I was wondering if there is anybody out there who uses the European version of RE7 (which is in reality the UK version) and what problems you have using or trying to avoid using the UK functionality. The following come to mind: Gift Aid Sort codes that are validated to 6 digits in length (even if the...

We are currently taking steps to start using paperless Direct Debits. I wanted to get an idea of how other charities have dealt with the change over from standing orders to direct debit. How you set DD up on The Raisers Edge? Are all DD set up as a recurring gift? How you dealt with the monthly imports...

We use an "Authorization for Automatic Donation Payment" form that we created. In addition to the bio info, donor indicates amount of pledge/gift, installment amount, installment frequency and start date. They then choose either EFT via direct debit and provide bank info required or credit...

In order to take advantage of the IATS integration for processing direct debits you'll need to on Raiser's Edge version 7.85 patch revision 6 or higher. To learn more about electronically processing direct debit transactions with IATS please see my recent blog .

EFT, or Electronic Funds Transfer, is the banking system by which transactions, such as deposits or bill payments, are made through computer databases. The process takes place electronically and requires minimal paperwork; all or most paperwork and bookkeeping is done online. If your organization has...

Have you considered the EFT module? We create batches for our EFT gifts each month on the 15th of the month. We manage these gifts using pledge or recurring gifts - credit cards and direct debit. It's pretty straight forward that way. Our gift processors create the batches and compare them to reports...

We have been operating on Standing Order for many years now with a regular giving base of around 16.000 donors. This works fantastic we have an automatic download of all gifts direct into RE with very few exceptions. But now it is time we move onto use DD this will expand our ability to sign up donors...

Yes, we've been using IATS for a few months to process all credit cards and direct debit (EFT/ACH) transactions. We have been very pleased so far, especially since we had previously been using ICVerify for credit card processing. It is like night and day -- IATS works seamlessly with RE, whereas...

I was wondering if anyone else had found RE apparently generating errors in the schedule for a pledge or recurring gift? I recently had the situation with a missed Direct Debit collection for an annual recurring gift. The gifts should be collected every February, starting in 2006. The first two payments...

I am interested to know of other organisations's experiences moving from manual direct debits to paperless. We currently take manual direct debit instructions but are interested in moving to paperless. I would be interested to know the following: : the steps involved and which of these are essential...