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For detailed guidance on exporting payments:

Exporting guide CSV format (PDF, 429KB)

For detailed guidance on importing payment files:

Importing guide CSV format (PDF, 789KB)

Guides relating to ISO20022 payments:

Importing Guide XML – Pain 001.001.009 March 2024 (PDF, 857KB)

Please note: A newer version of our Pain001 XML specification will go live in January 2025 that includes the latest ISO20022 requirements. If you are looking to adopt XML for the first time it might be prudent to wait and adopt the latest version. To help you scope out your changes you can find further information by visiting our Bankline ISO200022 FAQs page

Open Banking and Third Party Provider (TPP) services guide (PDF, 2,178KB)

Dual controls let you decide where a second approver is needed to make a payment or system change.

When switched on, another user will have to authorise the action, making it much harder for criminals to get at your money. These settings help protect against fraud, vishing and malware attacks. We strongly recommend you use them.

There are three kinds of dual controls. Find out what they control and how to use them here:

• How to change dual authorisation settings
  
• How to change dual administration settings
• How to edit dual control settings

Payment limits give you extra control of your outgoings and help protect your profile from fraud and misuse. As they’re customisable, you can set them at the right level for your business and change them over time. We strongly recommend you do so.

You can set:

• A gross daily payment limit
• A maximum payment amount
• Individual user limits
  
• Thresholds where dual authorisation and smartcard approval is required.
  

Bankline administrators can set and change these limits. For help and more information, visit:

How do I set or change payment limits for my organisation?

Set what different users can see and do by assigning them customised roles. This means users only have access to do what they need to. It puts you in control and limits what a criminal could do, even if they got access.

1. Create a role using sets of ‘privileges’ or adapt from our pre-set ‘Master’ roles
2. Link the role to specific accounts
3. Assign the role to the users who need it

Administrators can create, assign and change roles. For more information visit:

• How to create a new customer role
• How to create a new user and apply roles to them