To create an International Payment Template, follow the steps below:
- Click Templates on the Menu
- Click New on the Control Bar
- Click International Payment Template or International Salary Payment Template (China only)
- Complete the sections below
Payment Information
- If you are entitled to more than one Division, select the Division under which the template will be created
Did you know that you can setup a default Division? Click here to find out more.
- Select the account the funds will be debited From
Payment Details
- Enter a Template Name up to 16 characters. This will become the Payment Name when you create a payment from the template.
- Enter a Template Description up to 40 characters
- Enter a Payment Reference up to 16 characters that will appear as part of the narrative on the debit account and beneficiary's statements and on payment reports
- Select the Payment Currency from the drop-down list
- If required, enter a Debit Advice Description up to 140 characters that will appear on the Debit Advice
Only available if the debit account is CNY.
- If required, select a Confidential Data Group from the drop-down list
Only users who are entitled to the Confidential Data Group will be able to view and action the template and payments created from the template.
- Tick the Enter Amounts in Debit Currency checkbox to enter the amounts to credit the beneficiaries in the currency of the debit account.
- Tick Individual Debits if you need one statement entry for each transaction processed
Only available if the debit account is CNY. Not available for International Salary Payments (China only).
Beneficiary Details
To reduce the risk of fraud, ANZ recommends you always validate beneficiary details when processing a payment using a template.
- Click Add to add a payment instruction to the list
- Add Beneficiary
Add Beneficiary from your Payee ListClick in the Beneficiary Name field and select a beneficiary from the drop-down list. You can also use the Search Beneficiaries feature to find a beneficiary in your Payee List.Add New BeneficiaryNew Beneficiaries will automatically be added to your Payee List.
- Click in the Beneficiary Name field and click Add New Beneficiary
If Add New Beneficiary isn't visible, you do not have entitlements to create payees.
- Enter Beneficiary Name
- Select IBAN if entering an IBAN number, or select OTHER
- Enter the beneficiaries Account Number/IBAN
- Select an Account Type for beneficiaries in China
- If you will be sending a Beneficiary Advice, enter an Email Address
- Enter the Address and City where the beneficiary resides
- Select the beneficiary's Country from the drop-down list
- Select the applicable Clearing Code from the drop-down list. The options available are based on the Country of the beneficiary.
- Click on the Search icon to display the Find a Clearing Code pop-up window
- Enter one or more search criteria and click Search
- Select the beneficiary bank from the search results list
- Click Proceed
- Click in the Beneficiary Name field and click Add New Beneficiary
- Enter the Amount to pay the beneficiary or leave the amount as zero (then enter the amount when you create the payment from the template)
- Click Beneficiary Payment Details to update the following:
Payment Details & Charges
- Select who will incur the transfer charges associated with the payment:
- BEN: the beneficiary pays all transfer charges and receives the payment minus the transfer charges (only available in China)
- OUR: you pay all transfer charges and the beneficiary receives the full amount of the payment
- SHA: you pay outgoing transfer charges and the beneficiary pays the correspondent bank charges. The beneficiary will receive the payment minus the correspondent bank charges.
- If required, update the Client Reference. This field can be up to 16 characters and will appear as part of the narrative on the debit account and beneficiary's statements and on payment reports.
Intermediary Bank (optional)If the intermediary bank input field is not visible for your international payment instruction, please contact your ANZ Customer Service Centre for assistance with updating your organisation’s permissions.- Select the Bank Code Type from the drop-down list
- Click on the Bank Code Search icon to display the Find a Clearing Code pop-up window
- Enter one or more search criteria and click Search
- Select the intermediary bank from the search results list
Debit Advice (China only)Enter a Debit Advice Description up to 140 characters that will appear as part of the narrative on the Debit Advice.Additional Information (China only)If your beneficiary requires additional regulatory information, complete the Additional Information section. Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk.If you complete the BOP form in ANZ Transactive - Global, you do not need to provide a hard copy of the form to the Bank.FIELD HOW TO COMPLETE Provided BOP form manually to bank If you have provided the BOP (Balance Of Payments) form manually to the bank, select this checkbox.
NOTE: If selected the remaining fields will no longer be visible.Amount in Words* Enter the amount of the payment in words.
NOTE: This will be auto-populated in English if an amount has been entered.BOP Transaction Code 1* Select the appropriate BOP Transaction Code. BOP Transaction Description 1* This will be auto-populated based on the BOP Transaction Code 1 selected. You can update the description if required. BOP CCY1* This will be auto-populated based on the Payment Currency or Debit Currency being used. BOP Amount 1* Enter the BOP Amount for BOP Transaction Code 1. BOP Transaction Code 2 If required, select the appropriate BOP Transaction Code.
NOTE: This needs to be a different Transaction Code to BOP Transaction Code 1.BOP Transaction Description 2 This will be auto-populated based on the BOP Transaction Code 2 selected. You can update the description if required. BOP CCY 2 If you are using BOP Amount 2, enter the transaction currency. BOP Amount 2 Enter the BOP Amount 2 for BOP Transaction Code 2.
NOTE: BOP Amount 1 plus BOP Amount 2 should equal the total BOP amount.Unit Code* Enter the 9 digit Unit Code of your organisation. Beneficiary Resident Country/Region Name* This will be auto-populated based on the remitter’s bank country name. Beneficiary Resident Country/Region Code* This will be auto-populated based on the remitter’s bank country name. Payment Nature* Select the nature of the payment from the drop-down list.
NOTE: This should be based on the declaration document.Tax Free Goods* Select Yes or No. Type of Payment* Select the type of payment from the drop down list. Contract Number* If there is a contract for this transaction, enter the Contract Number or enter "N/A". Invoice Number* If there is an invoice for this transaction, enter the Invoice Number or enter "N/A". Safe Batch/Registration Number Enter the 20 digit Safe Batch/Registration Number or enter "N/A". BOP Reporting Type* Select the BOP reporting type from the drop-down list. - Repeat above steps to add each beneficiary to the template
To remove one or more payment instructions from the list, tick the checkbox next to the instruction number and click Remove.

Review and Submit
- After you have completed all the template information, click Review & Submit at the bottom of the screen:
Click Close on the Control Bar to discard the template.
Click Save as Draft on the Control Bar to complete the template at a later time.Error?- View the error message displayed:
- Review the highlighted fields on screen and update as required. If a beneficiary has an error, there will be a warning message in the payment instruction:
Click Beneficiary Payment Details to view the error in the Beneficiary Payment Details pop-up window:
- View the error message displayed:
- Review the template details and click Submit to submit the template:
If the template details are not correct, click Previous to return to the previous screen and edit the template as required.RESULT:
- If your organisation requires Templates to be approved, a confirmation pop-up window is displayed advising that the template has been submitted for approval. The template will need to be approved or rejected before it can be used to create a payment.
- If your organisation does not require Templates to be approved, a confirmation pop-up window is displayed, and the template is ready to be used to create a payment. Note that if you may need to approve new beneficiaries added to the template before a payment can be made.