• Register with your bank to be an Indirect Submitter to BACS and get a Service User Number, more info BACS will process payments to your suppliers and employees, but you don’t send the information to BACS yourself. Instead you use a bureau like Payline, who are the Direct Submitter on your behalf
• Download our spreadsheet template and save it on your computer
• Fill in the bank details of your suppliers and people you want to pay
• If you want us to send each one a smart, laser printed, security-sealed remittance advice, fill in their name and address details too
• Enter the amount you want us to pay on the next BACS run
• Email us the file, telling us the date you want their bank to receive the money.
• We transmit the file for you

The benefits?
No cheques to write and mail
Only one entry on your bank statement to reconcile
Bank charges evaporate
Payments arrive on the due date, not before

But what about Direct Debit?