The following glossary lists standard terms and definitions for the Invoice Payment Manager solution.
- Automated Clearing House (ACH)
Automated Clearing House (ACH) is a secure payment transfer system between U.S. financial institutions that acts as the central clearing facility for all nationwide Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) transactions.
Concur Invoice uses the CTX EDI 820 compliant format for this transaction.
- Bank
The institution that provides funding services.
- Batch
A collection of payment demands scheduled for payment and sharing the same funding account.
- Batch Close
The date the batch no longer accepts new payment demands.
- Batch Open
The date the batch is created and begins accepting payment demands.
- Batch Schedule
The defined close and send dates for the batch.
- Batch Send
The date the system sends the payment demands for processing.
- Credit Memo
A batch type that shows that a payment demand batch has an outstanding credit with a vendor.
- Due Date
The scheduled payment date. This is calculated at initial creation from Invoice Date plus Payment Terms and may be overwritten.
- Funding Bank Account Confirmation
Process where the funding bank account is validated by Invoice Pay.
- Funding Date
The date on which the payment batch will be funded.
- Invoice
A request for payment of goods and services.
- On-Demand Import
An import that can be performed from within the Invoice user interface, instead of using SAP Concur overnight services to perform the job.
- Payment Cycle
The number of days from initiation of funding invoice to actual payment.
- Payment Demand
A collection of invoices to the same supplier.
- Payment Method
Manner in which funds will be provided to the vendor.
- Payment Provider
Third party company that facilitates payments to vendors on behalf of customers outside of Concur Invoice.
- Payment Terms
The period (in calendar days) allowed for a buyer to pay off the amount due to a vendor (for example, Net 30, 60, 90).
- Supplier/Vendor
Party providing goods or services to the customer.
- Vendor Import
Importing supplier banking, address, contact, and other information can be done overnight or on-demand, using a data file or directly inputting the information via the user interface.
Now that you know the basics, let's move on to your tasks to set up the Virtual Card Payments configuration.