Barclays

• 15/07/2024
• 6 minutes to read

With Payment Management, you can use direct communication to send bank data between Barclays and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. For direct communication between your bank and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can integrate with Barclays directly or use Yapily, an Open Banking payment service provider.

This article lists the file format requirements for both communication methods. To learn more about how to set up communication:

• Manual communication Barclays - refer to the general To set up bank accounts to use manual communication article.
• Direct communication Barclays - refer to the Onboarding Barclays with Direct Communication.
• Direct communication Barclays using Yapily - refer to the Onboarding Yapily to use Direct Communication.

To connect with Barclays manually

When initiating manual communication with Barclays, the following features are supported:

• Payment export

• Statement import:

  • file format XML

• Payment methods:

  • FP
  • Chaps
  • SEPA
  • IC

To connect with Barclays directly

To use direct communication, you must subscribe to the Barclays bank integration and set up your Barclays bank accounts to use direct communication in Business Central. For more details on how to set it up, get in touch with Continia Support.

File formats

How you can integrate your bank with Payment Management depends on the types of bank communication and files your bank supports. The table below displays what is supported for direct communication with Barclays.

To connect with Yapily Connect

For direct communication between your bank and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can use Yapily Connect. Yapily is an Open Banking payment service provider.

Before you can establish direct communication with your bank through Yapily, it is necessary to grant Yapily the required permissions. For more information about granting permissions, please contact your bank or refer to the Preparing for Direct Communication Through Yapily article.

File formats

How you can integrate your bank with Payment Management depends on the types of bank communication and files your bank supports. The following table displays what is supported for direct communication with the Barclaycard Commercial Payments, Barclays Business, and Barclays Corporate banks.

Bank communication	Send payments	Import status	Update Status	Import payments	Reconcile
Direct	Yapily Connect		Yapily Connect		Yapily Connect

Supported functionality using Yapily

Depending on the bank, Yapily supports the following payment types:

• Faster Payment Single - a file containing a single payment, requiring approval per file.
• Faster Payment Bulk - A file containing multiple payments, requiring one approval for the entire file.
• International Single - A file containing a single international payment, requiring approval per file.

In some cases, other payment types are available. Unfortunately, at the moment, we don't have a comprehensive overview of their availability. To determine your bank supports whether these payment methods, it is necessary to conduct a direct test with your bank. The additional payment types:

• International Bulk - A file containing multiple international payments, requiring one approval for the entire file.
• SEPA Credit Transfer - A file containing one or multiple payments in euros within the SEPA region, requiring approval as specified by the bank.

We will update our documentation as soon as we have a complete overview of this information.

Refer to the following table to see which features are supported for direct communication using Yapily.

See also

About direct and manual bank communication

Onboarding Yapily to use Direct Communication