Synchronize with app

This function can be used for two use cases, the setup of a synchronized app from Business-Logics and the import of users with bank connection.

Synchronizing an app (BL Banking for Android or iOS)

Business-Logics apps are available for mobile use on smartphones and tablets running Android™ and on iPhones and iPads running iOS®, which can be downloaded and installed free of charge. Information and links to Google Play™ and the App Store℠ can be found on the Business-Logics website under BL Banking for Android and BL Banking for iOS respectively. Synchronized with a local installation of BL Banking Web, you do not need an additional license. With a synchronized app, you can view mobile account statements, sign orders in the EDS and enter SEPA transfers. It is also possible to synchronize several mobile apps with a local installation of BL Web at the same time, e.g. an iPhone for on the go and an Android tablet for the home office. Synchronization requires only a few steps on each device.

  1. Open the function Synchronize with app in BL Banking Web. Select the banks for which you want to transfer data to the app. Click on the button Start synchronization and enter your password. A page with a QR code will be loaded.
  2. Install the app on your mobile device and open it. Allow the app to access the camera for synchronization. Tap on Synchronization with QR code in the app. Scan the QR code displayed in BL Banking Web. The code as a character string is not suitable for this use case. Synchronization is carried out and your mobile device is ready for use.

If the configuration in BL Banking Web has changed, you must synchronize the app again, e.g. changes to the EBICS version or the keys for the bank connections. In this case, select Start synchronization in the app menu and open the synchronization in BL Banking Web to scan the new QR code.

Note: Alternatively, you can configure the app as a standalone client with its own license, initialize bank connections and use it independently of BL Banking Web. Please note that synchronization is not possible in this case. This only works from BL Banking Web to the app.
Import users with bank connections

Users who have active bank connections in an installation of BL Banking Web can import these into a new installation of BL Banking Web and continue to use them without reinitialization. The entire procedure is described in chapter User administration – Import user. As a user, wait with the synchronization until the administrator in the new installation has prepared your user for the import.

  1. Log in to your old installation of BL Banking Web as usual and open the function Synchronize with app. Select the banks for which you want to transfer bank connections to the new installation. Click on the button Start synchronization and enter your password. A page with a synchronization number (code consisting of letters and numbers) is loaded. Copy the synchronization number to the clipboard or a text file. The QR code is not suitable for this use case.
  2. Paste the copied code into the field Synchronization number during the first login in the new installation of BL Banking Web.
Validity

The code (QR and character string) is valid for five minutes. After that, the cached data is deleted from the synchronization server. If the synchronization of the app or the import of the user is aborted due to a timeout, restart the function in BL Banking Web to generate a new code and repeat the process.

Figure: Starting synchronization