What is Penny Testing?
A penny test is a small value transfer sent to validate the beneficiary bank account details. Penny testing is especially useful for time-sensitive payroll transfers as it eliminates the risk of delayed payroll due to invalid/incorrect beneficiary bank account details.
What currencies are supported for Penny Testing?
We provide penny testing for payroll transfers from the Aspire USD account to IDR, PHP and MYR.
How can I do Penny Testing before I set up payroll transfers?
It is advisable to conduct a one-time penny test at least 7 working days before setting up payroll transfers for the first time. Admin and Finance Users can follow the steps below:
Under Frequently Used Actions, click "View all actions", then select "Make batch payment".
Select USD account as the source account.
Click on the "Mark as Payroll transaction" box for payroll tagging. To learn more about payroll permissions, refer to this article.
Select "FX Payment" for transfer type.
Next, click "Download .CSV Template" and make a copy of the file.
Fill in the bank account information of all your employees for penny testing. You may leave the amount field blank.
Once done, you can download the copy to your device. When downloading Aspire's USD Batch payments template, you may select the CSV format.
Share the the downloaded file with our Support Team via live chat and we will conduct penny testing on the information you have provided. If there are any unsuccessful tests, we will inform you at the earliest.
Once the penny testing is complete, you can update the downloaded file with the correct amount and initiate the payroll transfer by following the process detailed in this article.
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