Guidance: how to update Bacs Single payment templates

Updating Bacs Single payment templates

Please click here to find out how to update a payment template.

Step by step guide

LloydsLink Online

If you want this payment template to be automatically moved to Commercial Banking Online, you may need to make changes to the following:

1. Payment Name

2. Debit Account Number 5. Beneficiary Account Number

6. Beneficiary Sort Code 7. Beneficiary Name

You may also need to make changes to (4) Payment Reference, so that it isn’t shortened when it is moved across.

LoLi Bacs Single

Number	Name in LloydsLink Online	Change to this field in Commercial Banking Online	What will happen	What you need to do
1	Payment Name	Provide a Payment Name which can be up to 35 characters long.	The template will not move over without a Payment Name. Long Payment Names will be automatically shortened to the first 35 characters.	Provide a Payment Name of under 35 characters long, or it will be automatically shortened.
2	Debit Account Number	Provide a sort code and account number for the account that is being debited. The debit account must be an open Lloyds Banking Group account.	The template will not move over without a debit account number and sort code.	Select an open Lloyds Banking Group account from the Debit account short code list.
3	Debit Sort Code
4	Payment Reference	The Payment Reference will be used for both the Debit Account Statement Reference and the Beneficiary Statement Reference. The Debit Account Statement Reference will appear on your statement. It can be up to 16 characters long, must have a mix of at least 6 characters (A-Z, 0-9) and cannot contain any special characters apart from &./- The Beneficiary Statement Reference can be up to 18 characters long.	If you include a Payment Reference it will be automatically shortened to the first 16 characters in the Debit Account Statement Reference. If the data does not have a mix of at least 6 characters (A-Z, 0-9) or contain any special characters apart from &./-, the data in this field will not be moved.	To avoid your Debit Account Statement Reference from being shortened or removed, make sure that the data meets the criteria stated. Any changes you make will also appear on the Beneficiary Statement Reference.
5	Beneficiary Account Number	Provide a valid account number and sort code for the Beneficiary. The account number must be 8 digits long and the sort code must be 6 digits long. The sort code must be a valid UK Bacs enabled sort code. The sort code and account number must be a valid combination.	The payment template will not move over if the sort code and account number are not valid.	Ensure the sort code is a valid UK Bacs enabled sort code, the sort code and account number are the correct length and are a valid combination.
6	Beneficiary Sort Code
7	Beneficiary Name	Provide a Beneficiary Name, up to 18 characters long.	The template will not be moved over without a Beneficiary Name. The name will be automatically shortened to the first 18 characters.	Make sure the template has a Beneficiary Name of under 18 characters long to avoid it being shortened.
8	Amount	A maximum of £20,000,000 before the decimal point and two digits after the decimal point.	If the amount entered is too long it will be replaced with '0'. If the number of digits after the decimal point exceeds two, the value will be rounded up to 2 decimal digits.	Check the number isn’t too high and there are only two digits after the decimal point.