Skip to main content

Choose which bank account bills are paid from by default

Have accounts in several banks? Here is how to choose which bank account is preselected when you register and pay supplier invoices in Catacloud.

Written by Florence C.L.H. Kröger-Smedmann

If your company has bank accounts in two or more banks, you can decide which account bills are paid from by default. That way you don't have to switch accounts every time you register a bill.

Set the default bank account for payments

  1. Go to Administration → Accounting. You can also click the cog (Settings) at the bottom of the menu in Accounting.

  2. Stay on the General tab and find Standard settings.

  3. Click the Default payment option field.

  4. Under Pay with bank account, choose the account bills should be paid from.

  5. Click Update settings.
    ​

The screenshots show the app in Norwegian.

The next time you register a supplier invoice or receipt, the selected account is already filled in the Payment method field.

What you can choose between

  • No payment: The bill is posted without a payment. You pay it later.

  • Register payment: Choose a payment type, for example if the bill was paid by card or from your online bank.

  • Pay with bank account: The bill is sent for payment from the selected account. Only accounts with a bank integration are shown here.

Good to know

  • You can still change the account on each bill. The default is only a suggestion. Choose a different account in Payment method if a bill should be paid from the other bank.

  • Only applies to bills you pay. The default is used for supplier invoices and receipts, not for customer invoices.

  • Can't see the account in the list? Then the account doesn't have a bank integration yet. Set up the bank integration for the account under Administration → Bank first.

  • Using a bank account without a bank integration, for example 1922? Create your own payment setting for the account under Administration → Accounting, on the Payment settings tab. Then choose it under Register payment in Default payment option. Read more in Payment settings – why some are locked, and how to create your own.

  • Paying from Bank instead? When you create a new payment directly in Bank, you choose the account in the From account field. The default setting does not control this field.

  • Not the same as the default account for invoices. The Default invoice bank account field under Administration → Bank is the account your customers pay into. It doesn't affect which account you pay bills from.

When should you contact us?

  • The account has a bank integration but still doesn't appear under Pay with bank account.

  • The bill is paid from a different account than the one selected.

Write to us in the chat and include the client name, which bank account it concerns, and the voucher number and date if relevant.

Did this answer your question?