Expanding payment options with credit card payment runs
In Dynamics GP, most firms process payables with a check run that pays a batch of checks. Before GP 2016 it wasn't possible to pay multiple invoices with a credit card. A payment run could only use checks or EFT. With Dynamics GP 2016, it's now possible to do a credit card run. This doesn't actually send a credit card payment to a vendor, but records that these vouchers were all paid via credit card.
Getting ready
This recipe assumes that at least one credit card or bank card has been created in Dynamics GP. A credit card is tied to a vendor and payment is ultimately made to that vendor. A bank card is tied to a bank account and payments made using the card reduce the balance in the bank account.
Users should also be successfully generating other types of payment via batches such as checks or EFTs to ensure that the payables setup is complete:
How to do it...
To create a credit card based payment run, follow these steps:
Under Purchasing...