Accounts Payable Direct Deposit FAQs

1. Can I sign up for direct deposit of accounts payable checks if I am not signed up for direct deposit of my paycheck?
2. Can I send my direct deposit to a bank account different from the one I use for my payroll deposit?
3. What types of payments can be processed as direct deposits from accounts payable?
4. Is there a paper form I can complete to sign up?
5. How do I stop direct deposit of accounts payable checks?
6. Do I need to sign up each time I want a direct deposit of an accounts payable check?
7. Do I need to mark each voucher as a direct deposit payment?
8. My payroll direct deposit goes to my CFCU checking account. Why does my direct deposit from accounts payable go to my savings account?

1. Can I sign up for direct deposit of accounts payable checks if I am not signed up for direct deposit of my paycheck?
No. You must be signed up for direct deposit of your payroll payment to participate. Our accounts payable system does not have the functionality to electronically deposit payments to a bank account. We found a way to use the PeopleSoft direct deposit information with our payment files.

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2. Can I send my direct deposit to a bank account different from the one I use for my payroll deposit?
No. The only way to modify the destination of your accounts payable payment is to modify the instructions for your payroll direct deposit.

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3. What types of payments can be processed as direct deposits from accounts payable?
Any payment currently paid by an accounts payable check (including travel reimbursements to a university employee), can be paid as a direct deposit. The only exception is petty cash reimbursements. We did not change the rules for processing payments to employees; we just added a new payment method.

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4. Is there a paper form I can complete to sign up?
All enrollments for direct deposit of accounts payable checks are done electronically via the web. Go to https://applications.dfa.cornell.edu/forms/apach/DirectDepost.asp 
Select: Start Direct Deposit.

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5. How do I stop direct deposit of accounts payable checks?
Go to https://applications.dfa.cornell.edu/forms/apach/DirectDepost.asp 
Select: Stop Direct Deposit.

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6. Do I need to sign up each time I want a direct deposit of an accounts payable check?
Once you sign up for direct deposit of accounts payable checks all future payments will be paid as direct deposits.

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7. Do I need to mark each voucher as a direct deposit payment?
You do not need to make a notation on each voucher. Your vendor record will carry an attribute that recognizes your payment method as direct deposit.

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8. My payroll direct deposit goes to my CFCU checking account. Why does my direct deposit from accounts payable go to my savings account?
CFCU processes all payroll direct deposits as credits to your 001 savings account. Redistribution to your checking account occurs based on forms completed at the Credit Union. Because we are using the files from our payroll direct deposit process, all accounts payable deposits go to the savings account.