What's New

To provide supporters with more ways to pay, Blackbaud Donation Forms and Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT now support one-time and recurring direct debit payments for:

• Australian dollar (AUD) — Bulk Electronic Clearing System (BECS)

• UK pounds (GBP) — Bankers' Automated Clearing System (BACS)

For both BECS and BACS direct debit, payers authorize withdrawals by agreeing to a mandate during checkout. This mandate is called a Direct Debit Request (DDR) for BECS or a Direct Debit Instruction (DDI) for BACS.

For more information, see What's New in Raiser's Edge NXT (for UK customers or for Australian customers).

We’re excited to announce the general availability of Blackbaud’s newest, modernized checkout experience powered by the SKY Payments API. Designed to help organizations streamline payment processing, this innovative checkout brings together the best in security, flexibility, and usability.

For when your workflow extends beyond your Blackbaud products, you can use the SKY Payments API to process payments in custom solutions. This option allows you to handle payments consistently across your website, mobile app, etc.

Enjoy the following new features:

• Flexible inline or modal display options

• Expanded payment methods, such as credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, and direct debit

• Fee cover options

• Enhanced security and compliance

If you already use Blackbaud Checkout through the SKY API, you can follow our migration guide, or for new integrations, explore new checkout options.

To better understand disbursement timing, account status changes, and whether action is required, you can now view more details about your merchant account.

From Settings, view the following information:

• Under Disbursement information, the status of your account (Approved, Suspended, or Declined) and the most recent date the status changed.

• Under Contact details, the date your account was created.