When payables are in a Pending status, this normally means that a payment method, either bank account details or a check address, needs to be added for your vendor before the payment can be processed and initiated.
If you prefer not to wait for your vendor to take action on a Pending payment, and you already have their payment method information handy, you can easily initiate any Pending payments to your vendors with a few simple steps.
Initiating Pending Bank Transfer payments
In Routable, navigate to your vendor's company page and click the Vendor info tab.
Click the Add bank account button and fill in the bank account details in the right side panel.
Then, click the Advanced options toggle and select the box Update Pending payables with no payment method, and initiate payment.
Confirm the bank account details then click Add bank account.
A toast notification will appear confirming that the Vendor bank account added successfully! 🎉
⭐️ Note: This same process works if the bank account already exists for your vendor. You can go ahead and add it again — it won’t give you an error — and then follow the same steps above.
Initiating Pending check payments
In Routable, navigate to your vendor's company page and click the Vendor info tab.
Click the Add address button and fill in the address details in the right side panel.
Then, click the Advanced options toggle and select the box Update Pending payables with no payment method, and initiate payment.
Confirm the address details then click Add address.
A toast notification will appear confirming that the Vendor address added successfully! 🎉
⭐️ Note: This same process works if the mailing address already exists for your vendor. You can go ahead and add it again — it won’t give you an error — and then follow the same steps above.
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