Corporate Banking
Host to Host
Achieve greater visibility and control by centralising and streamlining your bulk payments and collections processes with this single globally integrated electronic gateway.
Is it right for you?
Helps with regional centralisation, reconciliation, rationalisation of systems, integration and automation of processes when developing treasury, shared service centres and payment factories
Allows you to communicate with your banks via a single connection in common, standardised industry formats – avoiding different login protocols specific to each bank’s system
Connect and exchange data and submit bulk payments and collection instructions for automatic clearing and settlement
Gives you the opportunity to review and improve internal controls
UK and Ireland payments and collections are available to UK and non-UK corporates
How it helps you
- Provides you with single file access to multiple country clearing systems and transaction types, so increasing efficiency and potentially creating cost savings
- You can benefit from a fully integrated end-to-end process from your accounting systems straight through to your payee
- Offers you host-to-host connectivity through SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol), Connect:Direct and SWIFTNet FileAct
- Gives you standardised message formats that increase the potential for Straight Through Processing and reconciliation with your TMS/ERP/back office
- Gives your company authentication, verification and validation at file, batch and transaction level
- Offers account reporting with statements available both Intraday and Previous Day
- Reduces administration with no need to re-key data
- Provides you with a scalable interface that includes delivery of SEPA payments and local Automated Clearing House payments as well as cross-border payments
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Important information
The product referred to in this webpage is subject to separate terms and conditions.
Talk to us
Find out more about our Host-to-Host services by talking to your Relationship Director.
New to Barclays? Our experienced UK-based team can listen to your business need, offer assistance on-the-spot or put you in touch with the right specialist at Barclays. Call us on
0800 015 4242*
Alternatively we can call you back or you can email us with your query.
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How can we help?
If you are new to Corporate Banking at Barclays, call us on: 0800 015 4242*
Existing client?