SmartBanking -Setting Up and Using Positive Pay for Bank of California
If you have not set up your bank account follow the below instructions. If you have an existing Bank of California account, you can skip this initial step.
To Add Bank Accounts to Your Bank Profile:
- Navigate to the Bank Index Page and select "Bank of California"
- Select the “Add Account” option. This will redirect you to the account creation page.
- Fill in the required fields, ensuring:
- The GL Account is valid.
- The bank account mirrors the correct GL account to sync transactions.
- Once the account is created, it will appear on the Bank Profile Page.
To Edit the Positive Pay Option
- Go to the Bank Profile Page.
- Select the "settings" icon in the bottom right "Smart Banking Features" section to enable the Positive Pay feature.
To Activate the Community for Positive Pay:
- On the Positive Pay settings Page, assign and enable Positive Pay for the community associated with your new bank account by setting the toggle to true (will change to green when set to true).
- This ensures transactions created in the community using the designated bank account are sent as valid transactions to Bank of California for anti-fraud processing.
To Create Transactions/Invoices to Send to the Bank of California follow these steps:
- Navigate to the Enter Bills page.
- After verifying these details, click the blue POST button in the top right to post the bill.
To Review Transactions on the Bank Profile Page
- Go to the Bank Profile Page.
- Confirm that the transactions appear in the Activity Feed.
To Send Positive Pay Transactions to the Bank of California for validation:
On the Bank Profile Page, click Actions and select “Send Positive Pay”.
A confirmation message will appear.
Click on actions and click on "Send Positive Pay"
You should get a banner message as soon you trigger it, to confirm the status go to the SmartBanking Log page to confirm.
Use the SmartBanking logs to check detailed logs or troubleshoot issues.