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Currently when creating a Batch payment, you enter the Particulars, Code, Reference and Payment amount individually for each single line.
But the moment you press Make Payment and Export the Batch File, multiple lines for one Supplier are merged, keeping the details only from the first line.

We should be given the option for Xero NOT to merge payment lines.

I struggled with this for years, taking a screenshot of my Xero batch, then having to edit it in online banking to make it look like it did before Xero merged it.
This manual process is highly prone to mistakes.
But I want the supplier to see which invoices are being paid. Because the times I didn't split the payment, the supplier mis-allocated the payments and it took even longer to work through messy reconciliation.

I know many would suggest I send Remittance Advices instead.
But I believe we should be given the freedom to choose whether we want the payments merged or not depending on our preference, using a tickbox at the point of making the batch payment.

I don't always have the supplier's email address for remittances.
And I want them to be able to immediately see which invoices are being paid without going through separate communication that potentially goes to another staff member.

Surely accounting software is there to make processes easier not harder.
This has been one of the few remaining advantages competing software has over Xero.

100% agree that this should be an active feature. Time is wasted entering the relevant information into the batch payment which prints as it's been prepared and then once exported into the bank and you remember (again) that payments to the same supplier are consolidated into one payment. So you go through again and record as much info as the bank fields will allow. This is particularly frustrating when paying memberships or affiliation fees to National Bodies where it is imperative that each payment is recorded separately. Not sure how I am going to tackle this when I get to it next month. Possibly individual payments each person :(

This would save so much time for both parties. Having to do multiple separate payments is time consuming.
Really need the option to keep multiple payments as separate lines.

This function should be able to be set per supplier. Some accept receiving the total amount of their invoices, but others want to receive it according to their invoice numbers.

At the moment, after uploading the ABA file to the bank, I have to split the amount, which is time-consuming and prone to human errors.

This would save a lot of time - currently, I have to create multiple batch payments when there are multiple invoices for the same supplier, because it's easier than trying to explain why the payment for the total amount owing only had one bill reference on it...

Some suppliers prefer to receive separate deposits for each bill, with each transaction reference matching the bill reference number.

This avoids the need for the supplier to reconcile the deposit manually based on the PDF remittance advice.

Please develop a supplier configuration option that, when enabled, makes multiple bill payments to the supplier function as described above instead of the default consolidation behaviour.