Bank Details

Bank Details contains details of your customer's bank account. These are used to allocate payments to invoices and credits.

Bank account details can be created for a customer as part of the banking import feature.

Note: Bank account details can only be edited by the user if the user option Allow edit of bank details on F9 is selected.

Adding a New Bank Account

1. On the Set-up menu, click Traders. The Trader card opens on the Browse tab.
2. Browse for the customer for whom you want to add bank details.
3. Click the Bank Details trader tab.

   

4. Below the list, in the Sort code box, type the sort code for your customer's bank.

   Note: The format for sort codes can be six numbers (nnnnnn) or six numbers separated by two dashes (nn-nn-nn). You can enter either format. it is recommended that you choose the format your bank uses when sending you electronic statements.

5. In the Account box, type the account number identifying your customer's account. Its format is eight numbers (nnnnnnnn).
6. In the Name box, type a name for the account. This is not used for matching when allocating, only to identify the account if you are, for instance, speaking to your customer about a transaction.
7. Below the list, click the + (Insert record) button. The bank account is added to the list.

Editing a Bank Account

1. Follow steps 1-3 above.
2. Click the bank account you want to edit. The account details are displayed in the boxes at the foot of the grid.
3. Edit the Sort code, Account and/or Name boxes.
4. Click the tick button to confirm, or the cross button to cancel the edit.

Deleting a Bank Account

1. Follow steps 1-3 above.
2. Click the account you want to delete.
3. Click the minus button. A confirmation window opens.
4. Click OK to delete, or Cancel.

Note: Adding, editing or deleting a bank account is audited. The bank account numbers and sort codes are not recorded.

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