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Upload and confirm a bank file or ACH payment

To pay a vendor or employee using bank files, you generate the bank file for your checking account, download the generated file, and upload it to the bank portal (outside of Sage Intacct).

Bank file workflow
❶ Pay bills or select expenses	❷ Generate and download bank file	❸ Upload and confirm bank file

Subscription	Cash Management or Expenses Sage Cloud Services
Regional availability	Bank file payments are only available for checking accounts in countries that transact in the following currencies: CAD EUR GBP USD ZAR
User type	Business user with admin privileges
Permissions	Cash Management or Expenses Bank file generator: Run Bank files: List, View, Manage, Export, Confirm, Delete
Restrictions	Bank file payments are only available between banks that use the same currency outside the US.

For vendor payments: Go to Cash Management > All > Payment files > Bank payment files.

For employee reimbursements: Go to Expenses > All > Payment files > Bank payment files.
Select the bank files that you want to upload, then select Download to download the files.

Save the files to your computer to a folder where you have permissions to save files.
Log in to your bank portal and upload the bank payment file.

Alternatively, contact your bank to determine the best way to convey the bank file to them.
Return to the Bank Payment Files page and select Confirm to indicate that the payment has been posted (meaning the bank payment file was successfully uploaded to the bank portal).

The payment state changes from Pending to Confirmed and Sage Intacct posts the payment to the General Ledger.

After you confirm a payment, both the Confirm and Delete links are removed (you cannot delete a posted payment).