When an organization you work for uses Assignr to pay officials via direct deposit, there are three things that need to happen so that you can get paid:
The Assignr site you’re a part of needs to enable direct deposit (done by the site's owner or paying administrator).
You’ll need to add your W9 to Assignr.
👉 You’ll need to add your bank account to Assignr.
This article walks you through step number 3. You can learn more about each step here: An Overview of Direct Deposit — for Officials.
In order to get paid, you'll need to add your bank account to your Assignr account.
You'll need to know your bank account routing number and account number, which can be found at the bottom of a check, or from within your online bank portal.
How to Add your Bank Account:
1. Navigate to Financials → My Bank Account.
If you don't see this menu option, it means that Direct Deposit has not been enabled. You might want to contact your assignor and ask if they will be using Direct Deposit.
2. Follow the on-screen prompts to add the requested information.
Enter your routing number and account number in the boxes provided.
You'll also want to give this account a name, which will be shown in the payment email notifications we send you.
3. Select Add Account.
💡Once you add your bank account, you will receive a $0.01 test deposit sent from Assignr to your account, to ensure you’re able to successfully receive money from us.
Frequently Asked Questions — Adding your Bank Account
1. I've added my W9 and my bank account. When can I expect to get paid?
The schedule on which you are paid is determined by the organization that pays you. Some pay weekly, others bi-weekly, once per month, or perhaps at the end of the season.
🚨 Assignr doesn't set the payment schedules, so you must contact your assignor or paying administrator if you have questions about this.
You can learn how to contact your assignor to ask about pay frequency, and how to check the status of payments in progress in this article: How to Check the Status of a Payment.
2. I'm trying to add my bank account, and I'm receiving a message that says, 'Please confirm an email address prior to adding a bank account.' What do I do?
We require at least one confirmed email address on your account before you can add a bank account. In order to do this, follow these steps:
Navigate to the Home page, from the left-hand side of your screen.
Select Send Verification Email, from the blue banner at the top of the screen.
Open the email we sent you from your email inbox, and follow the on-screen prompts to verify your email.
You should be able to add a bank account after following these steps.
3. I have a junior bank account or special savings account. Is that okay?
That depends! We send payments via ACH transfers. It’s typically standard for bank accounts to receive ACH transfers. However, if you have a special savings account or junior account, you may want to double-check with your bank, that your account can/will accept these transfers before adding that account to Assignr.
4. Tell me more about the $0.01 payment sent to me from Assignr. What happens if the $0.01 deposit fails?
Once you add your bank account, you will receive a $0.01 test deposit sent from Assignr to your account, to ensure you’re able to successfully receive money from us.
Once you see the $0.01 in your bank account, you’ll know you are able to successfully receive direct deposit payments through the Assignr platform.
If the $0.01 deposit fails, your bank account will be automatically removed, and you will need to add a new (different) bank account to your Assignr account. If this happens to you, you’re welcome to contact us at [email protected] for additional information.
Aside from the $0.01 test deposit, all future payments will come from your sites’ paying organizations, rather than from Assignr.
5. Can I add more than one bank account to Assignr? What happens if I add a new bank account to my Assignr account?
You can only have one bank account in your Assignr account (across all sites you are a part of) to receive your game fees.
If you add a new bank account to your account, after already having added one previously, it will effectively remove your old bank account.
If you change your bank account with a payment already en route to that account, that payment will be cancelled (and therefore delayed).
6. I got an email saying my bank account was suspended. What do I do now?
Your bank account could be temporarily suspended and removed from the system if you add a bank account to Assignr that we've tried to send funds to unsuccessfully before. For example, if you add a bank account that has been closed, the funds will be returned to us. In these cases, generally the bank account can't be used again, and you'll need to add another one instead.
If this happens to you, log into Assignr and add a different bank account to your account.
🚨 If you add the same bank account again, you will be suspended again. Please contact support if you only have one bank account you’re able to add to the system.
7. I'm having trouble remembering what bank account I added to Assignr. Can I contact support, so they can tell me the last four digits of my bank account number?
No. For security reasons, we are not able to see your bank account number.
8. How will you protect my bank account information?
Bank account and routing numbers are stored with our direct deposit vendor, Dwolla.
They are very focused on the security of their systems. Dwolla's information on security can be found here.