Announcements

New updates and improvements to Benji Pays

  1. Release Notes for Dec 14th, 2024

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    Fixes

    • Improved how sub customers are handled for QuickBooks Online. Roll invoices and receipts up to the parent company.
    • "Use Parent Profiles" Option is now available for QuickBooks online. When enabled payment profiles and email addresses on the top level parent will be used for all invoices and payments for all sub customers. This is a global setting applying to all customers or none.
    • Fix issue with Clover profile creation causing error when retrieving email addresses from Clover
    • Fix success message when customer schedules payment in customer portal to indicate it was scheduled and the date it was scheduled for.

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  2. 🚀 Exciting Email Template Enhancements & New Welcome Email Feature!

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    We’re super thrilled to announce some powerful new features designed to make your customer communications smoother and more impactful than ever! Introducing our Email Template Enhancements and the long overdue Customer Welcome Email feature. 🎉

     

    🌟 What’s New?

     

    1. Versatile General Customer Email Templates

    More Than Just Welcomes: While we’re spotlighting the new Welcome Email, you can now send any general email to your customers. Keep them updated, engaged, and informed with ease. Note our standard email quotas apply, our General Email feature should only be used for Benji Pays related emails - marketing, sales and other unrelated emails may result in suspension of emails on your account.

     

    2. Enhanced Personalization with New Tokens

    Portal Button & Secure Links: We’ve added new tokens that let you insert a sleek portal button or a secure portal link anywhere in your templates. Make it effortless for customers to access their accounts. 🔐

     

    3. Rich Formatting with HTML Markup

    Make It Pop: Spice up your emails with limited HTML markup capabilities. Add headings, lists, and more to make your messages stand out! ✨

     

    4. Improved Email Reporting Filters

    Stay In the Know: We’ve beefed up our email reporting filters so you can now see all emails sent to your customers (other than one time passcode emails) and notifications sent to your team. Transparency for the win! 📊

     

    🎁 Why You’ll Love These Features

     

    Boost Engagement: Personalized and interactive emails help strengthen customer relationships.

    Save Time: Batch actions and templates streamline your communication process.

    Look Professional: Branded emails with rich formatting present your business in the best light.

     

    📽️ See It in Action!

     

    Watch our quick video tutorial below to get the most out of these new features! 🎥

     

    📖 Learn More

     

    How to Customize Email Templates 

    HTML in Email Templates 

    Sending emails in Benji Pays 

     

    🚀 Get Started Now!

     

    Dive into the new features by heading over to:

    Settings > Email Templates > General Email to Customer Email Templates

     

    Customize the default templates or create your own from scratch. With these enhancements, connecting with your customers has never been easier or more powerful! 💪

     

    Need Help? We’re here for you! Reach out to our support team anytime. 🤗

     

    Happy emailing!

     

    The Benji Pays Team ❤️

     

     

     


     

    Ideas Included in this release:

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    An email template for merchants to send out to their customers introducing the Customer Portal

    It is useful because it will save us from merchants constantly asking us how to put the URL in an email and what information the email should include. It will keep the information on the customer portal accurate and consistent for all customers which will eliminate merchants misinforming their customers about the features of the Customer Portal. https://www.loom.com/share/5c6e0c5349074842a126d19c77ff16a6

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    Create a button instead of a link for the Customer Portal on the bottom of invoices sent out to customers

    The link at the bottom of the emails is hard to see and it is unclear if it should be clicked or not. Let's add a button for the customer portal to these emails.

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    Have the customer portal token displayed as "Customer Portal" and not as a link

    Merchant request to have the Customer Portal token in email templates to display as the word "Customer Portal" in the template and not as a link as shown in the pic attached

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    Email Reporting should include an option for viewing Admin email

    The email reporting page is good (the date chooser could use a tweak =P). What would be better would be the option for us to view the emails that go to our team as well. Things like address notifications, payment confirmations etc. We should also be able to view when these were sent as a toggle or as a separate "Type" in the dropdown.

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    Fixes:

    • Improve how we insert the card type into the payment reference for Xero payment transactions to improve reconciliation.
    • Invoice Rover Account Statements - choose the time of day they are sent out. Ensure only one per day is sent no matter what settings are changed
    • For QuickBooks Desktop, Improve filtering out old invoices that are new to Benji Pays to ensure they are not sent our via Invoice Rover.
    • Handle bad data from QuickBooks Desktop to ensure sync continues - specifically for invoices and credit memos that have not CustomerReference being sent from QuickBooks.
  3. New Feature: Pay multiple invoices at once

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    Introducing Our New Payment Experience!

     

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    We’re thrilled to announce that our new payment window is now in general release!

    This upgraded experience is packed with benefits, including the ability to

    This upgraded experience is packed with benefits, including the ability to

       

    🎥 Watch the short video below to see all the new features and benefits in action.

    To help you transition smoothly:

    Both the old “Pay” button and the new “New Pay” button will be available side by side until December 16th, 2024.

     

    After that date, the old “Pay” button will be replaced, and the new payment experience will become the default.

