Export payments file

After finalising a pay run, if you’re not using our automated payments feature, then you can download a payments file to upload to your bank,

Support Formats

We support generating BACS Stands for Bankers' Automated Clearing Services. It's an electronic system for transferring money directly between bank accounts in the UK, often used for payroll. files in a number of different formats.

Options include:

Name Description
Standard CSV A standard CSV file
Telleroo A cloud-based service that automates payments and reconciliation, allowing businesses to easily manage their payments. A CSV file formatted for use with Telleroo.com External website
Barclays BACS A file formatted for use with Barclays BACS Payments
Santander BACS A file formatted for use with Santander Connect
Barclays (SIF / Pegasus) A SIF/Pegasus formatted file. An alternative format for Barclays
Revolut A file formatted for uploading to your Revolut account
HSBC Faster Payments (Standard 18) A file formatted to Standard 18 for HSBC Faster Payments
HSBC BACS A file formatted to Standard 18 for HSBC BACS
NatWest Bankline Employees will be listed on the bank statement individually
NatWest Bankline (Bulk) The bulk file will give a single entry on the bank statement. Employees must be created on the NatWest Bankline website.
Standard CSV (BACS) A standard CSV file with the BACS Cross Ref included
Lloyds Bank BACS Multiple Standard CSV A CSV file formatted to the Lloyds Multiple Standard BACS
Lloyds Bank BACS v1.1 CSV A CSV file formatted to the Lloyds BACS v1.1 standard
Co-Op Bank Bulk BACS CSV A CSV file formatted to the Co-op Bank Bulk BACS CSV import file format for First Direct Online
Co-Op Bank Faster Payments CSV A CSV file formatted to the Co-op Bank's faster payments file format

Select a format

To set the format of your payment file you need to edit the Employer details.

  1. Select the employer name in the main menu and then choose Edit Details.

  2. Choose the Bank Account tab.

  3. Set the Bank Payments CSV Format to the desired option.

Download the payments file

There are two places to access the file.

It’s linked to from the page shown when you have finalised a pay run.

You can also access it under the Reports tab: run the Required Payments report and choose to download to CSV for Bank Payments.