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Standard Bank Link Notes
1. Select Standard Bank Limited in the left pane of the Bonds screen.
2. Click Electronic Connection to Institution.
The Standard Bank Link dialogue box opens.
3. Click Import/Export to import into GhostBond.
Import / Export
4. Click Print Activity Log to print the list of messages from the bank.
Print icon
You must print this log each time you import because it is cleared and replaced with new instructions when you next click Import/Export.
5. Close (or minimise) the Standard Bank Link dialogue box.
6. From the View menu, select Newly Transmitted Bonds (or Refresh) to view the imported bonds in the tree.
Symbols are used in the tree view to indicate the status of bonds. The following table explains the meaning of the symbols:
Indicates a new electronic instruction. This icon disappears once you print documents for the new bond.
Indicates that the bond is at the Preps for Registration stage.
Indicates that the bond is registered.
Indicates that you should stop working on the bond because an amendment is pending.
Indicates that the amended electronic instruction has been received. This icon disappears once the updated documents have been reprinted.
Indicates that the bond has been withdrawn and can be deleted.
 
When you import a bond, the Date Received on the General tab is entered automatically and an acknowledgement of receipt is automatically sent to the bank.
 
7. Update the bonds according to the instructions from the bank.
Each time you make a change and click Save, the update is recorded in a file to be sent back to the bank.

The following table explains the bank messages.
Message
Action
Discrepancy notification
If a mortgagor's name or ID number has changed, simply update it, and the message will be sent automatically First National Bank the next time a connection is made.If the property description is incorrect, update the Short Property Description box.
Bond Cost Notification
This is sent automatically with the Registration Notification.
Estimated date of Registration
Enter the Estimated Registration Date on the Action Dates tab. (This feature is new in v5.5.)
Suspend Notification
Enter the Suspended date on the Action Dates tab.
Proceed Notification
Enter the Re-instated date on the Action Dates tab.
Authority to Pay
This message is sent to the bank when the Mortgagor Signed Documents date is entered.
Guarantee Notification
On the Action Dates tab, enter the Guarantees Issued date and type the amount of the guarantee in the Remarks box.
 
Only type the amount of the guarantee (don't add interest). If there is more than one guarantee, separate each amount with a semi-colon (;).
 
Message
Action
Document Sent Notification
Enter the Documents sent to Bank date on the Action Dates tab and type the name of the document in the Remarks box.
Documents not yet signed. Select one of the following:

DOCSNOTSIGNED: appointment not yet made by m'gor
DOCSNOTSIGNED: appointment not kept by m'gor
DOCSNOTSIGNED: awaiting info/docs from m'gorin the

Remarks box

or type in a reason of your choice
No contact made with Mortgafor Select NOMORTCONTACT: unable to contact m'gor in the Remarks box

or

type in a reason of your choice
 
Message
Action
Not Lodged Select NOLODGE: simuls rejected in the Remarks box
or
type in a reason of your choice
Not on Prep Select NOPREP: documents rejected in the Remarks box
or
type in a reason of your choice
Not Registered Select NOREG: in the Remarks box
or
type in a reason of your choice
No Security documents
sent to the Bank		 Select NOSECDOCS: in the Remarks box
or
type in a reason of your choice
 
You can type the document code or the name of the form in the Remarks box.
 
Message
Action
Lodgement Notification
Enter the Lodgement Date on the Action Dates tab.
Prep Notification
Enter the Preps for Registration date on the Action Dates tab.
Registration Notification
Enter the Registration Date on the Action Dates tab.
Cancel and NTU Notification
Enter the NTU Date on the Action Dates tab. This feature is used when the mortgagor contacts the attorney instead of the bank in order to withdraw from the bond. (New in v5.5.)
Free format message
If required, type this message in the Remarks box on the Action Dates tab.
Progress Report
When the bank requests a progress report, enter an appropriate description in the Remarks box, preceding it with the word "Progress" to distinguish it from a "Free format message".
 
If you select an option from the Remarks box drop-down list, press HOME on the keyboard to move the cursor to the beginning of the text and type "Progress:" in front of the selected remark.
 
Clear the Remarks box before entering a new message. If you are sending more than one remark in the same work session, ensure that you have saved the bond before clearing the Remarks box and typing the second message.
8. When you have made the required changes, re-open (or restore) the Standard Bank Link dialogue box.
 
9. Click Import/Export to export the updates to the bank.
Import / Export
The default path for the link is C:\EP\EMAILPROCESSOR\EPCONFIG. If it is necessary to change the default folder for saving files to and from the bank, click
Change File Locations.