Payment Processing

All invoices and statements mailed to customers include a return remittance envelope pre-addressed to our Bank of America Lockbox location:

Harvard University
Central Accounts Receivable
P.O. Box 4999
Boston, Ma. 02212-4999

Cash payments are accepted at our office located at 1033 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor from 9-5. Cash payments may also be made to the Cash Receipts Office located on the 9th floor of Holyoke Center. If you send your payment through a carrier that provides rapid delivery services such as FEDEX please request delivery to :

Harvard University
Central Accounts Receivable
1033 Massachusetts Avenue
2nd Floor
Cambridge, Ma. 02138

Information for Local Units Who Accept Cash or Checks

Local units who wish to accept cash payments from their customers should hand deliver to our 1033 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor office or to the Cash Receipts office in Holyoke Center. The Cash Receipts office will deposit all cash and checks on preprinted credit vouchers provided by Central Accounts Receivable. You should provide the Cash Receipts office with the customer name and number.

Checks accepted by the local unit should be mailed directly to the AR Bank of America Lockbox (see address above). If a local unit wishes to obtain envelope stock pre-addressed to our Lockbox address, please call 495-3787 to request a supply.

Foreign Collections

Bank of America does not accept checks drawn on foreign banks in US dollars (USD) for amounts less than $250 USD checks drawn on a foreign bank are costly to process due to the fact that both Bank of America (BOA) and the foreign bank charge fees that may exceed the value of the check. Since local units are assessed these fees they should instruct their foreign customers to have their checks drawn on a foreign bank payable through a US bank in USD to avoid processing fees.

For more information regarding foreign collections, please read Foreign Collections, published by the Cash Management office.

Electronic Fund Transfer Payments (ACH)-Automated Clearinghouse Payments and Wire Payments

ACH Payments

As of 6/20/2005, customers who wish to remit payment by ACH) will need to be provided with the following bank information. This information is required for BOA to process -ACH payments and for Central Accounts Receivable to identify where to apply the proceeds.

Required data for EFT- ACH payments:

Wire Payments

Customers who wish to remit payment by Wire will need to be provided with the following bank information. This information is required for BOA to process wire payments and for Central Accounts Receivable to identify where to apply the proceeds.

Required data for EFT- Wire Payments:

International Payments (SWIFT)