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Making a bulk payment/payout
Written by Paul Kimani


Using this WorkPay feature you can send bulk and single payments to all banks in Kenya and M-Pesa using simple steps explained below.

On the Payments main menu click "Bulk Payments" This menu item takes you to a window to create a payout recipients record to the list of recipients.
Adding a Single Payment record

  • Click on "Add Payment record".

  • Enter Amount and pick the currency.

  • Select the Beneficiary Type >either Employee, Favorite or Other.

  • Enter the name of the recipient.(if type selected is other)

Click on "Add Payment record".

Enter Amount and pick the currency.

Select the Beneficiary Type >either Employee, Favorite or Other.

Enter the name of the recipient.(if type selected is other)

  • Select the payment Method of the recipient.(Bank, M-Pesa, Paybill or Tills)

  • Add Payment "Remarks"

  • Click "Submit"

  • Click on "verify & pay".

  • Click on "Continue"

     

**On the next page you will be send an OTP to your phone/email/both depending on your system setting.

**On each recipient there is an action column with two buttons for editing or deleting the recipient.

**Alternatively you can upload users in bulk from excel sheets buy clicking on “Bulk Import” then

  • Click on "Download Mpesa Payout Template" for bulk payments using MPESA.

  • Click on "Download Bank Payout Template" for Bulk payments using the Bank.

  • Click on "Browse file" to upload the Excel Template from your local Directory then click on "Upload"

  • Click on "verify & pay".

  • Click on "Continue"

  • Upon successful verification of the OTP, next add remark to your transaction e.g “February 2022 Salary Paid on 2022-03-02”

    **Your transaction will immediately start to send money and depending on the number of recipients this can take 2 secs and 10 minutes.