Making a payment in the BNZ app

You can make one-off payments or regular bill payments up to a maximum limit of $50,000 in the BNZ app. You can also set up regular automatic payments or transfer money between your accounts.

Making a payment using the menu

1. Log in to the BNZ app and select the menu icon (three horizontal lines in top left corner).
2. Select Make a payment.
3. Choose the account you want to make the payment From.
4. Choose the account you want to make the payment To. If you have saved payees, you can select them from this list. If not choose Someone new.
5. If you’ve chosen Someone new, enter the account owner name and account number, then select Check account details. We’ll run a payee check to see if the details match information held for that account number.
6. Enter the payment amount, choose a payment date and select a frequency if you want to set up an automatic payment.
7. Enter statement details if you’d like to.
   For iOS devices, this will open in a separate screen. Once you’ve entered the details, select Done to save and return to the payment screen.
8. The payee nickname field will auto populate to the account owner name entered. You can change this if you’d like to. This will appear on the payees statement with your payment and in your transaction history.
9. Select the Add to payees toggle to save these details for any future payments.
10. Select Pay to complete the payment.

Making a payment using drag and drop

You also have the option of using drag and drop to make payments. 

1. On the main screen, tap and hold on the account you’d like to pay from.
2. Drag the account to the Quick payees section at the bottom of the screen. You can drop it on one of your saved payees, or on the + sign to pay someone new.
3. If you’ve chosen Someone new, enter the account owner name and account number, then select Check account details. We’ll run a payee check to see if the details match information held for that account number.
4. Enter the payment amount, choose a payment date and select a frequency if you want to set up an automatic payment.
5. Enter statement details if you’d like to.
   For iOS devices, this will open in a separate screen. Once you’ve entered the details, select Done to save and return to the payment screen.
6. The payee nickname field will auto populate to the account owner name entered. You can change this if you’d like to. This will appear on the payees statement with your payment and in your transaction history.
7. Select the Add to payees toggle to save these details for any future payments.
8. Select Pay to complete the payment.