[{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-31T02:39:00.638Z","tag_names":["approve payment plan","biller genie payment plan","customer payment plan request","down payment","payment plan add-on","payment plan request","payment plan workflow","pending payment plans","reject payment plan"],"answer_sample":"When a customer requests a payment plan through the customer portal, the request ","long_answer_sample":"When a customer requests a payment plan through the customer portal, the request lands in Reports \u0026gt; Pending Payment Plans for your team to approve or reject. This article covers the report itself, the approval/rejection workflow, and what happens after each. Where to find it From the main menu, click Reports \u0026gt; Pending Payment Plans. The page l","language_id":1,"id":3833020,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customer requests payment plan portal, request lands reports \u0026gt; pending plans team approve reject. article covers report itself, approval/rejection workflow, happens each. find main menu, click plans. page lists every currently status — meaning submitted waiting decision. shows see approved, rejected, completed plans, open record look section. column id internal id. plan's details page. business name request. amount offering approval time. always \"pending\" report. reviewing invoice(s) covers. proposed terms payment, recurring installment amount, frequency (typically monthly), number installments, start date. stored method specified installments. reject action buttons (visible status). approving approve. biller genie several things one step processes immediately customer's method. applied invoice(s). creates schedule remaining scheduled will charge automatically configured frequency. emails plan-approved confirmation schedule. flips approved status. drops list. fails process time, stays error fix underlying issue (often card file needs updating) try again. rejecting flipped rejected receives notification email. remain continue follow normal reminder cadence. common reasons fit policy, history failed payments, prefer negotiate different directly. built-in counter-offer flow; negotiated decline conversation outside genie, can manually create needed. customers submit option appear two must true add-on installed account. allow enabled level either default (set defaults ) per-customer override. eligible sees \"request plan\" invoices. fill terms, save method, submit. submission appears related articles global type overrides using portal","name":"Pending Payment Plans","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"pending-payment-plans","first_category":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","categories_display_for_views":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","parent_categories":[1368781],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/reports-and-reconciliation/pending-payment-plans?from_search=235632985","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer requests payment plan portal, request lands reports \u0026gt; pending plans team approve reject. article covers report itself, approval/rejection workflow, happens each. find main menu, click plans. page lists every currently status — meaning submitted waiting decision. shows see approved, rejected, completed plans, open record look section. column id internal id. plan's details page. business name request. amount offering approval time. always \"pending\" report. reviewing invoice(s) covers. proposed terms payment, recurring installment amount, frequency (typically monthly), number installments, start date. stored method specified installments. reject action buttons (visible status). approving approve. biller genie several things one step processes immediately customer's method. applied invoice(s). creates schedule remaining scheduled will charge automatically configured frequency. emails plan-approved confirmation schedule. flips approved status. drops list. fails process time, stays error fix underlying issue (often card file needs updating) try again. rejecting flipped rejected receives notification email. remain continue follow normal reminder cadence. common reasons fit policy, history failed payments, prefer negotiate different directly. built-in counter-offer flow; negotiated decline conversation outside genie, can manually create needed. customers submit option appear two must true add-on installed account. allow enabled level either default (set defaults ) per-customer override. eligible sees \"request plan\" invoices. fill terms, save method, submit. submission appears related articles global type overrides using portal","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T20:56:30.000Z","tag_names":["payment","billing"],"answer_sample":"Once a customer requests a payment plan, you must either approve or reject it. St","long_answer_sample":"Once a customer requests a payment plan, you must either approve or reject it. Step 1 Once the request is sent, you will receive an email notification and a message on your Biller Genie dashboard to review and approve. The subject line of the email will be “Customer _____ has requested a Payment Plan” The email will showcase the invoice numbers of t","language_id":1,"id":1957063,"last_published_date":"May 25th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customer requests payment plan, must either approve reject it. step 1 request sent, will receive email notification message biller genie dashboard review approve. subject line “customer _____ requested plan” showcase invoice numbers along plan details. click link in plan. 2 view pending plans, navigate the reports drop down and selecting pending plans. can either reject or approve the generic from no-reply@billergenie.com will sent notify rejection approval.","name":"Approving or Rejecting Payment Plans","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"approving-or-rejecting-payment-plans","first_category":"Features \u0026 Addons","categories_display_for_views":"Features \u0026 