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Bill payments

Use the bill payment function to pay organisations like your power company or internet provider. Follow these steps or use the downloadable guide PDF 721KB.

Add a company or organisation to your bill payees list

You can save a person or organisation as a payee, and use their saved details every time you need to make a payment. 

  1. Log into Internet Banking for Business, click on Transfer/Pay.
  2. Click Add a New Bill Payee.
  3. Select one of the three options available.
    • Search for a company name to set up as a payee. For example, to pay a utility bill or credit card.
    • View the full list of companies that have registered their details with BNZ. 
    • Set up an individual payee. For example, to pay a contractor or landlord. 
  4. Click Next. 
  5. Enter the name, of part of the name of the company you want to pay and click Go. 
  6. Find the company in the Search Results field. 
  7. Enter the details you want to show on the bill payee’s account statement. 
  8. Enter the details you want to show on your own account statement. 
  9. Click Next to review the details of your new bill payee. 
  10. Click Submit to add the payee. You can click Back to many any changes.
  11. If you’re ready to make a payment, you can click on Make Bill Payment Now.

If you can’t find a payee’s name, you can enter their details manually, by selecting set up an individual payee, clicking Next and filling out the form.

Make a bill payment

Before you can pay a company or organisation, you need to add them as a bill payee. You can then use their saved details every time you need to pay your bill. 

To make or schedule a bill payment, follow the steps below.

  1. Log into Internet Banking for Business. click on Transfer/Pay. 
  2. Select Make a Bill Payment. 
  3. Click From Account to select the account you want to make the payment from. 
  4. Click Payee Name to select from a list of your payees. 
  5. Enter Payer Name if different from your company name. 
  6. Enter the amount you want to pay.
  7. Choose when the payment goes out in the Payment Date field. 
  8. Enter the particulars, code, and reference in the Your Statement and Payee’s Statement fields. 
  9. Click on Next/Proceed to Authorisation. 
  10.  Your payment is now ready to be authorised.

Other payment options

Watch our video to find out how to make one-off payments, how to upload files, and how to create payment templates in Internet Banking for Business.

Download the guide

How to manage two-to-sign payments using Internet Banking for Business PDF 721KB