Can QuickBooks contact vendors for their ACH details for payment?

You'll ask your vendors for their bank account numbers.

@Kim208 

As I know QB Billpay doesn't yet offer such feature. You can sign up for a free Melio account to integrate with QBO and you can set Melio to ask vendor for payment details.

https://affiliates.meliopayments.com/quickbooks

You can also get $100 cashback to pay the first bill. Make sure to click the cashback button to sign up.

https://affiliates.meliopayments.com/cashback

Hi there, Kim208! I'd be more than happy to help you with all your inquiries about Bill Pay in QuickBooks Online (QBO). Let me share all the details with you!

For seamless payment processing with your vendors, QBO recommends obtaining their ACH details manually. It doesn't have access to this information, so it's best to directly request it from your vendors. Once you have received the vendor's ACH details, you can safely enter them within QuickBooks for future ACH payments. Let me show you how to set up a vendor for ACH or bank transfer.

To pay your vendor by ACH or bank transfer, you can either manually enter their bank account or invite them.

To add a vendor's bank account, follow these steps.

1. Navigate to the Pay bills online page of your QBO account by following these:
   • Select + New. Then Pay Bills Online.
   • Selecting the Bill Pay Online dashboard widget.
   • Selecting the Expense tab, then Pay Bills Online.
2. To set up a vendor with open bills, select Set up Bank Transfers within the same line as the Payee. (Note: To set up a vendor before there are open bills select Set up vendors for bank transfers. You'll need the account number for the vendor.)
3. Select Enter vendor's bank account info.
4.  Choose Next.
5. Enter the vendor's bank account information.
6. Click Save.

For the steps on how to invite a vendor, check this out:

1. Sign in to your QBO account.
2. Navigate to the Pay bills online page by the following:
   • Select + New. Then Pay Bills Online.
   • Selecting the Bill Pay Online dashboard widget.
   • Selecting the Expense tab, then Pay Bills Online.
3. To set up a vendor with open bills, select Set up Bank Transfers within the same line as the Payee.

See this article for more details: Set up a bank transfer to a vendor.

Furthermore, check out this article to learn how to track bills and record the payments: Enter and manage bills and bill payments in QuickBooks Online.

You're always welcome to visit us again if you have other questions while managing vendor information. Keep safe and have a good one.

Can someone from Quickbooks clarify whether QB will be adding this functionality soon? It is not secure for us to be emailing or even calling vendors asking them for their bank details. This is something Quickbooks should be collecting securely on our behalf as bill.com does - and did when Bill.com was integrated with QB bill payments. We can do this with respect to contractors which is great. But we really need to be able to do this with respect to vendors too. 

Thanks!

I notice that when i schedule a payment by check to a vendor Quickbooks alerts me to the fact that 

"By selecting Schedule payment, I authorize Intuit to withdraw funds from my bank account and deliver this payment according to the details specified. I understand that if the vendor accepts my invite to the QuickBooks Business Network, they may change the payment delivery method for this payment, but my withdrawal date will not change."

as shown below.

Does this mean that google will include in the invitation email and invitation to receive payment via ACH? Can someone from QB share a screenshot of what this email says?

Thanks!

Sorry, I meant "Quickbooks" not "Google"

Also, if the vendor wants to sign up for the Quickbooks Payment Network, would they need to have a paid Quickbooks account or can they join the QPN without having a paid Quickbooks account? Just really hoping there is a good way for Quickbooks to securely collect their ACH info rather than us having to manually do it through less secure and less efficient methods like emailing them, calling them, etc... 

@dreamerdad 

How about the free app as I mentioned earlier?

Hello there, @dreamerdad. 

At this time, we're unable to provide a specific time frame on when the option to collect ACH details from vendors will be available in QuickBooks Online (QBO). While we value your input and opinions, feedback is subject to review and approval by our software engineers. 

In the meantime, I recommend submitting your valuable suggestion by going to the Gear icon and selecting Feedback. Rest assured that we'll roll out updates on our website once available. You can also track your feature requests by visiting our Customer Feedback page.

To join the QuickBooks Business Network, your vendor should have an active QBO subscription so you can start receiving bills from them directly in the program. When inviting your vendor, it doesn't include the invitation to receive payment via ACH. You may refer to the screenshot attached below. 

Additionally, I'll share this article to get a report on all money paid to a vendor for the year: Run a report with vendor totals.

Keep in touch if you need further assistance paying your bills via ACH. The Community team is available all the time to provide additional help. Stay safe.