What’s new in internet banking for business?

We’re making more improvements to internet banking for business! The next lot of changes are out now – you’ll find the highlights below. You’ll notice more changes over the next few months, all designed to make your day-to-day banking quicker and easier.

New this month

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1. Processing times

Choose to process multiple payments and batch uploads as you submit them (we process payments every hour on business days) or at 9pm – giving you a buffer to edit or cancel payments even after they’re submitted. (Payments that have been amended will need to be re-authorised.)

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1. Dynamic PDF account statements

Pick a date range and create a PDF statement to print or save on the fly. One transaction per line with detailed payment references in a new landscape format.

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1. Order a Visa Debit Card

Order a Visa Debit Card and choose a PIN for it online, and we’ll post it to you ready to use.

Other new stuff we’ve added recently

New authorisation features

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1. PDF transaction reports

Print and save PDF transaction reports at each point in the payment process, complete with status and audit trail information - get a clear record of when payments were made and by whom.

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2. All in one place

Now you can see all your pending authorisations together. Select all the lines you’re ready to approve and hit ‘authorise’ to authorise all the selected payments or batches at once.

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3. View details

View each payment or batch of payments.

New payment features

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1. Easier navigation

We’ve moved your templates to the multiple payments page, so you don’t have to click through to see them.

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2. Template PDFs

Create a PDF of each template for your records.

New multiple payment features

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1. Zero all

Quickly create a new payment by editing an existing template – hit zero all to clear all the current values and start again.

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2. Total payees

See a quick count of the payees in the batch.

New batch payment features

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1. Batch upload validation

We’ll check your batch file for errors as you upload it – no need to wait for an email.

Other features

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1.Copy & paste account numbers

You can now copy and paste an entire account number into internet banking – no more copy/pasting one field at a time!

How it works:

• Copy the account number (it doesn’t matter how it’s formatted – any spaces or dashes will be removed automatically)
• Click into the bank field (first box) and press CTRL-V (or Command-V) – right-clicking or using the drop-down menus won’t work.

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2. Security Information

We’ve added a new security section, with handy information and links. If you spot anything that doesn’t look right to you, call us on 0800 11 33 55 as soon as possible.

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3. Copy statement details

Enter details for your own statement – and hit copy to duplicate them on theirs’.

To use these features, you need to be using internet banking for business. For more information or to switch your business’s internet banking over, call us on 0800 601 601.

Coming soon

We’ve got more enhancements coming up before Christmas. Some things you might see soon are:

• Extended CSV format for account statements
• PDF reporting of payment templates

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