Guide - BOA WEB
Guide - BOA WEB
Version 2.0
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Summary
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Account Inquiry
View account balances
View end of day balances
View detailed transaction movements - List of transactions on accounts
Search and Download: Search for transactions on accounts and download statements
in CSV, XLS (Excel) and PDF formats
Funds Transfer
Domestic funds transfer with the possibility of adding a new beneficiary
International funds transfer with the possibility of adding a new beneficiary
International funds transfer with the possibility to attach supporting documents
Beneficiary management (secure addition of a new beneficiary)
Signing of payments (for multi-signatory business customers)
Personal Settings
My accounts (Information about my account settings)
My personal data (email address, mobile phone number, address)
My security details
Change my password
Multi-factor authentication
Services
Cheque book request
BOA Express Money Transfer
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i. Go to your BOA branch or contact your Relationship Manager to fill in the BOAweb
application form.
ii. You will receive an e-mail notification from BANK OF AFRICA containing your user
name and a link to connect to the portal and set up your password. The e-mail is
sent to the address that you indicated the BOAweb application form.
Important :
The link received via e-mail can only be used once and is valid for 24 hours. In case you
face any difficulties, kindly contact your Relationship Manager.
i. Click on the link received by e-mail and enter the following information in the
password set-up screen:
Account number: The last 7 figures of one of your account numbers. To find it,
please refer to your account statement.
User name: Provided in the e-mail sent by the bank
New password: 6-digit combination
Password confirmation: Same 6-digit combination as above
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i. After you have completed the previous step, you will immediately be redirected to
the log-in page.
ii. Enter your username and newly created password and click on “Log in”.
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i. All first time user are required to read and accept the general terms and conditions.
To accept, check the box besides “I accept the BOAweb terms and conditions” and
then click on “Continue”.
i. The last step consists of updating your telephone number on the portal if you had
indicated an updated number in the application form. Select your country, enter
your mobile telephone number, confirm it and then click on “Confirm telephone
number”.
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ii. You can now view your accounts and freely navigate the portal.
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For funds transfers, the bank has set threshold amounts above which MFA is mandatory
for Enterprise customers. For more information on the specific threshold amounts defined
by your respective bank, click on “Find out more” after logging in to BOAweb.
iii. Read the information on reinforced security and then click on “Activate multi-factor
authentication”.
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Click on “Activate”.
MFA has now been enabled for your BOAweb user account.
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Important :
You must enter the code immediately otherwise it will expire after 30 seconds. You would
then have to use the new code shown on the app within 30 seconds.
In case of difficulty or failure to log in, you will need to contact your Account Manager to
provide further assistance.
With each new log in, you will need to get a new code from Google Authenticator / Microsoft
Authenticator.
You will also be required to generate a 6-digit code to approve funds transfer transactions.
In case you change your mobile device, re-install the Google Authenticator / Microsoft
Authenticator application on your new mobile device and request a fresh QR code via the
BOAweb portal.
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4. Reset Password
i. In the event of a forgotten password, navigate to the log in page of the BOAweb portal
and click on “Reset password”.
ii. Enter your username to receive the instructions on how to reset your password.
iii. You will receive an e-mail from the bank with instructions on how to reset your
password.
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Secret Questions
a. Password change – When changing your password, you will be required to
answer one of the security questions that you had initially defined, in addition
to the usual procedure.
The portal will randomly select one of the security questions
You have only 2 attempts to answer the question, after which you will
be automatically logged out and your account suspended
To reactivate your account, you will have to go to your branch
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ii. An e-mail notification is sent to your mail e-mail address informing you of a
confirmation code sent to your newly added secondary address.
iii. Check your secondary address to get the confirmation code. Enter the code in the
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iii. Click on the edit icons highlighted in red in the screenshot below to edit the details.
iv. Important date – Enter the current date in the first field followed by the new date in
the next field. Enter your password to validate and click on “Save”. In case you do
not remember the current date, click on “I don’t remember the previous value”, then
enter the code sent to your main e-mail address.
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v. Secret sentence - Enter the current sentence in the first field followed by the new
one in the next field. Enter your password to validate and click on “Save”.
vi. Secret question - Enter the current question in the first field followed by the new one
in the next field. Enter your password to validate and click on “Save”.
vii. Secret answer - Enter the current answer in the first field followed by the new one in
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the next field. Enter your password to validate and click on “Save”.
