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Pay and transfer - business customers

ANZ Internet Banking allows you to manage your everyday banking 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Business customers can make a wide range of payments and transfers online.

How do I make payments and transfers online?

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For further assistance please call the ANZ Internet Banking team on 13 33 50 (International callers: +61 3 9683 8833) 8:00am to 8:00pm (AEST) Monday - Friday and 8:00am to 6:00pm (AEST) Saturday and Sunday.

Frequently asked questions

Use our frequently asked questions to find out more about the payment/transfer options for business customers.

Getting started

The following indicates the amount of payments that can be made using multiple payments for ANZ Internet Banking for Business customers:

  • Multiple payments completed manually: 18 payees/employees or BPAY® bills
  • Multiple payments via template: 99 payees/employees or BPAY® bills
  • Multiple payments via file uploads: 999 payees/employees.

Yes. There are different daily limits depending on the payment types. Current daily payment limits are as follows:

ANZ Internet Banking - business customers

  • BPAY®: $75,000 (up to $50,000 per transaction)
  • Pay Anyone: maximum of $25,000 total (without ANZ Shield) or $50,000 total (with ANZ Shield).
  • Payroll payments: maximum of $25,000 total (without ANZ Shield) or $50,000 total (with ANZ Shield). (included in Pay Anyone limit)
  • International payments maximum of $25,000 total (without ANZ Shield) or $50,000 total (with ANZ Shield). (included in Pay Anyone limit)
  • Direct tax payments: $100,000 (separate to BPAY® and Pay Anyone limits).

ANZ Internet Banking for Business

  • BPAY®: $150,000 ($50,000 per transaction).
  • Pay Anyone: maximum of $5,000 total (without ANZ Shield or Security Device) or maximum of $1,000,000 total (with ANZ Shield or Security Device), per registered business (BRN)
  • Payroll payments: maximum of $5,000 (without ANZ Shield or Security Device) or maximum $1,000,000 total (with ANZ Shield or Security Device) (Included in Pay Anyone limit) per registered business (BRN)
  • International payments: maximum of $5,000 total (without ANZ Shield or Security Device) or $150,000 maximum per transaction up to the daily limit of $1,000,000 total (with ANZ Shield or Security Device) (included in Pay Anyone limit).
  • Direct tax payments: $1,000,000 (separate to BPAY® and Pay Anyone limits).

See 'Register for ANZ Shield'.

Yes. ANZ Internet Banking for Business can be accessed via eligible mobile, tablet and desktop devices, so you'll have access to all the functionality that you would use on a desktop device. You can find out more information on our software requirements and settings page.

No. Renaming or reordering accounts will only change the way they appear within your own ANZ Internet Banking for Business. Operators cannot see these changes.

Yes. ANZ Internet Banking for Business does allow multiple authorisations and other basic co-signing arrangements i.e. a maximum of nine signings/authorisations can take place for an account.

  • However it does not allow complicated signing arrangements such as one person from Group A must sign/authorise with one person from Group B.

Due to privacy issues you cannot transfer the payee list, BPAY® biller list or payment templates from any other ANZ Internet Banking CRNs to the new ANZ Internet Banking for Business CRN.

No. The "Transfer between my accounts" function can be used to transfer funds between the linked accounts for the same entity only.

  • If the accounts are from different entities a transfer must be completed as a Pay Anyone payment
  • Daily Pay Anyone limit applies for this transfer.

Authorising payments/transfers

If payments are approved by the second Authoriser after the cut-off time on a given day, the payment will be processed the following bank business day. See below FAQ: “Does ANZ Internet Banking for Business have cut-off times for payments?” for more information about cut off times.

Yes. International Authorisers (Authorisers based overseas) can be included if needed.

ANZ Security Devices will be sent to the registered business mailing address and must be sent to Authorisers based overseas via courier.

As you have previously nominated your Pay Anyone Limit, you can start transacting as soon as you activate your ANZ Security Device and your nominated Pay Anyone limit will apply.

To activate your ANZ Security Device:

  • Select “Profile” from the main navigation.
  • Select “ANZ Shield/ANZ Security Device”
  • Select the “ANZ Security Device” Tab.
  • Activate “ANZ Security Device”.
  • Confirm the Business Name displayed is the one associated with the ANZ Security Device that is being activated. To change the Business Name displayed on the screen the user should select the correct Business Name from the drop down box in the header.
  • If the correct Business Name is displayed on screen, you should enter the Security Device serial number exactly as displayed on the back of their Security Device and select “Submit” to submit the request.
  • You must verify that the mobile number displayed is the mobile phone number that they you are using. If it is select “Send verification code”.
  • You’ll be sent a verification code to your mobile phone which you will need to enter into the relevant field.
  • Select “Verify” to submit your request.
  • Once the request has been submitted, a confirmation message will appear on screen to confirm that your ANZ Security Device has been successfully activated.

If you have any questions or require immediate activation of your ANZ Security Device, please call the ANZ Internet Banking for Business Help Desk on 1800 269 242 (International callers: +61 3 8699 6906) between 8am to 6pm (AEST) Monday to Friday.

 

No. Transfers between your own business accounts need to be authorised in line with the signing arrangement i.e. if the requirement is for one to sign, or two to sign, the specified number of Authorisers must approve the transfer.

