BPay Payments to Third Parties
Information on BPay Payments to 3rd Parties.
BPay is an electronic payment system in Australia that enables payment to be made through a financial institution's online banking using registered billing information.
The Biller Code is provided by the merchant bank once signed up as a BPay Biller.
Trust or Owner Accounting properties can utilize this feature to pay their Third Parties.
In order to utilize the BPay payment for Third Parties, the Third Party must have a BPay account and the Owner must be registered with the Third Party.
The Third Party must be signed up with BPay and have a BPay Biller Code
Owners will need to have a BPay Reference Number for the Third Party. Each Owner will have a Unique Reference number supplied to the Owner by the Third Party.
Financial institutions with integrations for BPay/Third Party Payments are -
- Bendigo Bank
- NAB
- CBA
- Macquarie Bank
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Setup
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Processing Payments
- Add Button
- Select Owner Accounting in the menu.
- Create EFT File
- Select the Pay Method > BPay
- Select the Refresh Icon to Refresh the screen.
- Select the required Charges.
- Click 'Pay 3rd Party'.
Once you have Processed your 3rd Party Payments you will then need to Create EFT File to process the payment through your bank.
The Third Party must be registered with BPay and have a BPay Biller Code
Owners will need to have a BPay Reference Number for the Third Party. This is supplied by the third party.
Third Party BPay Setup
To utilise BPay Payments for Third Partries, the Third Party will need to be added to RMS as a Guest Profile with the Guest Type of Third Party.
If you have already added the Third Party to RMS you can skip to XXXX
To add a Third Party go to:
- Reservations
- Guest Search
- Add
- Enter the Third Party details in the Guest Details column
- In the Guest Type Field select Third Party
- Save (Do Not Exit)
- Navigate to Banking
- Complete Banking Details
- Scroll Down to Pay Owner By
- Select BPay and enter Biller Code
- Save & Exit
The Third Party is now ready to Receive BPay Payments.
You can search your Third Parties using the Guest Search.
- Go to Reservations
- Guest Search
- Change Guest Type to Third Party
- Click the Search Icon for a Blank Search (or enter a name for a specific search)
Owner BPay Setup
For an Owner to Pay a Third Party, the Owner will need to have their BPay Reference Number for the related Third Party.
To Add the Owners BPay Reference Number for the Third Party, go to:
- Reservations
- Guest Search
- Select Owner in Guest Type
- Click the Search Icon for a Blank Search (or enter a name for a specific search)
- Edit the Guest
On the Owners Profile:
- Navigate to Contracts
- Edit a Contract
On the Contract:
- Navigate to BPay
- Select Add +
- Select the relevant Third Party from the List
- Enter the Owners BPay Reference Number for this Third Party
- Save & Exit
- The Third Partys Reference Number has now been added to the Owners record.
- Save & Exit
Repeat to add each Owners unique BPay Reference number for each Third Party
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