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Multiple Pay Anyone payments are only available to ANZ business customers. They are a convenient way for your business to make payments to parties at one time with a single debit to your selected business account.

  • If you are an ANZ Internet Banking for Business customer you can save a template of multiple Pay Anyone payments for re-use and import a payment file from your own computer to ANZ Internet Banking for processing of multiple Pay Anyone payments.

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For further assistance please call the ANZ Internet Banking team on 13 33 50 (International callers: +61 3 9683 8833) 8:00am to 8:00pm (AEST) Monday - Friday and 8:00am to 6:00pm (AEST) Saturday and Sunday.


Frequently asked questions

Use our frequently asked questions to find out more about making multiple Pay Anyone payments.

Yes. There are different daily limits depending on the payment types. Current daily payment limits are as follows:

ANZ Internet Banking - business customers

  • BPAY®: $75,000 (up to $50,000 per transaction)
  • Pay Anyone: maximum of $25,000 total (without ANZ Shield) or $50,000 total (with ANZ Shield).
  • Payroll payments: maximum of $25,000 total (without ANZ Shield) or $50,000 total (with ANZ Shield). (included in Pay Anyone limit)
  • International payments maximum of $25,000 total (without ANZ Shield) or $50,000 total (with ANZ Shield). (included in Pay Anyone limit)
  • Direct tax payments: $100,000 (separate to BPAY® and Pay Anyone limits).

ANZ Internet Banking for Business

  • BPAY®: $150,000 ($50,000 per transaction).
  • Pay Anyone: maximum of $5,000 total (without ANZ Shield or Security Device) or maximum of $1,000,000 total (with ANZ Shield or Security Device), per registered business (BRN)
  • Payroll payments: maximum of $5,000 (without ANZ Shield or Security Device) or maximum $1,000,000 total (with ANZ Shield or Security Device) (Included in Pay Anyone limit) per registered business (BRN)
  • International payments: maximum of $5,000 total (without ANZ Shield or Security Device) or $150,000 maximum per transaction up to the daily limit of $1,000,000 total (with ANZ Shield or Security Device) (included in Pay Anyone limit).
  • Direct tax payments: $1,000,000 (separate to BPAY® and Pay Anyone limits).

See 'Register for ANZ Shield'.

The following indicates the amount of payments that can be made using multiple Pay Anyone for ANZ Internet Banking for Business customers:

  • Multiple payments completed manually: 18 payees
  • Multiple payments via template: 99 payees
  • Multiple payments via file uploads: 999 payees.

Yes. ANZ Internet Banking for Business can be accessed via eligible mobile, tablet and desktop devices, so you'll have access to all the functionality that you would use on a desktop device. You can find out more information on our software requirements and settings page.

No. Renaming or reordering accounts will only change the way they appear within your own ANZ Internet Banking for Business. Operators cannot see these changes.

This can be a result of many different factors such as your ANZ Security Device not being activated or number of authorisations required, etc.

  • As such, we would recommend you contact the ANZ Internet Banking for Business Helpdesk on 1800 269 242 (International callers: +61 3 8699 6906) between 8.00am to 6.00pm (AEST), Monday to Friday for further assistance.

Yes. Operator users are permitted to perform file uploads from accounting software packages.

As you have previously nominated your Pay Anyone Limit, you can start transacting as soon as you activate your ANZ Security Device and your nominated Pay Anyone limit will apply.

To activate your ANZ Security Device:

  • Select “Profile” from the main navigation.
  • Select “Manage ANZ Shield/ANZ Security Device”.
  • Select “Activate Security Device”.
  • Once the request has been submitted, a confirmation message will appear on screen.

Note: Your ANZ Security Device will be activated within one business day of ANZ receiving your request and you’ll receive a Securemail confirming it’s ready to use.

If you have any questions or require immediate activation of your ANZ Security Device, please call the ANZ Internet Banking for Business Help Desk on 1800 269 242 (International callers: +61 3 8699 6906) between 8am to 6pm AEST Monday to Friday.

To upload a payment file from an accounting software package, follow the steps below:

  • Firstly ensure that the file is in the .aba file format as used in MYOB, QuickBooks and other packages
  • Go to the "Payments" menu
  • Select the type of payment you want to make
  • Select "Import a payment file"
  • Select "Browse" to point to the file's location
  • Once selected, click "Continue" and the file will be uploaded to ANZ.
  • Then follow the prompts.

Yes. You can make changes to the uploaded payment file before authorising the transaction.

  • Payees can be added, removed or have their payment amount altered
  • For example, after importing a payroll template, you can remove payments for casuals not working this pay period
  • A file holding 90 items could be edited to reach the 999 items limit.

Pay Anyone limit changes can be requested by the Administrators via ANZ Internet Banking for Business.

Payments awaiting authorisation sit in a "Work in progress queue" in "Authorise payments/transfers" under the "Payments" menu until they reach the payment expiry period, (the default period being 7 days). This means that payments can stay unauthorised for 7 days before expiring.

No. Once the recurring payment is authorised this authorises all future payments in the series.

  • The recurring payment can be cancelled at any time from the "Manage future payments / transfers" under the "Payments" menu
  • Cancellation of recurring payment does not require multiple authorisations.

Payee lists and payment templates are available to all Administrators and Authorisers in ANZ Internet Banking for Business as this information is held at the business level.

  • Administrators can, however, restrict Operators from having access to payee lists for Pay Anyone, payroll, payment templates or direct debit functions.
  • See ‘Edit a user’s access’.

Yes. The cut-off times are the same as those for ANZ Internet Banking.

  • Payments need to be authorised prior to 6.00pm (AEST) on a bank business day. Any payments authorised after this time, will be processed the next bank business day
  • The cut-off time for transfers between accounts is 10.00pm (AEST) on a bank business day
  • The standard cut-off time for direct debit is 6.00pm (AEST)
  • ANZ recommends that all third party transactions of $500,000 and above are authorised prior to 4.00pm AEST to ensure we can contact you to verify payment details when required. If we are unable to contact you to verify transaction information, payments may be cancelled.

You will need the following information before you upload a payment file from any accounting software:

  • Bank ID: ANZ
  • APCA/Direct User ID: any six digit number that you choose E.g: 000000
  • Balancing Items Required: No

Transfers between different legal entities are treated as third party payments and are subject to overnight confirmation before the funds are made available and Pay Anyone limits apply.

  • As such the balances will reflect the transfer in the debiting account in real time, but the funds will not be available in the receiving account until the next working day.
  • When you are making multiple Pay Anyone payments it is your responsibility to ensure that the details provided by you are correct or your transfer may be unsuccessful or may be paid to an unintended account and the funds may not be recovered. We do not check that the details provided by you are correct.
  • Pay Anyone transfers requested before 6.00pm (AEST) on a bank business day will be processed to the account on the same day.
  • Payments requested after this time may be processed on the next bank business day.
  • The time that it takes for a payee's account to be credited will depend on the policy and systems of the payee's bank
  • You cannot delete or cancel an immediate payment or a payment to be processed today after it is fully authorised.
  • Future-dated payments require cleared funds in your account at 11.59pm (AEST) on the day before the scheduled payment date or the payment will be unsuccessful.

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