EFT Customers Form

Use this form to add EFT details for customers you want to use Direct Debit with:

For details on each field, refer to EFT Customers - Setup Screen

Choose Customer number from the Finder or type the Customer code
File Type (Optional)

Note: This field is only available if the "Allow multiple Customer bank account Details, one per EFT File type" is ticked in EFT Setup > Options> A/R Tab
- The “file type” on the EFT Customer allows you to specify different bank account details for your EFT vendors/EFT customers depending on the file type (or Bank File Type) from which you are depositing for EFT Direct Debits.
- For your EFT Direct Debits, if you
  
  a) Only make EFT Direct Debits to one bank account OR
  
  b) Only make EFT Direct Debits from one EFT customer’s bank account
  
  Then you do not need a file in the File Type on the EFT Customer

Enter the Bank Name
Enter the BSB number
Enter the Account number
Enter the Account name (Defaults to the A/R Account name)
Enter a default Payment Reference.
Status : select one of Entered, Active or Inactive.

You can control who is allowed to make customers “active” and “inactive” using the Approve Customer Bank Details security group.

Approve Customer/View Unencrypted Bank Details - set a Customer's Bank details to Active/Inactive and view unencrypted Customers bank account details. Can only update the Active field, cannot update other Customer bank details.

Status needs to be Active to use the record (EFT Vendor, Customer or Employee) in the Create EFT File process.

See Step : Adding Security

Note: You can use the Credit Card Tab to use Credit card details to generate the Direct Debit file. The fields are encrypted in the database, but please note that EFT Processing module is not PCI compliant and that Orchid takes no responsibility for the use of associated fields and functionality.

EFT Customers Form

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