Employee Travel Expense Payments via ACH

Hello,
Currently we use SAP's T&E module and post the costs via an employee vendor record and then subsequently pay the vendor.
Currently this is done by check.
What we would like to do is pay via ACH and increase the frequency of payments.
The issue or concern is the storage of the employee bank info.
Has anyone come across this scenario and have any guidance?
1) As a first option we would look enter the bank info on the vendor master.
Technically, if we add the employee bank info to the employee vendor record this would work just fine, but the security on vendor bank master could be an issue. Does anyone have any insight or experience on 'encrypting' or securing this bank data.
Thanks for any and all input.
Rob C.

Hi,
Let me explain you from the beginning.
1. Create Travel Expense Type ( The one which is visible in PR05): follow the path - Financial Accounting (New) --> Travel Management > Travel Expenses > Master Data > Travel Expense Types > Create Travel Expense Types for Individual Receipts.
Create the required travel expenses there.
2. Assign wage type for the travel expense types created: follow the path - Financial Accounting (New) --> Travel Management > Travel Expenses > Master Data > Wage Types for Interfaces > Assign Wage Types to Travel Expense Types for Individual Receipts
when you go into this path, you will find the travel expense types which you have created in the earlier step. Select the expense type for which you need to assign the wage type and click the magnifier icon which is available in the left top. You can assign the wage type then.
3. Assign symbolic account for the wage type created: follow the path - Financial Accounting (New) --> Travel Management > Travel Expenses > Transfer to Accounting > Define Assignment of Wage Type to Symbolic Account.
Assign a two character symbolic account with a prefix "+".
4. Assign GL accounts for the symbolic account assigned: follow the path- Financial Accounting (New) --> Travel Management > Travel Expenses > Transfer to Accounting > Conversion of Symbolic Account to Expense Account.
Double Click HRT there, it will ask for chart of accounts, give your chart of accounts and then press enter. In the screen, select new entries, enter the symbolic account and its corresponding GL account.
note that instead of entering the prefix "+", you have to enter 1 as prefix here.
Save your entries.
As for as employee vendors is concerned, please create a vendor account in FK01 and then assign the personnel number of the employee in the vendor master record. The system will automatically pick up the employee vendor number with its personnel number.
Trust this clarifies.
Best Regards,
Raj

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