  • As this is a transfer between your own accounts, and not a third party (Pay Anyone) payment, the payments do not need to be authorised with a Security Code
  • The Authorisers will see a button to click, but will not be presented with a Security Code entry box.

Payments awaiting authorisation sit in a "Work in progress queue" in "Authorise Payments/Transfers" under the "Payments" menu until they reach the payment expiry period, (the default period being 7 days). This means that payments can stay unauthorised for 7 days before expiring.

No. Once the recurring payment is authorised this authorises all future payments in the series.

  • The recurring payment can be cancelled at any time from the "Manage future payments/transfers" under the "Payments" menu
  • Cancellation of a recurring payment does not require multiple authorisations.

Payments can expire in one of the two ways:

  • If the payment was created as an immediate payment and was not fully authorised within the payment authorisation period
  • If the payment was created as a scheduled payment (future dated) and was not authorised by the cut-off time the previous bank business day by all required parties.

If the status shows that the payment has expired, the payment/transfer was not made and the same payment cannot be authorised again. A new payment needs to be set up and authorised within the authorisation period.

Yes. An Administrator or Authoriser can choose to "Repair" or "Reject" a payment. Any payment that has been sent for repair will appear in the repair queue and can be corrected and resubmitted.

Yes. The cut-off times are same as those for ANZ Internet Banking.

  • Payments need to be authorised prior to 6.00pm (AEST) on a bank business day. Any payments authorised after this time, will be processed the next bank business day
  • The cut-off time for transfers between accounts is 10.00pm (AEST) on a bank business day
  • The standard cut-off time for direct debit is 6.00pm (AEST).
  • ANZ recommends that all third party transactions of $500,000 and above are authorised prior to 4.00pm AEST to ensure we can contact you to verify payment details when required. If we are unable to contact you to verify transaction information, payments may be cancelled.

Transfers between different legal entities are treated as third party payments and are subject to overnight confirmation before the funds are made available and Pay Anyone limits apply.

  • As such the balances will reflect the transfer in the debiting account in real time, but the funds will not be available in the receiving account until the next working day.

Uploading files for payments/transfers

To upload a payment file from an accounting software package, follow the steps below:

  • Firstly ensure that the file is in the .aba file format as used in MYOB, QuickBooks and other packages.
  • Go to the "Payments" menu
  • Select the type of payment you want to make
  • Select the "Import a payment file" link
  • Click "Browse" to point to the file's location
  • Once selected, click "Continue" and the file will be uploaded to ANZ
  • Then follow the prompts.

Yes. You can make changes to the uploaded payment file before authorising the transaction.

  • Payees can be added, removed or have their payment amount altered
  • For example, after importing a payroll template, you can remove payments for casuals not working this pay period
  • A file holding 90 items could be edited to reach the 999 items limit.

You can choose from file types to suit most commonly used accounting packages such as:

  • MYOB
  • Quickbooks
  • Phoenix Gateway and AgriMaster as well as the option of downloading in CSV (comma separated values), a simple text file format that can be opened in Excel and other programs. 

Choose the file type that suits your transfer. Check with your accounting package provider for details of the file type required.

Yes. Operator users are permitted to perform file uploads from accounting software packages.

You will need the following information before you upload a payment file from any accounting software:

  • Bank ID: ANZ
  • APCA/Direct User ID: any six digit number that you choose E.g: 000000
  • Balancing Items Required: No

Security Device

The ANZ Security Device is a key ring sized electronic token that displays a Security Code, which is required to authorise value transactions to third party accounts. A different Security Code is displayed every 60 seconds.

To activate your ANZ Security Device:

  • Select “Profile” from the main navigation.
  • Select “Manage ANZ Shield/ANZ Security Device”.
  • Select “Activate Security Device”.
  • Once the request has been submitted, a confirmation message will appear on screen.

Note: Your ANZ Security Device will be activated within one business day of ANZ receiving your request and you’ll receive a Securemail confirming it’s ready to use.

If you have any questions or require immediate activation of your ANZ Security Device, please call the ANZ Internet Banking for Business Help Desk on 1800 269 242 (International callers: +61 3 8699 6906) between 8.00am to 6.00pm (AEST) Monday to Friday.

 

The six digit number displayed on the face of the ANZ Security Device is the Security Code. The narrow horizontal bars to the left of the number indicate how many 10 second blocks of time remain until the code changes again.

When authorising any third party payment you'll be prompted to enter the Security Code. The Security Code is the sequence of numbers displayed on your ANZ Security Device, which changes every 60 seconds. All you need to do is to punch in the numbers displayed and follow the prompts.

Miscellaneous

This can be a result of many different factors such as your Security Device not being activated or number of authorisations required, etc.

  • As such, we would recommend you contact the ANZ Internet Banking for Business Helpdesk on 1800 269 242 (International callers: +61 3 8699 6906) between 8.00am to 6.00pm (AEST), Monday to Friday for further assistance.

Pay Anyone limit changes can be requested by the Administrators via ANZ Internet Banking for Business.

Payee lists and payment templates are available to all Administrators and Authorisers in ANZ Internet Banking for Business as this information is held at the business level.

  • Administrators can, however, restrict Operators from having access to payee lists for Pay Anyone, payroll, payment templates or direct debit functions.
  • See ‘Edit a user’s access’.

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