ePay Overview

ePay and Direct Rent are companion software products intended to work with eSite data.

ePay

ePay is an add-on software package that works with eSite to allow you to perform automatic bank drafting for approved residents/tenants. With ePay, the system works to track and control draft records and allows you to create a batch in eSite to post the collection information. This software can be used alone or with Direct Rent.

ePay enables you to set up a resident/tenant with an account that allows the system to generate and mark transactions as ACH transactions, and as acceptable for bank drafting. These transactions contain specific information that Direct Rent then uses to create an ACH file.

Use the following eSite applications to manage your ePay activities:

Transferring ePay Setup

ePay Setup information can be copied to a new unit during Resident Transfer if the global policy to transfer ePay Setup is set on the Batch, Bulk, Transfer tab and Transfer Information for ePay is selected on the Transfer Information tab.

To transfer a resident across properties, the Bank Book Assignment for the transfer-to property must be the same as the Bank Book Assignment for the transfer-from property. If not, a message displays and the transfer cannot continue unless the ePay Setup check box is cleared on the Transfer form.

If a transfer is valid, a message displays to remind the user to run the Pre-Note.

Direct Rent

Direct Rent allows you to create the ACH file needed to transfer the applicable resident/tenant payment data produced through ePay account setup to the Bank Draft Service Provider. Direct Rent requires additional setup data, such as ACH File Format and Merchant ID, which is entered from the Direct Rent Setup tab.