You can only create a statement \ cash account once you have connected a Bank of Scotland Business or Bank of Scotland Commercial account.
Reasons for creating a statement or cash account:
- If you wish to record cash transactions within Business Finance Assistant
- An account or card is not in your name and you instead only have access to the statements from the account
- If you are otherwise unable to connect an account or card to Business Finance Assistant using the connect account journey due to the account or card is not yet supported by our partner Token.io (like PayPal, Stripe, Go Cardless, etc.). For a full list of connected banks please go to https://token.io/coverage and filter on the UK. Please do let us know if a provider you require is not currently supported
To create a statement or cash account in Business Finance Assistant, please follow the steps below:
- Select 'Connect Bank Account', either from the 'Recent Transactions' widget on your homepage or from your 'Bank Transactions' screen
- Select 'Upload Statements Manually'
- When the new window opens, select the 'Account Type' and populate the required fields
- Select 'Done'
Importing multiple transactions:
- To import multiple transactions into this account, using either a statement or a manually created file, please refer to the following link for further clarification: Importing Bank Statements
Importing single transactions:
- If you wish to only import single transactions, please refer to this article: How can I manually import a cash payment or a one-off transaction?