Why follow this guide?
- To enable your business to make payments to your customers.
- To pay invoices or suppliers in one payment or using a payment file.
Making Direct Credit payments
Make sure you’re logged into NAB Connect to get started.
- From the Payments menu, select ‘Direct Credit’, ‘Payroll’ or ‘Executive Payroll’.
- In the Create Payment screen enter the payment details by either:
- Selecting the upload file button and selecting ‘Upload file’, or
- Selecting the payment template you would like to use from the ‘Template’ dropdown list.
- Complete the Payment details section with:
- Frequency – this will default to a One-off payment, you can select ‘Periodic payment’ for re-occurring payments. You will also need to select the ‘First payment date’, a ‘Cycle’ for how regularly you would like to make the payment and the ‘Last payment date’ for when you would like the payments to stop.
- Value date – this will default to today’s date. You can elect any date up to 90 days in advance.
- Select your registered Direct Entry ID from the DE user ID drop-down list. NAB Connect passes this with the payment to the beneficiary.
- In the Account drop-down list, select the account that you want to use to fund the transaction.
- In the Transaction list section, select Add transaction.
- If the beneficiary details have been saved in the beneficiary list, then in the Pay saved beneficiary drop-down list, select the one you require. All fields populate except the Reference and Amount field. Alternatively, you can complete the fields manually:
- Account name – enter the beneficiary’s account name.
- BSB/Account number – enter the beneficiary’s BSB/Account number.
- Amount – enter the amount to pay the beneficiary.
- Transaction type – select the transaction type. NAB Connect passes this with the payment to the beneficiary.
- Trace account – if the funds cannot be applied to the beneficiary’s account, the beneficiary’s bank uses the trace account to return the funds to the remitter.
- Beneficiary name – enter the beneficiary’s name.
- If you want to save the beneficiary details to use again, select the Save beneficiary checkbox.
- If this payment is the:
- Only transaction, select Add and close.
- First of multiple transactions, click Add and next. The Transaction added messages displays, and you can then add the next transaction.
- Select Submit and the payment is now ready for Authorisation.
Related guides
See some of our other guides to help you get the most out of NAB Connect.
Create a Direct Debit payment
How to create a Direct Debit payment in NAB Connect.
Authorise a payment with a mobile or physical token
Use our guide to authorise a payment with a mobile or physical token in NAB Connect.
Apply for a new Direct Entry Credit User ID
Use our guide to apply for a new Direct Entry Credit User ID in NAB Connect.
Contact us for NAB Connect enquiries
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