Verifying Issued Checks with Positive Pay

The current version of the Electronic Bank Payments SuiteApp supports Positive Pay verification for the following transaction types:

Bill Payment
Check
Customer Refund
Cash Refund
Paycheck
Sales Tax Payment
Vendor Prepayment

To generate Positive Pay file formats:

Go to Payments > Cheques > Positive Pay.

Complete the following fields:

Fields	Description
Bank Account	Select the bank account where the customer refund payments are posted. For more information on setting up your company's bank account details for electronic bank payments, see Setting Up Bank Records. The Bank Account Format, Maximum Payments in File, and Subsidiary fields are automatically updated based on the value in this field. Note: If Maximum Payments in File displays zero, no available check transaction is displayed in the Select Transactions list. You must return to the custom Payment File format and make sure that the Maximum Lines field is not set to blank.
Date From	Use this field to show checks issued on this date or later. To include checks issued within a range of dates, enter values for both Date From and Date To fields.
Date To	Use this field to show checks issued on this date and earlier. To include checks issued within a range of dates, enter values in the Date From and Date To fields.
Cheque From	Enter the starting check number in a range of checks included in the file format. Checks with numbers lower than this value are excluded in the file format.
Cheque To	Enter the last check number in a range of checks to include in the file format. Checks with numbers higher than this value are excluded in the file format.
Include Void Cheques	Check this box to include checks that are voided through a reverse journal entry. For more information, see Reversing Payments.
Exclude Cleared Cheques	Check this box to exclude checks that were cleared in your bank register.

A list of eligible check transactions is displayed in the Select Transactions list. You can use the search results as a reference for check verification activities.

Note:

To display the Name column, go to Payments > Setup > Electronic Payments Preferences, click the General Preference subtab, and check the Include Name in Transaction List box.

Click Submit.

The Payment File Administration record containing the details of the generated Positive Pay file format is displayed. You can do the following:
- Click Refresh for the SuiteApp to finish processing the file format and to display the downloadable text file format in the File Reference field.
- Click the download link in the File Reference field to download the Positive Pay file format. You can send the file format to your bank online, or upload the file to your bank's Positive Pay system.
- For more information about viewing payment details, see Viewing Electronic Bank Payment Details.

To generate Positive Pay file formats:

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