Pay Payable Network Members as a QuickBooks Bill Pay payor

Learn how to pay Payable Network Members as a payor using QuickBooks Bill Pay. 

As a payor using QuickBooks BiIl Pay, there are a few types of payees you could pay. When you schedule a payment to a vendor who doesn’t currently have a QuickBooks Online account, the vendor will receive a scheduled payment email with payment status details. They’ll get an invitation to join QuickBooks Money to track their incoming payment from you.

Note: Your vendor doesn’t need to sign up for QuickBooks Money to receive payments through QuickBooks Bill Pay. For more info, check out Sign up for QuickBooks Money through your email invite FAQs.

If your vendor signs up for QuickBooks Money

What this means for you as a payor using QuickBooks Bill Pay if you select a paper check for their bill payment:

• If the payee signs up for QuickBooks Money and provides their bank account info, they'll receive all QuickBooks Bill Pay payments by ACH.
  Note: Your bill payment is charged the transaction fee for an ACH payment, not a check payment. 
• If the payee signs up for QuickBooks Money before the Withdrawal Date, payment by paper check is processed as an ACH payment. A check isn't sent through the mail.
• If a payee signs up for QuickBooks Money after the Withdrawal Date, they'll receive a mailed paper check. After the first check, they'll receive all incoming QuickBooks Bill Pay payments by ACH.

What this means for you as a payor using QuickBooks Bill Pay:

• You’ll automatically connect to your vendor in the QuickBooks Business Network once they sign up for QuickBooks Money. We share your business contact info between you and your vendor. We don’t share bank account information. Check out Learn about QuickBooks Business Network for more details.
• You don’t need to type your vendor’s details and bank account info when you schedule a bill payment. Instead, you’re given a preview of the payee’s contact details to review and pay. 
• You can connect with a vendor that's already a Payable Network Member. 
• After you connect with your vendor, their info is always up-to-date if they make changes in their QuickBooks unless you manually enter any info before you connect with your vendor. (This excludes banking info and the vendor's legal business name. These fields are always up-to-date if the vendor updates it on their side.) You can manually add contact details for your vendor. If you change any fields with a link, it'll stop auto-updates from the QuickBooks Business Network if the vendor changes their contact details
• We'll automatically send all future QuickBooks Bill Pay payments through ACH to the payee’s designated bank account.

QuickBooks Bill Pay is an additional product capability to QuickBooks Payments that may require a separate subscription. Money movement services are provided by Intuit Payments Inc., licensed as a Money Transmitter by the New York State Department of Financial Services.

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