How do I make bulk vendor payments through ICICI Bank from Zoho Books?

In Zoho Books for India, you can connect an ICICI Bank current account through Zoho's connected banking integration and then pay vendor bills directly from Books. Once connected, you select several unpaid bills, initiate payment through ICICI, and approve the payments in ICICI's corporate banking. Payments and bank entries then match back to the bills in Books.

The integration is built for Indian businesses with an ICICI Bank current account and corporate internet banking. Setup involves registering the account inside Zoho Books banking settings and completing ICICI's own registration and approval steps. The bank may ask for a request letter or approval from authorised signatories. Expect this to take some days, not minutes.

After setup, open your bills or vendor payments, select the bills you want to pay, and choose to pay them through the connected ICICI account. Vendor bank details, including IFSC and account number, must be correct in each vendor record. The bank then holds the payments for approval by your authorised users, according to the approval rules you set at ICICI. Payment status flows back to Books.

Check the current Zoho Books India help pages for exact steps and supported payment modes, because bank integrations change. Start with a small batch, confirm that payments and bank feed entries match, then roll out to regular payment runs. Set user roles in Books so only the right people can initiate payments.

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