What details are required to create a new International standing order?

Payment details

You can create a standing order to a payee you have saved, select the Payee Group and then select the Payee under Existing Payee.

Or you can enter new payee details:

• Payee Account Number - the account number of the person or business you are paying
• Payee Name - the name of the person or business you are paying
• Payee Address - the address of the person or business you are paying
• Bank Identification
• Select the bank identifier and complete the associated fields.
• Enter the BIC/SWIFT of the payee's bank
• National Bank Code, select the Country that the funds are being send to and enter the National Bank Code
• Pay From - this field shows all the accounts that you are able to make payments from. Select the down arrow to see a list of your accounts then choose the account you wish to debit
• Amount - the amount you wish to pay
• Currency - select the drop down box and choose the currency you wish to pay
• Charges
• Shared Charges you pay our charge and the payee pays their banks change
• All Charges to be paid by payee, the payee will pay both our charges and their banks charge 
• All charges to be paid by the payment originator, you will pay both our charges and the payee's bank charge
• Payment Method
  • Send as a SEPA Payment - the following conditions must be satisfied
    • the payee account number is an IBAN,
    • the payment is to a European country within the Single Euro Payments Area,
    • the payment currency is EUR
    • the charges are shared
  • Send as Non-SEPA - the payment will be sent as a SWIFT payment
  • If you select to send as a SEPA payment but the SEPA conditions are not satisfied, you will have the option to send as non-SEPA or amend the payment so it can be sent as SEPA  

• Payee Reference - a reference which may appear on the payee's statement. This will help them establish where the payment has come from. If you are paying a bill, you must ensure the reference field is completed according to the payee's instructions. This is usually your account number but might be an invoice number or similar.
• Your Reference - your reference for this payment.

Frequency

• This determines when the payment will be made.
• Select the required frequency from the list - weekly, two weekly, monthly, 2 monthly, quarterly, bi-annually, annually.
• The payment will be made on the selected frequency based on the first payment date.

First payment date

• The date that the first payment will leave your account.

Valid Until

• You need to advise how long you wish the standing order to be valid for - until further notice, after a certain number of payments have been made or until a date is reached.