Journey A, part 9: The accountant pays the bill from the bank

Steps

1. 1

   Open Banking

   In Accounting, select Banking in the section list. Each bank account the company uses gets a card here, and its statement lines are checked off against what the books expect. No account has been added yet.

   • Select Banking0 (0)
2. 2

   Select Add Bank Account and fill in the form

   Select Add Bank Account. In Bank Name type Al Waha Commercial Bank. Type the account number and the IBAN in masked form: stars, with only the last four digits. Leave Currency on AED and Account Type on Current.

   • Select Add Bank Account
   • Type Bank Name *: Al Waha Commercial Bank
   • Type Account Number (masked) *: ****4471
   • Type IBAN (masked): AE**0330****4471
3. 3

   Select Add Account

   Select Add Account. A card for the account appears. Feed not connected means statements are brought in by file, not by a live link to the bank.

   • Select Add Account
4. 4

   Select the account and import the statement

   Select the card to open the account. Then select Import Statement and choose the file you downloaded from the bank, here al-waha-statement-october-2026.csv. A banner reports how many transactions were imported.

   • Select Bank account Al Waha Commercial Bank ****4471
   • Upload Choose a file: al-waha-statement-october-2026.csv
5. 5

   Read the imported lines

   The statement has three lines, all Unmatched. One is the transfer of 84,000 dirhams to the supplier, with the bill number in its description and the bank's reference. The other two, a receipt from a customer and a bank fee, are dealt with in Journey B.

   

6. 6

   Select Auto-Match

   Select Auto-Match. A window asks how to match. Rules Only compares each line with the open bills by amount, reference, date and party name. Rules plus AI Matching goes on to reason about the lines the rules could not place.

   • Select Auto-Match
7. 7

   Choose Rules Only

   Select Rules Only. After a few seconds a message reports one transaction matched by rules, and the supplier line shows Auto matched: it was paired with the verified bill of the same amount.

   • Select Rules Only (Free)
8. 8

   Check the bill is paid

   Select Supplier Bills. Bill NSF-2026-0091 now shows Paid, beside Verified and its journal number. You did not record a payment on the bill; the bank match did it. The Unmatched tile above the list has dropped to zero.

   • Select Supplier Bills1 (1)
9. 9

   Open Journals

   Select Journals in the section list. Two entries are listed for this bill, both Posted. The one dated 30 September records the bill: the expense, the input VAT and the amount owed. The other records the payment. Neither was typed by hand.

   • Select Journals
10. 10

    Open the payment entry

    Select the eye at the end of the payment entry. A window shows its lines: Accounts Payable is debited, so you owe the supplier nothing more, and the bank account is credited by the same amount. The bank reference is FT26286MSQ0091. Finance is done. Next, the tax manager finds the same purchase in Tax.

    • Select View