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Electronic Payments
You can pay your suppliers electronically by using either the Oracle EDI Gateway or
by delivering to your bank an electronic funds transfer output file that Payables
creates.
o For information on how to use the EDI Gateway for electronic payments
(820/PAYORD, REMADV), see: Creating Payments with the Oracle
EDI Gateway.
o If you do not use the EDI Gateway for electronic payments, the
following discussion describes how you can use Payables to pay your
suppliers with electronic funds transfers.
1. Initiate a payment batch using your EFT bank account and payment
document associated with an EFT payment format. Follow the steps
in Initiating Payment Batches, and enter the following information in the
Payment Batches window:
Enter the Serial Number, which is the identification number you choose for
your EFT tape.
o If you want Payables to include in your EFT file instructions to your
bank to give you an audit report, check Audit Required and enter the
Interval, which is the number of payments you want to audit. Payables
includes in your EFT file the payment interval you want the bank to use
for the audit report. When the bank creates the audit report, it will list
payments made at this interval.
2. Choose Actions. Depending on whether you want to review and modify the
payment batch before formatting, complete one of the following two options:
o If you do not want to modify the payment batch before formatting
payments, simply select Format Payments and choose OK.
o If you do want to review and/or modify the payment batch, select the
Select Invoices check box, select the Print Preliminary Payment Register
check box, and choose OK. Review the Preliminary Payment Register,
and optionally continue with Modifying Payment Batches. After you