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Bank reconciliation

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Overview

The Bank reconciliation page is a feature that enables you to match up the transactions you have made with the payment batches you have received from the acquirer on your bank account. Using Blink, you can view a list of all payments made from the acquirer, which can then be broken down into individual transactions. This includes details of refunds and service charges.

Navigation

Navigate to the Bank Reconciliation page by clicking on Transactions and selecting Bank Reconciliation from the left-hand navigation bar.

This feature is only available for live accounts.

How to use

Choose between the 2 viewing options.

The table on the left shows the most recent batches displays the latest batches that have been funded by the acquirer. It shows which acquirer is fundingincludes the name of the acquirer that funded the batch, the date on which the funding took placewas carried out, your unique Merchant ID (MID) for the acquirer (you , which may have be more than one), the amount that was funded, and a View button to access more details.

Clicking If you click on the View button, a table will open up a table either on the right side of the screen with your screen or as a pop-up. This table will show you the list of transactions that make up belong to the selected batch, including refunds. You can will be able to see the Transaction Datedate, Card Brandbrand, and Amount for each transaction. The At the top of the table shows , you will find the information on the selected batches' information. Below that is displayed , you will see the Transaction Amount - the amount, which is the total sum of all transactions in the batch, Refund - , which is the total amount of refunds processed in this batch, and any Merchant Service Charges that included by the acquirer included in this batch.

Bank Reconciliation

AIB Specific

If you use AIB as your acquirer, you can select the drop-down icon to see additional data for each transaction, including the Auth Codeaccess additional transaction data such as the Auth code, Terminal ID and Card Typetype by selecting the drop-down icon.

Updates

Bank The bank reconciliation refreshes process updates every weekday with to display the latest most recent transaction informationdata. This means that you will be able to view Monday’s can view Monday's transactions on Tuesday etc, Tuesday's transactions on Wednesday, and so on. You can see the last time details were check when the latest information was received by Blink by looking at the top of the screen.

Filters

The filters available are

  • Date - Batch (Fundingfunding) date

  • MID - For merchants with multiple acquirer MIDs

You can filter your data by view individual transactions, their batch funding dates and total batch amount on the “All Card Transactions” page. Allowing you to look at a single transaction and its Batch funding date and amount funded.


Export to CSV

You can export the find the Export to CSV button located at the top right corner of the page. This button allows you to export reconciliation data to a CSV file , allowing you to add the data and add it to your database or accounting software. The Export to CSV button is at the top right corner of the page.

Info

Before exportingTo export, you need to must first filter the batches by date. Once you click After clicking on the export button, a prompt will appear, asking you will be prompted to enter an email address to which to send the overview. The email field will already be prefilled filled with the email address associated with your account, but you can change the emailmodify it if necessary.

After clicking you click the Submit button, you will receive an email will be sent to you once the export process is complete. You will find The email contains a link that you can use to download the CSV file in the email. When clicking you click the download button, you will be prompted to log in to login into Blink. Once the login is authorisedyou successfully log in, the download process will take placebegin.

The CSV file is a list of all the transactions and their batch details. It has eleven columns:

MID

Transaction Datedate

Transaction Timetime

Card Brandbrand

Transaction Amountamount

Transaction Currencycurrency

Batch Funding Date funding date

Batch Funding Amount funding amount

Batch Funding Currency funding currency

Merchant Service Charge service charge (of the batch)

Batch type