     

    We can’t wait for you to explore this streamlined experience! 🚀

     

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  4. New Features: Simplifying Payments with HaloPSA SSO, OAuth SSO, and Enhanced Surcharge Insights

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    Making It Easier Than Ever for Your Customers to Pay

     

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    SSO for Customer Portal for Halo PSA as authentication provider

    Provide a way to have end customers log into the Benji Pays self serve customer portal either by using their Halo credentials against the Halo IDP, or via a custom integration that would allow Benji Pays to securely verify the user and log them into their Benji Pays portal.

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    Support Okta for SSO

    This will enable companies that use Okta to have Okta SSO to sign into benji pays (as a single login)

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    At Benji Pays, we’re laser-focused on making it as simple as possible for your customers to pay you. We know they don’t want to juggle yet another login or portal—our mission is to eliminate friction while helping you get paid faster.

     

    This latest release takes simplicity to the next level for those of you using HaloPSA or any other OAuth SSO provider.

     

    Here’s what’s already in place to make payments seamless:

    Single Sign-On with Google or Microsoft (launched two years ago): Your customers can log in using credentials they already know and trust.

    One-Time Passcode via Email (also launched two years ago): No passwords required—just a quick code to access the portal.

    Pay Without Logging In (available for over four years): Customers can simply click a Pay Now link to complete their payment without entering the portal at all.

     

    And now, we’re making it even easier!

     

    For those using HaloPSA, setup is lightning-fast—just a few minutes! Your customers who are already logged into your HaloPSA customer portal can now access the Benji Pays portal with just one click. No new passwords, no extra codes, no hassle.

     

    How does this help you?

    Combine this new functionality with a custom button in your HaloPSA portal to deliver an outstanding experience. Not only will your customers appreciate the simplicity, but you'll also:

    • Get paid faster.
    • Reduce support calls.
    • Provide a delightfully smooth experience that your customers will love.

     

    Get started today!

    Head to Settings >> Customer Portal Settings in Benji Pays and find the SSO section to enable this feature.

     

     


    You Asked, We Delivered: Surcharge Reporting Made Easy!

     

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    We’re always listening to your feedback, and today we’re excited to announce a new feature that puts you in full control of your surcharge insights.

     

    Here’s what’s new:

    • View Surcharge Details at a Glance: Quickly see if a surcharge was included in any transaction directly within your reports.
    • Filter with Precision: Easily filter transactions to view only those with or without a surcharge, so you can analyze data your way.
    • Understand the Why: Not sure why a surcharge wasn’t applied to a transaction? Simply click the colored result bubble to dive into the detailed results and get instant clarity.

    We know how important transparency and ease of use are to your business. This update ensures you have the tools to manage surcharges confidently and efficiently.

     

    Try it out now and see how it streamlines your reporting!

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  5. November 17th Release

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    New Features!

     

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    1. Ability to disable the payment pages when an invoice could not be found in the system that matches the link - this avoids extra work of having to link payments after the fact and improves security.
    2. Ability to increase the security of your payment pages and payment info request pages by requiring the "I'm not a robot" recaptcha. By default all accounts now have the invisible captcha to improve security of these pages.

     

     

     

    Fixes and updates:

    • Fix issue where a transaction could be submitted in more than one ACH / EFT batch in very rare occasions.
    • Update ACH profiles to be able to have account numbers up to 17 digits long
    • All non DKIM emails will now be sent from no-reply@benjipays-notifications.com
    • Notifications from Benji Pays will now be sent from no-reply@benjipays-notifications.com

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  6. November 10th Release

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    New:

    • New email quota enforcement to limit how many emails can be sent in certain time periods.
    • Tweaks to existing rate limiting functionality

     

     

    Fixes:

    • Fix issue where emails sent via SMTP would be sent from no-reply@benjipays.com if DKIM had not been setup by the merchant.

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  7. November 8th Release

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    Fixes:

    • Fix issue with helcim customer search as API only returns 100 customers - undocumented. Now we send the drop down search term to filter on the api side.

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  8. November 2nd Release

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    Improvements:

    • Display if vm credit recurring is enabled or disabled on for Elavon Converge Terminals on the Gateway Settings summary page
    • Improve Moneris API call logging
    • Improve messaging when a profile is disabled due to specific decline responses from the gateway
    • Auto disable bambora profiles when certain decline responses are received from Bambora

     

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  9. Release October 31st

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    Fixes

    • Fix email report permissions that were preventing the report from loading for some users
    • Add required field indicators in the integrations settings
    • Fix issue for QuickBooks online projects where full name was not included in the notification emails

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  10. Release October 26th

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    Ability to send a test email from the Email Service Settings page

    Add a "test" button to send a test email to ensure SMTP settings are working when using an external SMTP server.

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    Fixes:

    • Fix issue with deposits for Xero customers where the deposit transaction was recorded for the amount including surcharge instead of the amount prior to surcharge
    • Fix issue with new payment modal Beta where Payment Profile notes were not displaying in the Existing payment method drop down.