Addons","parent_categories":[1368784],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/features-and-addons/approving-or-rejecting-payment-plans?from_search=235632985","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer requests payment plan, must either approve reject it. step 1 request sent, will receive email notification message biller genie dashboard review approve. subject line “customer _____ requested plan” showcase invoice numbers along plan details. click link in plan. 2 view pending plans, navigate the reports drop down and selecting pending plans. can either reject or approve the generic from no-reply@billergenie.com will sent notify rejection approval.","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-07-16T16:55:54.000Z","tag_names":["attribute usage","function use"],"answer_sample":"  The Biller Genie software allows for feature adjustments, at the global or indi","long_answer_sample":"  The Biller Genie software allows for feature adjustments, at the global or individual customer level.    Example You charge a 2% late fee to all invoices paid 30 days late.  Susan is a long-time customer and always pays (eventually), you give her a break by never charging her a late fee.  Your Late Fee feature in Biller Genie is set to charge ever","language_id":1,"id":2679939,"last_published_date":"May 21st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"  biller genie software allows feature adjustments, global individual customer level.  example charge 2% late fee invoices paid 30 days late.  susan long-time always pays (eventually), give break never charging fee.  set everyone, susan's record, turn off.  time, may complicated series customized settings. using utilization report can help keep things straight answer questions like customers ach payments enabled charged fees permission request payment plans step 1 portal, navigate reports \u0026gt; 2 see features installed.  click tile reveal report. 3 inside report, ‘setting status’ switch disabled, select group wish see. below, 64 credit card processing enabled, 4 disabled. optional step  need adjusted, name id profile.","name":"Feature Utilization","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"feature-utilization","first_category":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","categories_display_for_views":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","parent_categories":[1368781],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/reports-and-reconciliation/feature-utilization?from_search=235632985","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"  biller genie software allows feature adjustments, global individual customer level.  example charge 2% late fee invoices paid 30 days late.  susan long-time always pays (eventually), give break never charging fee.  set everyone, susan's record, turn off.  time, may complicated series customized settings. using utilization report can help keep things straight answer questions like customers ach payments enabled charged fees permission request payment plans step 1 portal, navigate reports \u0026gt; 2 see features installed.  click tile reveal report. 3 inside report, ‘setting status’ switch disabled, select group wish see. below, 64 credit card processing enabled, 4 disabled. optional step  need adjusted, name id profile.","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-31T02:39:01.513Z","tag_names":["cancel schedule","export schedules csv","invoice schedule list","next run date","occurrences remaining","pause schedule","payment schedule list","recurring schedules list","running schedules","schedules report"],"answer_sample":"The Schedules report is your one-stop view of every recurring schedule on your ac","long_answer_sample":"The Schedules report is your one-stop view of every recurring schedule on your account — both Invoice Schedules (which auto-create new invoices on a cadence) and Payment Schedules (which auto-charge a stored payment method on a cadence, often as part of an approved payment plan). Use this report to spot anything that's run off the rails, to pause or","language_id":1,"id":3833021,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"schedules report one-stop view every recurring schedule account — invoice (which auto-create new invoices cadence) payment auto-charge stored method cadence, often part approved plan). use spot anything run rails, pause resume schedules, confirm coming next. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; schedules. default shows running uncheck \"running only\" top right see including paused completed ones. column id internal id. open details. type (creates run) (charges run). typically attached plan. status (active will fire next due date), cancelled (paused via action fire), (ran configured number occurrences done). plan plan, links description free-text setup. customer belongs (only shown account-wide view; hidden viewing specific record). frequency daily, weekly, monthly. amount per-run amount. start date first run. charge / creation fire. azure-scheduled job runs approximately 800 1000 pm et today one windows. x y (z remaining) finite ∞ indefinite filtering searching checkbox (top right) defaults checked. include search box matches description, customer, frequency, useful finding know roughly charges. per-column filters grid header row. pausing (cancelling) schedule. schedule's flips (biller genie's ui uses \"cancelled\" label though technically underlying database state paused), future stop firing. resume, resume. next-run recompute based original cadence. editing edited place. change amount, schedule, existing create corrected settings. (the ones backing plans) edit details edit. creating dropdown page set charges method. retainers, deposits, subscriptions one-off recurring. requires add-on installed account. step-by-step. exporting export csv page. respects current running-only setting want file named schedules.xlsx. related articles pending plans storing methods","name":"Schedules: List View","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"schedules-list-view","first_category":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","categories_display_for_views":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","parent_categories":[1368781],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/reports-and-reconciliation/schedules-list-view?from_search=235632985","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"schedules report one-stop view every recurring schedule account — invoice (which auto-create new invoices cadence) payment auto-charge stored method cadence, often part approved plan). use spot anything run rails, pause resume schedules, confirm coming next. