--- title: "Some Employees Show \"Failed\" — How Do I Sort This? How Do I Retry the Payment?" description: Learn the wait time before retrying a payment and how to handle a failed payment on payer --- [Skip to content](https://support.seamlesshr.com/some-employees-show-failed-how-do-i-sort-this-how-do-i-retry-the-payment#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [More support](https://support.seamlesshr.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![Logo-1.png\]](https://support.seamlesshr.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo-1.png?height=25&name=Logo-1.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [More support](https://support.seamlesshr.com/kb-tickets/new) - Go to seamlesshr.com Go to seamlesshr.com Welcome. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Knowledge base](https://support.seamlesshr.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Financial Products](https://support.seamlesshr.com/financial-products?hsLang=en) 3. [Admin](https://support.seamlesshr.com/financial-products?hsLang=en#admin) # Some Employees Show "Failed" — How Do I Sort This? How Do I Retry the Payment? ## This article explains what to do when some payments show ‘Failed’ status when running a batch payroll or bulk payment, how to resolve this and retry the payment. #### **Step 1: Check the Failure Reason First** There are specific failure reasons, and/or error code to each failed record. Click into the failed employee's record and check for one of these common causes: 1. Incorrect, Incomplete or missing bank details - Wrong account number, or a blank account field. 2. Insufficient Balance - When the balance in the paying account or wallet is insufficient i.e the balance in the account is less than what is being paid out to the receiver, the payment will fail. 3. Account name mismatch - The account name on file doesn't match the name on the receiving bank account (common after an employee changes banks or gets married and updates one record but not the other). 4. Duplicate or conflicting reference number. If the same reference ID was used twice in the same batch, the second instance may fail. #### **Step 2: Fix the Identified Issue(s)** Once you've identified the cause: - Update incorrect bank details directly on the employee's profile, then confirm the change was saved. - Reach out to the employee to confirm their current, correct bank details if you're unsure which detail is wrong. #### **Step 3: Retry the Payment** Once the identified cause is corrected: 1. Go to the payment batch or payroll run and locate the failed employee record(s). 2. Wait for the retry wait time to elapse, (Currently 3-hours) after initial attempt. 3. Ensure there is enough balance in the payment account and select Retry. 4. Click Retry Payment 5. Confirm the retry only targets the failed employees, not the entire batch, to avoid double-paying employees who already processed successfully. 6. 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