Approving Payments

Role Required: Bank Connect A/P Clerk, Bank Connect Administrator

If your company's entitlements grants you approval permission, you will receive an email notification that payments are pending your approval. 

Emails will be sent from Bank Connect Administrator. A Bank Connect Administrator can be updated on the Bank Connect Preferences page.

Navigate to Bank Connect→Payment→Approve Bank Payments in NetSuite.

You can also navigate to the Payment Approvals page by clicking on the link in the email.

Review Pending Approvals

On the Approve Payments page, you will be able to review initiated payments prior to approving them. You can inspect the underlying transactions for each payment by clicking on the Transaction Reference link for the payment.

Approve Payments

1. Navigate to Bank Connect→Bank Payments→Approve Bank Payments.

2. Select an Approval Action from a dropdown (Approve or Reject) for each line.

   • You can select Mark All, Unmark All, or individually select lines.
   • If rejecting the payment, a Rejection Reason is required.
      

3. Click on the Release (or Reject Payments) button to submit your approval and/or rejections.

   • Approved payments will now be sent to the bank for processing.
   • Rejected payments will show a rejected status in NetSuite and all bills making up the payment will be re-opened.