One Vendor, Multiple Bills? Pay Them All In One Go With Batch Payments!

Key takeaways

• Combine multiple bills to the same vendor into one batch payment to save time.

• Cut transaction fees by paying with ACH within your plan’s free monthly allotment.

• Simplify reconciliation by sending your vendor one ACH transfer or check for the batch.

• Turn on combined payments from the Schedule payments screen, where bills batch by default.

What are batch payments?

A batch payment is one transaction that pays several bills at once instead of sending each one separately. With Melio, you select unpaid bills going to a single vendor and pay them in one combined transaction. Your vendor gets one ACH transfer or one check, and it shows up as one transaction on your end too.

Why combine payments into one transaction?

Combining bills into a single payment keeps things simple for you and your vendor. Here’s what you gain:

• Save time: Handle lots of small bills from the same vendor in one payment instead of many.

• Cut fees: Save on transaction fees when there are any, like checks or fast checks. Melio’s free plan includes up to five free ACH bank transfers a month, with paid plans for higher volumes.

• Simplify reconciliation: Fewer individual payments for your vendor to track and reconcile.

How to combine payments with Melio

Combining bills takes just a few steps:

1. Open the Schedule payments screen.

2. Check the boxes next to the unpaid bills from the same vendor.

3. Confirm the combined payment. Unpaid bills are combined by default, and you can change this from the Schedule payments screen.

For the full walkthrough, see our help center article.

When you pay multiple bills on QuickBooks Online, Melio combines them into a single payment, and the status syncs back to your accounting software.

Get started with batch payments

Batch payments turn a stack of vendor bills into one simple transaction. Sign up for Melio to combine your bills and get them scheduled in a few clicks.

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