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# 6th Sep 26

## :sparkles: New

* **Bank transfer bookings.** When your club can't take card payments (no Stripe account, a restricted one, or card payments paused across Range Mate), pay-in-advance events now take **bank transfers** instead. Members see **Book and pay by bank transfer**, their place is held, and they get a How to pay page and email with the amount, a payment reference and your bank details. Approval-gated events work the same way: no card is saved and the bank details go out on approval.
* **Reconciling bank transfers.** A new **Bookings awaiting bank transfer** list (in Admin Action items) shows every unpaid booking with its reference, and you can **Mark as paid** there, on the event's Attendees tab or on the attendance register. Members are emailed when you record their payment, and a mistaken mark can be undone with **Mark as unpaid**.
* **Migration checklist.** While card payments are paused, admins see a notice on every page that opens a step-by-step checklist: read what's happened, add bank details and choose pay in advance or pay on arrival for each upcoming paid event, replace membership prices that only took card with bank transfer ones (each with its own payment instructions), move members off monthly and quarterly card plans, and tell your members what's changed. Each step shows whether it's done, one step is open at a time, the notice disappears once the club has finished, and an "after the switch" box explains what changes day to day.
* **Refunds owed.** Cancelling a booking paid by bank transfer or cash (or an event with such bookings on it) now records the refund the club owes instead of marking it refunded. The member is emailed to send their account details, the refund appears under **Refunds owed to members** in Action items, and **Mark as refunded** closes it off with a confirmation email.
* **Moving members off card payment plans.** When card payments aren't available, step 4 of the migration checklist, **Members on card payment plans**, lists everyone on a monthly or quarterly plan. **Move to upfront payment** ends the plan and creates a one-off subscription for the rest of their term (pro-rated where the membership type is), emailing them the usual payment request for you to mark paid when the money arrives. **Archive all monthly and quarterly prices** stops new plans being started.
* **Bank transfer settings** under **Club Settings → Payments**: choose whether an unpaid bank transfer booking counts as confirmed or held, and optionally release unpaid bookings after a set number of days (members are emailed when that happens). Your existing payment instructions are used for the bank details.

## :hammer: Improvements

* New clubs are no longer given a Stripe account automatically. Stripe is only set up when you choose to connect or create an account from **Club Settings → Payments**, and everything else works without it.
* Membership prices created without card payments default to bank transfer, and monthly or quarterly billing is only offered while card payments are available. Members choosing a price no longer see a card option that can't be used.
* The Payments settings page and the setup checklist now explain when card payments aren't available and what members do instead.

## :bug::hammer: Bug Fixes

* Bookings at clubs without a Stripe account were being marked as paid without any payment being taken. They now go through the bank transfer flow instead.