Quickly to Power Payments Automation Tech for Construction Software Firm

Calgary fintech upstart Quickly is partnering with Markham’s Premier Construction Software, the companies announced this week.

Founded in 2022 by Kyle Friedman and Ammar Memon, Canadian fintech-to-watch Quickly specializes in Early Payment Platforms for small and medium-sized businesses, particularly within the construction sector.

Premier Construction Software, meanwhile, offers cloud enterprise solutions for the construction industry.

The partnership between the two innovators integrates Quickly’s automated early payment capabilities directly into Premier’s cloud ERP, giving construction companies a new way to reduce payables costs, improve cash flow, and pay their suppliers faster, according to Aisha Ali, President of Premier Construction Software.

Suppliers in construction wait up to 90 days to get paid, which can strain vendor relationships, add work for finance teams, and slow down project reinvestment.

“Our clients told us they wanted a smarter way to handle vendor payments without adding complexity to their operations,” says Ali. “Quickly fits that need.”

The integration “works inside the workflows our clients already use,” Ali says, “and it turns approved payables into a savings opportunity [without] new systems to learn [or] disruption to existing payment terms.”

Premier’s AI-powered technology already gives construction companies real-time visibility into job costs, project budgets, and financial performance. Adding Quickly’s early payment infrastructure extends that visibility into the payables process, connecting approved invoices to automated discount capture and cost savings—for fewer manual payment requests, stronger supplier retention, more predictable cashflow, and incremental savings.

“Construction has operated on rigid payment cycles for decades,” explains Friedman, who serves his startup as chief executive officer.

With Premier Construction Software, “we’re embedding dynamic early payments directly into their platform, giving customers a practical way to reduce supplier costs and improve margins without changing how they operate or their existing payment terms,” the Alberta-based entrepreneur says. “There is no cost to adopt, and customers can choose to use it whenever it makes sense.”

Premier Construction Software was founded in 2009.

Quickly is used by more than 2,000 companies across North America.