# Paid invoice to payment advice and banking links

Open payment advice and bank links from paid receivable invoices.

On receivable invoice detail, header actions **Open payment advice** and **Open in Banking** appear when Cortena has linked a **payment advice** and/or **bank transaction**, not only when status is **Paid**. Jump to the same destinations as from **Open items** deep links.

**Who this is for:** AR users tracing how an invoice was paid (payment advice, bank inflow), including quiet settlements that skip a visible write-back badge on the list.

Related: [Open items and payment write-back staging](https://help.cortena.ai/guides/advanced/open-items-write-back) and [Bank reconciliation](https://help.cortena.ai/guides/integrations/bank-reconciliation).

## 1. When header links appear

Open a receivable in the combined invoice view. In the header strip:

| Button | Shown when |
| --- | --- |
| **Open payment advice** | At least one linked payment advice exists for this invoice |
| **Open in Banking** | A bank transaction is linked (directly or via payment advice / reconciliation) |

Buttons can appear **before** status shows **Paid** if links exist early (for example after reconciliation, before workflow marks paid).

## 2. Open payment advice

1. Click **Open payment advice**.
2. Cortena opens the **Payment advice** workspace (or lightbox, depending on context) on the linked document.
3. From there use **Preview**, **Emails**, **Activity**, **Sync to weclapp**, etc.

Payment advice detail also shows **bank cards** when matches exist via **invoices** on the advice lines, not only from the bank-first path.

## 3. Open in Banking

1. Click **Open in Banking**.
2. Cortena navigates to **Banking** with the linked transaction selected (same behavior as open-items bank deep links).
3. Compare payment reference text to invoice number and payment advice references.

Works when payment was applied via [Payment advice auto-settle](https://help.cortena.ai/guides/advanced/payment-advice-auto-settle) or manual confirm without a prominent list badge.

## Tips and limitations

- If a button is missing, no link is stored yet. Complete [bank reconciliation](https://help.cortena.ai/guides/integrations/bank-reconciliation) or payment advice matching first.
- Multiple advices: Cortena opens the primary linked advice. Use **Receivables → Payment advices** search for others.
- Related: [Accounts receivable](https://help.cortena.ai/guides/advanced/accounts-receivable), [Open items](https://help.cortena.ai/guides/advanced/open-items-write-back).

## Quick reference

| Task | Where |
| --- | --- |
| From invoice | Receivable detail header |
| Payment advice | **Open payment advice** |
| Bank TX | **Open in Banking** |
| Same as open items | Identical deep-link targets |