ACH with Lien Holders supports the management of Lien Holders throughout Grain Settlements by protecting imported lien information from unintended modification. When properly configured, designated Lien Holders can receive ACH payments, and Payment rules are consistently applied when processing Settlements.
Link Lien Holder to ACH Customer
Navigate to Grain / Setup / Lien Holders to associate a Lien Holder with a Customer record that has ACH information configured. This allows Payments for a Lien Holder to be sent electronically while maintaining the Lien Holder relationship.
- Only Customer records with ACH information can be selected.
- The linked Customer determines the ACH Payment information used on the Settlement.
- Updating the linked Customer also updates the ACH Payee Name used for the Lien Holder.
Settlements
Lien Holders displayed on the Settlement Payee grid cannot be removed or modified by Users. This applies to those automatically imported (CNS imports) and manually entered Lien Holders.
This ensures Lien Holder Payments remain consistent with lien setup.
These restrictions apply regardless of User security permissions.
Single Lien Holder
Note: This is also true when using Batch Settle.
When a Lien Holder is linked to a Customer with ACH information:
- The Lien Holder automatically defaults to ACH on the Settlement.
- The ACH Payment information comes from the linked Customer record.
- The ACH payee cannot be changed to another Customer.
If no ACH Customer is linked, normal Payment processing applies.
Multiple Lien Holders
Note: This is also true when using Batch Settle.
If multiple Lien Holders exist for the same Grower:
- ACH Payments cannot be processed for those Lien Holders.
- Payment must be made by check.
Paying Interest
Using the Pay Interest Utility for DP or IS Transactions
ACH Payments are allowed only when:
- Exactly one manually-entered Lien Holder exists for the transaction
- That Lien Holder is linked to a Customer with ACH information.
If multiple Lien Holders exist or the Lien Holder is not linked to an ACH Customer, the Payment is automatically processed by check.
Delete CNS Records
A Delete CNS Records utility is available in Admin Utilities at Hub / Delete CNS Records.
This utility is intended for companies that import Lien Holder information from CNS to remove previously paid records before importing the next month's file. This utility removes CNS records only.
Access to this utility is controlled by User security.
