SettleWisePayments & ReconciliationMoney in
PY-01Record the money

Record a manual payment

Money arrived by transfer, check, or cash. SettleWise needs to know about it.

Track

Money in

Phase

Record the money

Starts with

Money outside SettleWise

Ends with

Pending payment recorded

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PY-01
  1. PY-01Record a manual payment
  2. PY-02Validate a payment
  3. PY-03Confirm a payment from an email
  4. PY-04Card payment through Stripe
  5. PY-05Resolve a payment that needs you

The situation

The payment did not come through an automatic channel. Accounting records it against the invoices it pays, with evidence.

What starts it

Accounting opens Payments and clicks Add Manual Payment.

How it unfolds

AccountingSystem
  1. 1

    Accounting clicks Add Manual Payment in Payments

    Accounting

    There is no payment button inside the invoice.

  2. 2

    Accounting selects the invoice or invoices the money is for

    Accounting

    One payment can cover several invoices.

  3. 3

    Accounting enters amount, date, method, and evidence

    Accounting

    Use available credit can be ticked when the client has credit.

  4. 4

    SettleWise records the payment as Pending

    System

    This is the key moment of the journey: the money is known but not applied. This is the key moment of the journey.

Who's involved

Accounting

Owns money movement, registers, and reconciliation.

System

Automates emails, matching, reminders, and sync.

What each person sees

Accounting

A Pending payment with its evidence.

Why: Validate it next.

The rule to remember

Recording a payment is not applying it. Validation makes it official.