Hi, I used to use BillPay, and now want to pay a vendor online but don't want to ask him for his bank account and routing number. Is there a more secure way to do this?

You can signup for a separate Melio account for free with more features to integrate with QBO. Your vendors/contractors can get paid exactly how they want. When you schedule the bill payment, the app will ask how your vendor/contractor would like to receive payment and you can select "Ask vendor for payment details". Your vendors/contractors will get an email asking them how they’d like to accept the payment.

https://affiliates.meliopayments.com/quickbooks

You can also get $100 as cashback to pay the first bill.

https://affiliates.meliopayments.com/cashback

Aside from using BillPay, you can use the QuickBooks Online (QBO) App Store for making vendor payments, @tom11. 

Here's how:

1. Sign in to your QBO account.
2. Go to Apps.
3. Click Find Apps.
4. In the search tab, you can type in payments to filter the apps.
5. Choose your preferred payment app.

You can also try @4Gal's suggestion about using Melio. They make paying vendors easy and hassle-free by allowing small businesses to process payments by ACH bank transfer, credit card, or debit card, even if the vendor only accepts checks. 

Additionally, I'll also share with you an article so you can view all money paid to a vendor for the year: Run a report with vendor totals (intuit.com).

Drop a comment below if you have further questions about making vendor payments and I'll circle back to assist you. Have a nice day!

Thank you for this reply. Is BillPay no longer syncing with QBO? We have been doing our payment through them for a few years and it used to sync. And if we just use QBO bill pay service, it looks like we need to ask the vendor for their account info, and enter it ourselves. That seems a bit invasive.  Is there a more automated way of doing that the way the Bill.com used to do? 

Thanks - we will investigate this.