Payment Configuration

A Payment transaction occurs when the farmer is paid for the product.

During initial system setup, you will need to select payment types. The available payment types are:

Cash
Bank - captures payment type only
Mobile - captures payment type only

Note

Triggered mobile money payments are currently only available in Uganda. A connection betwen the Rural Sourcing Management application and a mobile money provider has been implemented in Uganda. This connection includes the triggering and administration of mobile money payments with the application, interfacing to a concreate mobile payment provider.

You can also set the following features of the Payment transaction:

Payment calculations - you can configure the Payment transaction to take into consideration advances and the value of buying transactions
Comments - allows the user to add comments about the payment
SMS Receipt - enables the ability to issue a receipt through SMS

Note

When the SMS Receipt feature is enabled, the recipient's mobile phone must be equipped with a SIM card to receive the receipts. In addition, the receiver must understand that each SMS receipt may incur costs, depending on the conditions of the mobile provider.