Overview

SEPA Payment Methods/SepaPaymentMethods is a setting located under Financial Settings > General Settings > Other Payments, in the SEPA Payments sub-group.

What This Setting Does

This setting lets the institution select which of its existing payment methods should be treated as SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) payment methods. SEPA is a European standard used for bank transfers and direct debits in euros. By marking certain payment methods as SEPA-related, the institution tells Classter which payment options should be linked to SEPA bank transfer processing when generating payment files or verification information for payers.

Where It Is Used

This setting was found referenced directly in the Portal’s financial settings screen, where it builds the list of payment methods shown on the SEPA configuration form. The main place affected is:

• Main Menu > Financial Settings > General Settings > Other Payments > SEPA Payments – the page reads the payment methods already saved for this setting to pre-select which ones are marked as SEPA payment methods in the multi-select list.

Business Logic / Behavior

• This is a multi-select setting, allowing more than one payment method to be marked as a SEPA payment method.
• The list of options offered is drawn from the payment methods already configured for the institution.
• Payment methods not selected here are treated as non-SEPA and are excluded from SEPA-specific processing such as bank file generation.

Example(s)

Example National Institute has three payment methods configured: Bank Transfer, Cash, and Credit Card. Since only Bank Transfer is compatible with SEPA transfers, the finance office selects only Bank Transfer in the SEPA Payment Methods setting. When a family pays its EUR 850 tuition invoice using Bank Transfer, Classter recognizes that EUR 850 payment as a SEPA-eligible payment; if the same family instead paid the EUR 850 balance by Cash or Credit Card, that payment would not be treated as a SEPA payment.

When to Use

Use this setting whenever the institution operates in a country or currency zone where SEPA bank transfers are used and needs Classter to distinguish SEPA-eligible payment methods from other payment methods for reporting, verification, or file-export purposes.

When to Enable

Not applicable in the strict sense, since this is a multi-select list rather than a single on/off toggle. Select the relevant payment method(s) when the institution wants specific payment methods recognized as SEPA payments.

When to Disable

Leave the selection empty if the institution does not use SEPA bank transfers at all, or does not need to distinguish SEPA payment methods from other payment methods.

Notes

Prerequisite: the institution should already have its payment methods configured before using this setting, since the setting only lets you choose among existing payment methods. Institutions intending to use SEPA transfers should also have a SEPA-compliant bank account.

• SEPA Bank/SepaBank (Financial Settings > General Settings > Other Payments > SEPA Payments)
• SEPA File Category/SepaFileCategory (Financial Settings > General Settings > Other Payments > SEPA Payments)
• Related configuration: Payment Method (Financial Settings > Parametric Lists > Payment Method) – this is where the payment methods offered in this setting’s list are created and managed.)

K-12 vs Higher Education: This setting behaves the same regardless of whether Higher Education Mode (Enable Configuration for Higher Education/Xrisi_parametropoihshs_kolegiou) is enabled or disabled.