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Important:
Enter all required information to complete the update.
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iii. Fill in the fields in the “Create New Beneficiary” form and click on “Save”:
Transfer type – Select the type of transfer from one of the following options :
Domestic transfer and International transfer
Country – Select the country from the drop-down list
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iv. Enter the last 4 digits of your mobile phone number and then click on “Receive the
code” to receive it by SMS.
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v. Enter the verification code received by SMS to confirm creation of the beneficiary
and then click on “Confirm my beneficiary”.
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8. Standing Orders
In the BOAweb application, it is possible to create, modify or cancel a domestic or
international or an account-to-account standing order.
iii. In the “Funds Transfer” menu, select the desired transfer type, for instance
"Domestic funds transfer".
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End date – indicates the end date of the standing order. It is strictly superior to
the date of the first due date.
Frequency – indicates the frequency of the transfer: daily, weekly, bi-weekly,
monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and yearly.
vii. Confirm the creation of the standing order by clicking on "Create a new funds
transfer".
viii. The standing order created is available at any time and can be viewed by clicking
on “Standing orders” in the dropdown list of the “Funds Transfer” menu".
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This step allows you to sign the following types of standing orders:
Domestic or
International or
Account to account
NB: The standing order is automatically cancelled by the system if it is not signed within 6
days after the set up date.
i. In the “Funds Transfer” menu, select "Standing orders" and search for the transfer
to be signed. The transfers awaiting signatures have the status “Awaiting
signature”.
ii. To sign the transfer, click on the "Select" button and then “Sign”. The predefined
signature matrix rules will be applied accordingly.
iii. After the signature, the status of the transfer changes to “Signed". The possible
actions on a signed standing order transfer include:
Show – to view the details of the transaction
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iv. In the transfer history, the user can view the next scheduled due dates for all
standing orders.
NB: If the first due date is equal to the creation date of the standing order:
The first due date appears in the "Signed" section and the standing order is sent to
the bank for execution
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A standing order amendment is only possible on created transfers that have not been
signed. While Corporate customers can only amend the amount field of the transfer, Retail
customers can amend all the fields of the transfer.
A user can suspend a signed standing order at any time by clicking on the “Suspend”
action of the targeted transfer.
In this case, all due dates are suspended and are therefore not sent to the bank for
execution.
The user can activate the standing order by clicking on the “Resume” action.
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Users can skip the next due date for a standing order.
The skip will only apply to the next due date and will therefore not executed. After this due
date, the next one will be scheduled.
Users can also unskip the next due date of a skipped standing order transfer by clicking on
“Unskip next occurrence”.
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The cancellation feature of a standing order can be accessed by any user from the
"Standing orders" menu.
A cancelled standing order cannot be activated; the user would have to create a new one.
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9. Bulk Payments
The BOAweb application provides Enterprise customers (SME and Corporate) the
possibility to create, delete or cancel a bulk payment. This feature enables the execution
of several funds transfers at one go.
i. Log in to BOAweb, navigate to “Funds Transfer”, and then click on the “Bulk
Payment” menu.
The bulk payment screen will appear with the title “History of bulk payments”.
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i. To create a new bulk payment, click on the “Add a New Bulk Payment” menu icon
(refer to screenshot above). The “New Bulk Payment” screen opens.
ii. Provide the following information on the “New Bulk Payment” screen:
Download a CSV template – Provides a comma separated value (CSV) file
template to capture bulk payment details.
Download an EXCEL (XLSX) template – Provides an Excel file template to
capture bulk payment details.
File reference – Fill in your internal reference for the transaction.
Bulk payment file (CSV, EXCEL) - Search for and upload the bulk payment file
in CSV or EXCEL format onto BOAweb.
Attachment – If desired, upload a document in Word format with details of the
operations.
Consolidated statement – You can view the bulk payment transaction in a single
line on your bank statement instead of multiple entries that make up the bulk
payment. This is selected by default in the “Consolidated statement” check box.
Confidential information – You can also hide or allow viewing of the details of the
bulk payment transaction from users that are non-signatories. The option to
hide the details is checked by default, meaning that all details of the transaction
will be hidden from the non-signatories to the transaction.