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; schedules. default shows running uncheck \"running only\" top right see including paused completed ones. column id internal id. open details. type (creates run) (charges run). typically attached plan. status (active will fire next due date), cancelled (paused via action fire), (ran configured number occurrences done). plan plan, links description free-text setup. customer belongs (only shown account-wide view; hidden viewing specific record). frequency daily, weekly, monthly. amount per-run amount. start date first run. charge / creation fire. azure-scheduled job runs approximately 800 1000 pm et today one windows. x y (z remaining) finite ∞ indefinite filtering searching checkbox (top right) defaults checked. include search box matches description, customer, frequency, useful finding know roughly charges. per-column filters grid header row. pausing (cancelling) schedule. schedule's flips (biller genie's ui uses \"cancelled\" label though technically underlying database state paused), future stop firing. resume, resume. next-run recompute based original cadence. editing edited place. change amount, schedule, existing create corrected settings. (the ones backing plans) edit details edit. creating dropdown page set charges method. retainers, deposits, subscriptions one-off recurring. requires add-on installed account. step-by-step. exporting export csv page. respects current running-only setting want file named schedules.xlsx. related articles pending plans storing methods","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-21T03:59:46.551Z","tag_names":["per-customer overrides","customer overrides","waive next late fee","autopay one customer","customer-specific settings","override defaults","vip customer settings","turn off late fees one customer","customer-only autopay","bill with parent override","send receipts off"],"answer_sample":"Per-Customer Overrides are settings you change on one specific customer's record ","long_answer_sample":"Per-Customer Overrides are settings you change on one specific customer's record to make Biller Genie behave differently for that customer than your Customer Defaults seeded onto that customer at create time. Because defaults only run at create/import, anything you change on a customer's record at any point afterward is what's in effect for that cus","language_id":1,"id":3825118,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"per-customer overrides settings change one specific customer's record make biller genie behave differently customer defaults seeded onto create time. run create/import, anything point afterward effect going forward — periodically re-apply edits. mental model majority, exceptions cleanest way think genie's set match behavior want greater base treat majority customers, day out. use handle exceptions. common example charge late fees everybody, handful vips to. turn globally defaults, open vip's individually. default takes care every automatically; touch records need differ. pattern keeps account easy manage. remember configure new syncs inherit right baseline automatically, intervene real exception comes up. customize individual cautious \"save apply existing\" (and type defaults), save existing customers overwrites override customer. customizations made time, damage button can do. meaningful amount tuning place, switch + surgical \"update single setting\" option changes propagate. keep deliberate, rare reset action. find (customers tab \u0026gt; click name). edit page sections. default; others per-customer-only features global equivalent all. advanced options general-tab equivalents (payment methods, fees, partial payments, etc.) plus waive next fee grace lever. invoice messenger message types reach channels. reminders matrix messenger, scoped follow-up cadence. portal log portal. auto pay per-customer-only. enrollment, type, threshold, payment method live record; override. stored methods cards bank accounts file customer; defaults. fields look version checkboxes, toggles, dropdowns. visual \"this using default\" indicator. whatever value see active identical setting does. means whatever's wins regardless say. allow credit card payments ach apm (alternative primarily paypal today) send receipts ignore conflicts (email report) plans require checkout auto-pay bill parent (when sub-customer another) display invoices (sub-customer show parent's too) grace-period lever feature yes will skip exactly upcoming automatically back no. classic case calls say \"i'm three days, just got pulled fire-drill.\" short delay, permanently disable either. record, yes. charged skipped, flag flips standard late-fee policy. single-use waives fee. resets consistently late, either (a permanent change) design intentional grace, policy change. (per-customer only) gets overridden per \"auto pay\" toggle enrollment inherently per-customer, configuration lives record. section controls auto-charges enabled whether enrolled autopay full balance amount. charged. threshold invoice-amount cutoff (e.g. $500; bigger requires manual approval). leave blank direction \"auto-pay amount\" amount.