Release Notes - 2026

SmarterPay have added functionality to support customer signed files

• Service User Numbers, and the Client Bank Accounts associated with them, can now be managed from the Portal.
  • New permission, “Add/Edit SUNs/Client Bank Accounts”, option added to Profiles for all client types.
  • “Sign Files”, “Send Files” and “Collect Reports” permission options added to Profiles for direct submitter clients.
• Import Profiles now support “0” approvers, giving an “auto-approve” function.
• Changes made to Submissions to allow for the signing and sending using Bacs Smart Cards.
• Options added to Bacs Reports to allow the synchronisation and downloading of reports.
• ISCD Whitelist / Blacklist menu item added to manage ISCD allow/deny lists.

SmarterPay have added Confirmation of Payee functionality

• Confirmation of Payee Check added to the Portal.
• Bank Account Check added to the API.

SmarterPay are pleased to announce the release of a new File Utility companion application.
The application will monitor a directory on a local pc and upload files into Smarterpay Cloud.

Backend, non-customer facing, API changes have made to support the new application.

Backend performance improvements. No change to API functionality.

• Fixed an issue with cancelling Mandates also marking all payments as cancelled, regardless of current status.
  
• Fixed an issue with incorrect email validation on customer account creation.

DDICA Cancellation reports are now processed, and will mark the payment as successful.

Added OAuth authentication for Microsoft email servers to Email subscriptions.

Improved calculations for collection dates for DC Credits and DD Payments created over a weekend.

Improved calculations for collection dates for DC Credits and DD Payments created outside of Bacs hours.