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Take a bank transfer

When the customer has paid into your bank account, record the amount received and the bank's reference. Kila keeps the reference on the payment and the receipt.

Who can do it
Cashier, Till supervisor and Branch manager
Find it
Sell, then Point of sale, or search point of sale in Kila
Time
1 minute

Some customers, often businesses, pay by bank transfer. Record it with the bank’s reference for the transfer: Kila keeps it on the payment and prints it on the receipt.

  1. Tap Charge, then Bank transfer

    Kila asks for the Amount received and the Bank reference.

    Take payment for a power bank, KES 2,500.00: Bank transfer is chosen (1), a bank reference is typed (2), Amount received shows 2500 (3) and Take bank transfer is marked 4.Take payment for a power bank, KES 2,500.00: Bank transfer is chosen (1), a bank reference is typed (2), Amount received shows 2500 (3) and Take bank transfer is marked 4.
  2. Type the bank reference

    As it appears on the transfer, in Bank reference. Take bank transfer stays grey until there is one.

  3. Check the amount received

    Amount received starts at the amount due. If more came in, type what arrived: see What if.

  4. Tap Take bank transfer

    Kila completes the sale and says Paid in full by bank transfer.

  5. Check the reference on the receipt

    The receipt shows Bank transfer with the reference you typed.

    Sale complete for KES 2,500.00, paid in full by bank transfer. On the receipt, the payment line shows Bank transfer and its reference (5).Sale complete for KES 2,500.00, paid in full by bank transfer. On the receipt, the payment line shows Bank transfer and its reference (5).

Type what arrived in Amount received. Kila says, for example, KES 500.00 more than is due: Give change in cash pays the difference out of your drawer (“KES 500.00 from the drawer”), and with a customer on the sale, Keep as customer credit holds it on their account.

The payment was recorded as the wrong method

Link to this section: The payment was recorded as the wrong method

It can be corrected on the sale afterwards: see Correct a payment method.

Next: a bank transfer is not cash. Your shift lists it under Taken by method, apart from the cash you count when you close your shift.

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