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EFT payment for vendor with foreign currency

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Posted on by Alaa Ramadan

Hello folks,

Having an issue with EFT, not sure I'm doing the wrong way:

- Our local currency is USD

- Received an invoice from Canadian vendor with CAD$100

- Used the payment journal - Suggest Vendor Payment

- Auto - populate outstanding invoice with foreign currency (CAD) and corresponding amount in local currecy (USD)

- When attempt to select Bank->Export I got the following error:

You cannot export journal entries if Currency Code is different in Gen. Journal Line and bank account

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Suresh Kulla on at

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EFT payment for vendor with foreign currency

This is a standard error in the payment amount currency, and the bank account you have used should have the same currency code. You cannot transact CAD with US banking.

Check this link for more info.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/foreign-currencies-dynamics-365-business-central/1-process
Alaa Ramadan on at

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EFT payment for vendor with foreign currency

The error is more related to EFT. If I change the payment method to something other than EFT, it goes through.

Technically speaking should not I be able to send money for in whatever currency regardless of my bank currency?
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EFT payment for vendor with foreign currency

That error comes up because your bank account is set up in USD but you’re trying to pay in CAD. For EFT export, the currency on the bank account must match the payment line currency. You’ll need to either:

Create a CAD bank account in BC and use it for CAD vendor payments, or

Pay from your USD bank and let the bank handle FX (but then you can’t export as CAD via EFT directly).

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EFT payment for vendor with foreign currency

Hi Alaa,

This error occurs because EFT export requires the journal line currency to match the bank account currency. In your case, the bank account is in USD, but the payment line is in CAD.
Options to resolve

Use a CAD bank account for CAD vendor payments (recommended for EFT).

If you only have a USD bank account, you cannot export EFT for CAD lines—instead, process the payment manually or use a wire transfer outside EFT.

Alternatively, create a separate payment journal batch for CAD vendors linked to a CAD bank account.

Official References

Set Up Bank Accounts for Electronic Payments

Export Payments to a Bank File

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YUN ZHU on at

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EFT payment for vendor with foreign currency

Hi, Hopefully the following discussion can give you some hints.

https://community.dynamics.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=078ec641-714a-ef11-a317-6045bdeef8e9

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ZHU
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Khushbu Rajvi. on at

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EFT payment for vendor with foreign currency

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/foreign-currencies-dynamics-365-business-central/1-process