\" closest thing \"global checkout-policy toggle, itself. forces enroll part paying first invoice. actual (type, method) sending less matrices six (upcoming payment, due, updated, statement, overdue, fee) email paper mail toggles each. lets decide receives. messaging often others, \"defaults = exceptions\" vips. long-tenured pays statement month overdue redundant. need. chronically customers. repeatedly might benefit additional touches enable email, on. channel preference. tell check mail; never paper. match. timing global, channels cadence days due date fires, soon fires vary turned message-type-on/off control logged profile update contact info, address, etc. add/remove enroll, unenroll, receive notification edits get notified matter actually in, leaving fine. lists customer, designate autopay. per-customer. workflow. sub-customer, routes communications side-effect, several sub-customer's disabled instead taken parent. mind again, become editable goes them. \"reset fields. stores like manually flip now. current customers\" easier path across pick setting, value, scope, done. works including ones pick. frequently asked questions survive sync quickbooks normal updates quickbooks-sourced data (name, genie-specific fees. overwritten qbo applies. bg remain unless explicitly ran lost overrides. undo. truly destructive design, run, previous values gone. strongly recommend switching single-setting customization place. support help reconstructing settings. versus inherited values, \"uses markers. be, (or type) separate compare. card. place add mark (if autopay). old deleted view. managed related articles supported accounting-software integrations","name":"Per-Customer Overrides for Reminders, Late Fees, and Other Features","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"per-customer-overrides","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/per-customer-overrides?from_search=235632985","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"per-customer overrides settings change one specific customer's record make biller genie behave differently customer defaults seeded onto create time. run create/import, anything point afterward effect going forward — periodically re-apply edits. mental model majority, exceptions cleanest way think genie's set match behavior want greater base treat majority customers, day out. use handle exceptions. common example charge late fees everybody, handful vips to. turn globally defaults, open vip's individually. default takes care every automatically; touch records need differ. pattern keeps account easy manage. remember configure new syncs inherit right baseline automatically, intervene real exception comes up. customize individual cautious \"save apply existing\" (and type defaults), save existing customers overwrites override customer. customizations made time, damage button can do. meaningful amount tuning place, switch + surgical \"update single setting\" option changes propagate. keep deliberate, rare reset action. find (customers tab \u0026gt; click name). edit page sections. default; others per-customer-only features global equivalent all. advanced options general-tab equivalents (payment methods, fees, partial payments, etc.) plus waive next fee grace lever. invoice messenger message types reach channels. reminders matrix messenger, scoped follow-up cadence. portal log portal. auto pay per-customer-only. enrollment, type, threshold, payment method live record; override. stored methods cards bank accounts file customer; defaults. fields look version checkboxes, toggles, dropdowns. visual \"this using default\" indicator. whatever value see active identical setting does. means whatever's wins regardless say. allow credit card payments ach apm (alternative primarily paypal today) send receipts ignore conflicts (email report) plans require checkout auto-pay bill parent (when sub-customer another) display invoices (sub-customer show parent's too) grace-period lever feature yes will skip exactly upcoming automatically back no. classic case calls say \"i'm three days, just got pulled fire-drill.\" short delay, permanently disable either. record, yes. charged skipped, flag flips standard late-fee policy. single-use waives fee. resets consistently late, either (a permanent change) design intentional grace, policy change. (per-customer only) gets overridden per \"auto pay\" toggle enrollment inherently per-customer, configuration lives record. section controls auto-charges enabled whether enrolled autopay full balance amount. charged. threshold invoice-amount cutoff (e.g. $500; bigger requires manual approval). leave blank direction \"auto-pay amount\" amount.\" closest thing \"global checkout-policy toggle, itself. forces enroll part paying first invoice. actual (type, method) sending less matrices six (upcoming payment, due, updated, statement, overdue, fee) email paper mail toggles each. lets decide receives. messaging often others, \"defaults = exceptions\" vips. long-tenured pays statement month overdue redundant. need. chronically customers. repeatedly might benefit additional touches enable email, on. channel preference. tell check mail; never paper. match. timing global, channels cadence days due date fires, soon fires vary turned message-type-on/off control logged profile update contact info, address, etc. add/remove enroll, unenroll, receive notification edits get notified matter actually in, leaving fine. lists customer, designate autopay. per-customer. workflow. sub-customer, routes communications side-effect, several sub-customer's disabled instead taken parent. mind again, become editable goes them. \"reset fields. stores like manually flip now. current customers\" easier path across pick setting, value, scope, done. works including ones pick. frequently asked questions survive sync quickbooks normal updates quickbooks-sourced data (name, genie-specific fees. overwritten qbo applies. bg remain unless explicitly ran lost overrides. undo. truly destructive design, run, previous values gone. strongly recommend switching single-setting customization place. support help reconstructing settings. versus inherited values, \"uses markers. be, (or type) separate compare. card. place add mark (if autopay). old deleted view. managed related articles supported accounting-software integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}}]