eGiving Transfer Types
Recommended Transfer Types
- Abundant
- Pulls transactions and donor information from Abundant based on the activities you set up and the specified date range. PDS attempts to match transactions with families based on email address or name. If a new family gives, you can add them in PDS.
Transactions are posted every bank day (excluding weekends and holidays) at 3:00 PM EST. All transactions that have been submitted since the last time transactions were posted will be placed in two batches: one for credit card transactions and one for ACH (checking and savings transactions). These batches represent deposits made to the bank account for that day.
- Vanco - Auto Connect
- Uses the credit card and checking/savings account information stored on the Vanco website instead of sending it from the PDS data file. Parishioners can link directly from your website to secure donation pages. From there, they can make one-time donations/payments or set up a series of automatic donations/payments. If a new record is found online, you can add it in PDS before posting.
To review and verify transactions, use the Check eGiving Status quick posting.
- Vanco - Classic Import
- Receive a file from Vanco to use with this quick posting. Only valid transactions are imported. Contact Vanco Payment Solutions at 800-675-7430 or CS@VancoPayments.com to inform them that you want to receive data files for importing.
- Vanco - One-Time Entries
- Post one-time transactions that aren't made on a monthly or periodic basis.
Other Transfer Types
Note that these companies may require an agreement before using their service.
- Acceptiva
- Receive a file from Acceptiva to use with this quick posting. You can import the file whether or not an ID number is present.
- ACH or CSV File
- This creates a file based on the information you enter for accounts, date of transaction, and amounts. Depending on your bank's requirements, select whether to use ACH or CSV format. ACH format includes the standard fields required by NACHA. CSV includes family name, routing number, account number, amount, and account type (either a 1 if it's a savings account or a 2 if it's a checking account. If you select ACH, additional options are available to you based on what your bank requires. Send this file to the company and receive the results at a later time. You can fix any transactions that are reported by the company as ISF or in error. Make sure you've set up your bank information.
- ACH File - Canadian
- Select to create an external file in Canadian ACH format. Send this file to the bank(s) and receive the results at a later time. Make sure you've set up your bank information.
- Cathedral Corporation - ACT Online Giving
- Receive a file from Cathedral Corporation to use for this quick posting.
- Church Budget
- Receive a file from Church Budget to use for this quick posting.
- Direct Debit File
- Create an external file in tab delimited format.
- Diversified Check Solutions
- Electronically deposit checks with Diversified Check Solutions. Includes checking, savings, debit, credit, and money orders.
- e-Contributions-Paluch's Electronic Giving
- Receive a file from e-Contributions to use with this quick posting. Only valid transactions are imported.
- EFT Corporation
- Allow your members to set up electronic offerings to be automatically transferred from their accounts.
- Faith Direct
- Receive a file from Faith Direct to use with this quick posting. The information from the file posts to matching transactions on the History and Keywords tab.
- FACTS
- Receive a file from FACTS to use with this quick posting. Download two different files – one for tuition payments and another for late fees. Only valid transactions are imported. If a new record is found in the file, you can add it before posting.
- FACTS with Activity/Fund
- Works just like FACTS, except you import a single .csv file. If a new record is found in the file, you can add it before posting.
- FACTS with Sub-Accounting
- Works just like FACTS, except you can break a single amount into tuition and fees. For example, if you post a $300 payment to a fund, you can split it between two entries: Tuition = $250 and Monthly Fee = $50. If a new record is found in the file, you can add it before posting.
- First Payment Systems
- Receive a file from First Payment Systems to use with this quick posting. The file includes the fund activity name, such as Offering or Christmas Donation. Only valid transactions are imported.
- GFTS eGiving
- Receive a file from GFTS eGiving to use. The file includes the fund activity name, such as Offering or Christmas Donation. Only valid transactions are imported.
- Give Central
- Receive a file from Give Central to use with this quick posting.
- Format 1 (Formerly Good Shepherds Bank)
- Receive a file in the format specified for this format. This was formerly used with Good Shepherds Bank.
- myEoffering
- Provided by Church Budget. Includes checking, savings, and credit cards.
- NCS E-Giving
- Receive a file from NCS E-Giving to use with this quick posting.
- Our Sunday Visitor
- Receive a file from Our Sunday Visitor Online Giving.
- Parish Giving
- Upload files generated by Parish Giving directly into the PDS system.
- ParishPay
- Receive a file from ParishPay to use. Only valid transactions are imported.
- PledgeConnect
- Receive a file from PledgeConnect to use with this quick posting.
- Pushpay
- Upload a file that has been exported from Pushpay.
- Sage
- Accept donations online and to process credit card, check, and recurring billing.
- Sage - Simple Format
- Provides electronic payments services for retail, mail order/telephone, and internet. Includes checking, savings, and credit cards.
- Smart Payment Solutions
- Create an ACH file to send to the company for processing. The transactions are also posted to the Rates/History/Keywds window.
- SMART Tuition Mgmt Services
- Receive a file from SMART to use with this quick posting. Only valid transactions are importe.
- Stewardship Technology
- Receive a file from Stewardship Technology to use with this quick posting.
- Toshiba Business Solutions New York
- Receive data exported from an automated envelope capture and imaging program.
- Tuition Management Systems, Inc.
- Receive a file from TMS to use with this quick posting. Only valid transactions are imported.
- WeShare
- Upload files generated by WeShare directly into the PDS system.
- 5/3 Bank
- Receive a file from 5/3 Bank to use with this quick posting. Matching transactions post to the Rates/History/Keywds window.