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iii. Verify the details on the following screen and click on “Confirm”. However, if the
details are incorrect, click on “Cancel” to correct the transaction or to simply put an
end to the transaction.
iv. The transaction is confirmed successfully and the status changes to “Verified
Transfer”. You will receive an e-mail notification prompting you to sign the transfer.
On the “History of bulk payment” screen, the uploaded file is displayed with the
status “Verified Transfer”. Select the transaction entry to confirm.
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The signatory can sign the bulk payment transfers depending on the mandates
defined during application for the service. There are 2 ways to access the bulk
payment transaction awaiting a signature:
a. From the "Funds Transfer" menu, click on "Sign Transfers" and select the
transaction that you want to sign
b. Or from the "Funds Transfer" menu, click on "Bulk Payment" and on the
"Payments to sign" tab, select the transaction that you want to sign
i. After having selected the transaction that you want to sign, verify once again the
transaction details displayed on the summary screen and click on “Sign”.
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iii. The transaction is signed successfully. The green point in the “Sign the transfer”
section signifies the success of the signature.
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NB :
a. If you reject the transfer by clicking on "Reject this transfer", enter the reason for the
rejection and click on "Confirm". All signatories of this transfer in your company will see the
reason that you have indicated.
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b. By clicking on "Delete", the transfer is deleted and is no longer displayed on the transfer
list. You cannot delete the transaction once it has been signed.
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vii. Log in to BOAweb, navigate to “Funds Transfer” and select “Domestic funds
transfer”.
viii. Fill in the fields in the “Domestic funds transfer” form and click on “Create a new
funds transfer” :
Transfer type – Select the type of transfer from one of the following options :
Electronic Funds Trasnfer, Real Time Gross Settlement and Internal Transfer
Beneficiary – Select the beneficiary from the drop-down list
Debit account – Select the account to debit from the drop-down list
Currency - Select the currency
Amount – Enter the amount you would like to send to the beneficiary
Transfer date – This field is filled in by default, usually the date of initiation of the
transfer
Detail of charges – Indicate the party to whose account the transfer fees will be
charged
Description - Enter the description of the transfer, usually the reason of the
transfer
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i. Verify the information on the summary screen that follows. From this screen, you
can either delete or update the transfer, or click on “Sign” to complete the
transaction.
iii. If the password is correct, the transaction is sent to the bank for processing.
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i. Verify the information on the summary screen that follows. From this screen, you
can either delete or update the transfer, or click on “Sign” to complete the
transaction.
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iii. If the password is correct, the transaction is sent to the bank for processing.
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All Retail and Business (of single user profiles) customers have automatic access to this
feature on the user interface. Business customers with multiple-user profiles would have to
contact their Relationship Managers at the bank to request for activation of this feature.
i. Log in to BOAweb, navigate to “Services” and then click on the “Cheque book
request”.
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vii. Once you have validated the request, you will receive a confirmation by e-mail from
the bank.
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i. After validation of the request, you are led to the “Track requests” screen where you
can view all requests.
ii. You can also access this screen by clicking directly on “Track requests” from the
“Services” menu.
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v. Click on “Show” in the “Actions” drop-down list to view the details of the request.
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v. Verify the information on the summary screen. If the information is correct, click on
“Validate”.
NB: If necessary, you can also delete or edit the transfer details on this screen.
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vii. Your transfer has been saved and is undergoing the validation process at the bank.
You will receive an e-mail notification informing you of the status of the transfer.
If the transfer is validated by the bank:
o the beneficiary will receive an SMS informing him/her about the transfer
and with the following details: your first & last name, the transfer amount
and reference number
o view the transfer transaction reference number by clicking on “Return to
list of transfers” and then look for the specific transaction from the list of
BOA Express transfers
o if your session has expired, log in to BOAweb again and go to “BOA
Express Money Transfer” from the “Services” menu to select the specific
transaction from the list of BOA Express transfers
If the transfer is not validated by the bank, you will receive an e-mail notification
with information on the reason for rejection of the transfer. You would have to
contact your branch for more details.
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viii. In the page with the list of BOA Express transfers, look for the specific transfer and
click on “Show”.
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i. To view the status of your money transfer transactions, click on “BOA Express Money
Transfer” from the “Services” menu.
ii. Look for the targeted transfer transaction and click on “Show”.
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