Pay your suppliers via e-Banking
You can use e-Banking to pay your suppliers electronically. Once set up, this generates a payment file. You use this file to transmit the payments to your bank in accordance with the electronic bank service you are using.
Before you start
The Sage e-Banking component and the component for your bank's e-Banking service must be installed.
You need to install the required components on all PCs that will be using the service.
Install the Sage e-Banking component
To install the component from the Sage 200 desktop:
- Select
Tools > Installers > Install eBanking components. - Click Install.
Note: Alternatively, you can install the e-Banking component from the installers folder on your server, by running C:\Sage\Installers\Sage 200 EBanking\Setup.exe.
Install the e-Banking service for your bank
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Visit this page to check which banks are compatible with e-Banking:
- Find your bank and the e-Banking service you use. Click Download plug-in.
- You'll need to close and re-open the Sage 200 desktop app to see your e-Banking Service in the list.
Set up and pay your suppliers via e-Banking
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Set up e-Banking for the bank account that you want to use to pay your suppliers. You do this from the Cash Book account E-Banking tab.
Note: You cannot pay foreign suppliers through e-Banking.
- Select Electronic bank payments from the Purchase Ledger Settings Options tab.
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Set up a payment group or groups to use e-Banking.
To do this, select an Electronic Payment type from the Payment Document drop-down list on the Purchase Ledger Settings Payment Groups tab.
- Make sure each supplier that you want to pay via e-Banking uses a one of these Electronic Payment groups (on the supplier account Payments tab).
- Use the Generate payments option to create your supplier payments (Period End Routines > Generate Payments. Make sure that you select a bank account that is set up for e-Banking.
- To pay your suppliers, save the generated file and send it to your bank.
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