Bottleneck You Didn't Know You Had

Let's cut to the chase: if you're using Bankflip to extract documents and models from public administrations, you're already ahead of the curve. But here's the rub - all that sweet, sweet data needs someone's eyeballs on it before it gets used. And that's where your current process probably turns into a game of email ping-pong with stakeholders.

ApproveThis doesn't just "integrate" with Bankflip - it plugs directly into the exact moment when extracted data needs human judgment. We're talking about turning what used to be days of "Did you review that PDF?" follow-ups into a process that actually finishes before your coffee gets cold.

Why This Combo Works Like a Wrecking Ball for Bureaucracy

Bankflip's good at what it does: digging out documents and models from digital haystacks. ApproveThis does one thing better than anyone: getting people to make decisions fast. Put them together through Zapier, and you've got an assembly line for approvals that doesn't suck.

Here's the kicker: ApproveThis approvers don't need Bankflip logins. That means your external auditors, compliance folks, or that one picky client who always demands to "see the source" can review extracted data without you buying extra software seats. They just click Approve/Reject in their email. Done.

Real-World Uses That Actually Matter

1. When Documents Need Adult Supervision

Bankflip's document extraction is like having a really smart intern - it fetches everything you asked for, but you still need to check their work. Set up a Zapier trigger so every new document extraction in Bankflip kicks off an ApproveThis workflow.

Who cares: Financial teams processing municipal bond docs, compliance officers verifying permit extractions, procurement teams double-checking contract terms.

ApproveThis adds layers here you can't get from basic email approvals:

  • Automatic escalation if approvers don't respond by lunchtime
  • Require consensus from legal AND finance before greenlighting sensitive docs

2. Model Validations That Don't Make You Want to Cry

Extracted financial models are useless until someone signs off on their accuracy. Bankflip's model extraction + ApproveThis turns this into a surgical process:

Scenario: Your team extracts a new tax assessment model from county records. The Zapier integration pings both the lead analyst and external auditor via ApproveThis. The auditor reviews directly in email (no login needed), while the internal team tracks status in ApproveThis' dashboard. If they disagree, comments thread right in the approval request.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

We'll spare you the technical jargon. Here's the brass tacks:

  1. Connect Bankflip and ApproveThis in Zapier (takes 3 minutes)
  2. Pick your trigger: "New Document Extracted" or "New Model Extracted" in Bankflip
  3. Map key data points to ApproveThis' approval requests (document IDs, extraction dates, etc.)
  4. Set approval rules in ApproveThis: thresholds, required approvers, escalation rules

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-flag documents over certain page counts or models with outlier values. Combine with approval thresholds to auto-approve routine stuff and only bug humans for exceptions.

Who Gets Their Life Back

Compliance Teams

Instead of chasing down signatures for every extracted document, set conditional rules: - Auto-approve routine FOIA responses - Require manual sign-off on anything marked "confidential" in metadata

Operations Managers

Track approval SLAs in real dashboards. See bottlenecks instantly ("Why does accounting always stall on permit reviews?")

External Partners

Clients get email approvals with direct links to Bankflip-sourced documents. They review and click - no account setup, no nagging.

The Quiet Perks You'll Actually Use

Beyond the obvious time saves:

Vacation Delegation: CFO out? ApproveThis auto-reassigns their approvals without you playing secretary.

Audit Trails: Every approval/rejection stamps the who, when, and why. Exportable for compliance reports.

Conditional Workflows: Documents under 10 pages? Route to junior staff. Over 50 pages? Automatically CC legal.

No, This Isn't Magic (But It's Close)

Look - we're not saying this integration will make approval processes fun. But for teams neck-deep in extracted documents and models from Bankflip, it's the difference between herding cats and having an actual system.

The kicker? You can set this up in an afternoon. No IT tickets, no budget requests. Just connect the dots between Bankflip's extractions and ApproveThis' approval muscle through Zapier.

Your Move

If you're still manually tracking document approvals in spreadsheets or CC'ing entire departments on emails, let's be real: you're wasting time you don't have. ApproveThis isn't another tool - it's the missing link between Bankflip's data extraction and actually using that data without bureaucratic nonsense.

Get Started Free (takes 2 minutes) or book a 15-minute demo to see how approval workflows should actually work.

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Best Approval Workflows for Bankflip

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Bankflip

Create approval requests for new document extractions

When a new document is extracted in Bankflip, this integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis to streamline decision-making. It triggers instantly on document extraction to automate the review process. *Note: Configure specific approval thresholds in ApproveThis as needed.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Document Extracted

Triggers when a new document is extracted.

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Create approval requests for new model extractions

This automation monitors new model extractions in Bankflip and creates an approval request in ApproveThis to enhance review efficiency. It runs each time a new model is extracted and initiates the approval process automatically. *Note: Adjust the approval workflow settings in ApproveThis as needed.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Model Extracted

Triggers when a new model is extracted.

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.