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## What's new

- **Verification on every bank account.** A contract's and an applicant's bank account shows
  `Unverified` or `Verified`, and a verified account names who verified it, when and how
  (`Bank letter`, `Call-back` or `Penny test`). Changing the account number returns it to
  `Unverified`. See [Bank account verification](/administrator/payments/bank-account-verification).
- **Verify.** While an account is `Unverified`, `Verify` records how you checked it, with an
  optional note.
- **A check before approval.** When a batch pays an unverified account for the first time,
  `Approve` lists the recipients and waits until you choose how you verified them and tick
  "I have verified these bank accounts". The accounts then show `Verified` under your name. A batch
  with no such payment approves as before. See
  [Review and approval](/administrator/payments/review-and-approval).
- **Batch tags.** Add and remove tags on a batch's page, and filter `Payment Batches` by `Tags`.
  See [Payment batches](/administrator/payments/payment-batches).
- **Create Tagged Batch.** With Funds turned on, `Create Tagged Batch` on `Payment Batches` builds
  one `Draft` batch from every fund carrying the tags you choose, each line showing its fund, and
  lists any fund it skipped with the reason.
- **Clearer bank files.** The bank-file dialog says why each payment was left out, including an
  account whose number changed after the batch was approved. See
  [Exports and bank files](/administrator/payments/exports-and-bank-files).