Every payment created in Business Banking must be authorised by either one or two users with the ‘Authorise Activity’ role. The number of authorisers you need will depend on how your account has been set up.
How to authorise a payment
If you have permission to authorise payments, you’ll be notified that there are payments to be authorised when you log in to Business Banking.
You can authorise each payment individually, or all at once using bulk authorisation.
You can also authorise most payment types in the BNZ Business app. International cheques are one of the few payment types you'll still need to authorise on your desktop.
Authorising individual payments
Go to the Transfer/Pay tab.
Select Transfers and Payments List from the left-hand menu.
Click on the Authorisation button next to the payment that needs to be authorised.
Click on the button again when it turns green and displays the word Confirm.
You can also authorise a payment by selecting it from the Transfers and Payments List, and using the Authorisation button on the Payment Details screen.
Bulk authorisation
Go to the Transfer/Pay tab.
Select Bulk Authorisation from the left hand menu.
Use the check boxes to select the payments you want to authorise.
Click on the Authorisation button.
Changing the number of authorisers for each payment
Go to the Administration tab.
Select Authorisations and Limits from the left-hand menu
Click on View/Print Authorisations & Limits at the bottom of the screen to generate a PDF, and print a copy.
Write in your changes.
Get the PDF signed by the account authorisers.
Scan and email everything to us at onlinerequests@bnz.co.nz.