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Andreas, you will not receive a response and I am doubtful that there will be any change. I joined Xero from Zoho in April 2022, had I known that batch payments could not be done in a foreign currency I would not have migrated over. I have had to employ another member of staff due to the drain on staff resources on this and other Xero matters.

I will be migrating back in November for two of my three businesses. There are many positives to Xero but without confidence of changes and good customer service it is just a risk to my businesses. I guess the only way to get a reaction to your issues will be via twitter/tic tok etc, this is a member only forum so unlikely to get any results here I am sorry to say. It is such a shame I really love most of the features of Xero but it is just not good enough, you can't even design your own remittance advice and get the addresses lined up on the invoices when you use the mandatory fields. Sorry for the morning rant Xero people, good luck!

Hi Xero Community Team,

Do you mind giving an update here? Been following this thread for a few months and am yet to hear any reaction, unless I missed something.

Does anyone know how we can escalate this to at least get some sort of response, albeit a negative one.

This is business critical to our and many businesses over 75% of supplier payments are international and not being able to batch pay them is costing money and staff resource

After only using Xero for 7 months, unfortunately I will be moving to another accounting platform for this main reason. It has added such a huge amount of wasted time to our department. None of the issues reported here ever seem to get worked on which is unacceptable for a global accounting service.

Customers have been waiting on this FOREVER. Why can this not be made possible asap?

Hi Dave,

If you are based in the UK please have a look at our certified Xero app as we streamline foreign payment runs and do much more to simplify foreign finances.

https://www.hedgeflows.com/foreign-currency-payment-runs

Kind regards

Alex

It would be great to be able to pay multiple invoices which are in a different currency in one payment, instead of having to enter multiple payments. My client has multi currency books in Xero. USD is not our primary currency.

It would be great to be able to pay multiple invoices which are in a different currency in one payment, instead of having to enter multiple payments. My client has multi currency books in Xero. USD is not our primary currency.

This is VERY overdue as a function in Xero. More than 10 years ago, our previous software had this ability

We badly need a batch payment facility for multiple invoices from one supplier in a foreign currency. It is a total pain having to pay individually, then at a later date, reconcile them individually, when they actually go through our currency account as a single transaction.

Having to mark one bill at a time as paid if in foreign currency is BAD. Please let bulk bills be marked as paid if paid in a group from a bank account.

Foreign currency payments, in bulk - the ability to clear more then one bill and mark as paid on 'bill payments' screen - in ALL currencies.

We have multiple suppliers in a different country where batch payments often occur. Having these supported in Xero would be valuable. Thanks.

Thanks, Nigel. Firstly, I agree it would be easier if Xero fixed it. In the meantime, however, HedgeFlows would do pretty much what you described - sync back to Xero with individual invoices paid and send remittance notes with a list of invoices covered. I think Crezco (in the UK) and Paytron (in AU) also can do something similar.

Thanks Alex. While that's a fine tool for some, it's not what this request is about. Many of us already have foreign bank accounts - we don't need to create a forex batch and buy currency. If we have currency accounts, it's ludicrous that we have to pay every invoice singularly. Putting aside potential complexity around different banking systems and creating a batch to upload (which I don't actually think is any issue at all), I'm just talking about manually paying more than one invoice at a time, and creating a remittance advice that has multiple items on it. There is absolutely nothing complex about it and I don't understand at all why this really simple fix isn't just done.

Hi all,

There are several providers for this already around the world - check certified Payments apps in the Xero marketplace in your region.

HedgeFlows for instance can do payment runs in 30 currencies, help save on fx conversions and SWIFT fees, as well as help automate currency cost and risk management for larger businesses.

https://www.hedgeflows.com/xero-app

I am ready to pay right now for these feature, why it is so big problem to implement it?

This idea is nearly 10 years old!!! My god, Xero, will you ever do it??

It would be great to have the ability to have bank upload files with international bank details for international clients and those making payments abroad.

ASAP