# Stedi Treasury now lets you reuse external bank accounts across billing entities

> You can now link a Stedi Treasury billing entity to an external bank account already in your Stedi account. You can also change and archive those accounts.

Published Nov 13, 2026

Product: Stedi Treasury & EFTs

You can now link a [Stedi Treasury](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/treasury-overview) [billing entity](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/treasury-setup#1-create-a-billing-entity) to an [external bank account](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/treasury-setup#2-connect-your-bank) that's already in your Stedi account. An external bank account is the bank account where a billing entity receives [Automated Clearing House (ACH) payouts](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/treasury-manage-payments#payouts).

External bank accounts tab on the Billing entities page in the Stedi portal

Previously, you repeated the account setup for each billing entity. Now you add the account once, and other billing entities select it from your existing accounts.

## Change and archive accounts

You can also:

- **[Change a billing entity's external bank account](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/treasury-setup#change-the-external-bank-account)** – Select an existing account or add a new one. After you link and verify the new account, new payouts go to it. Payouts already in progress still go to the previous account.
- **[Archive an account you don't use anymore](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/treasury-manage-payments#archive-an-external-bank-account)** – If billing entities use the account, you select a replacement. Stedi moves those billing entities to the replacement, then archives the account. To use an archived account again, add it as a new account.

You can't remove a billing entity's external bank account without a replacement.

Members with the [Admin or Developer role](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/account-settings#assign-member-roles) can link an existing account to a billing entity. Only members with the Admin role can add new accounts or archive accounts.

## External bank accounts tab

The new **External bank accounts** tab on the **Billing entities** page lists every external bank account in your Stedi account. Each row shows the account's bank details, status, and the billing entities that use it.

An account's status is **In use**, **Not in use**, **Pending verification**, or **Archived**. **Pending verification** means the account needs [micro-deposit verification](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/treasury-setup#verify-with-micro-deposits) – a small test deposit to the account – before it can receive payouts.

For more information, see our [connect your bank](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/treasury-setup#2-connect-your-bank) and [external bank accounts](https://www.stedi.com/docs/healthcare/treasury-manage-payments#external-bank-accounts) docs.