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Version 1.26

Release Notes


ReleaseNotesOverviewThe Release Notes are a comprehensive overview of the new features andfunctionalityaddedaspartofMusoni’s latestrelease.Thesenotesaredesignedtogive you all the information you need to immediately understand and startbenefittingfromthenewfeatures.For each new feature, we give a high level description of the functionality, andprovideastep-by-stepwalkthrough,alongwithscreenshotsofhowtostartusingthesystem.Ifyouwould like to learnmoreaboutanynewfeature,pleasecontact theMusonisupportteamonit-support@musoni.euwhowillbehappytoansweranyquestionsyouhave.


TableofContents

1. BankReconciliationModule 42. EndofYearFunctionality 63. RedesignoftheAccessPermissionsModule 74. AdditionalfunctionalityintheSMSModule 85. Paynetintegration(Zimbabwe) 96. IntegrationwithYo!Payments(Uganda) 107. GroupPostingModuleextendedtopulloutallgroupslinkedtoanyloanofficer 138. CreditChecksaddedforGroupLoans 149. ‘OriginofFunding’addedtoLoanCreationWorkflow 1510. AdditionofOverpaidLoansTab 1511. NewReports 1612. SmallerImprovementsandBugFixes 16


1. BankReconciliationModuleThe newbank reconciliationmodule enables you to easily reconcile your externalbankaccountswiththebalancesintheGLaccountsintheMusoniSystem.YoucandesignateanyGLaccountasa‘reconcilable’account,afterwhichitwillappearintheReconciliationmodule.Todesignateanaccountasareconcilableaccount,simplegotoAccounting>ChartofAccounts, and click ‘Edit’ on the account you wish to designate. Now select thecheckboxthatsays‘EnableBankReconciliation’,asshowninredbelow.

The account will now be available in the reconciliation module. To go to thereconciliationmodule,eithernavigatetoAccounting>Reconciliation,orifalreadyintheAccountingModule,clickontheReconciliationtab,asshownbelow:


From here, you can pull out all journals within a date period for any of the GLaccountsmarkedaseligibleforreconciliation.Youcanspecifywhetheryouwishtoshowonlyunreconciledjournals,oronlyreconciled,orboth.Onceyouhavepulledoutyourjournals,youcanthenmarkanyjournalasreconciled.

AnewcolumnhasbeenaddedtotheChartofAccountstable,enablingyoutoseethe reconciled and unreconciled balance for each account (as shown in thescreenshotbelow).


Accounts not designated for Reconciliation will have their entire balance alwaysshownasreconciled.

2. EndofYearFunctionalityYou are now able to run your End of Year automatically in the Musoni System,closing theprevious financial period andbooking thebalancesof all yournominalaccountsintoyourRetainedEarningsequityaccount(oranyaccountofyourchoice).TorunanEOY,navigatetoAccounting>ClosePeriodsandclickonthebutton‘CloseFinancial Period’. You can select which branch you wish to close a period for,whetheryouwanttoincludeallsubbranches(ifyouwishtocloseallbranchesthenselectHeadOfficeandchecksubbranches).Youcanalsoselecttheclosingdate,andwhetheryouwishthesystemtobookoffthebalancesinyournominalaccounts.If youwish to book off the balances in your nominal accounts, then you need toselect theGLyouwishthebookingtobemadeto,andadda reference,asshownbelow.


You are able to preview thebooking that the systemwillmakeby clicking on the‘Preview’ button. If you are happywith the proposed booking, then you can click‘ClosePeriod’.Atthispointthesystemwillbookthebalances inallyournominalaccountstotheaccountyouselectedandthefinancialperiodwillbeclosed.Youcanundotheendofyearbyclickingthe“DeleteAccountingClosure”icondisplayedintheClosePeriodstab.

3. RedesignoftheAccessPermissionsModuleWehavefundamentallyredesignedtheaccesspermissionsmoduletoreplicatetheorderingofthemodulesinthesystemitselfandmakeiteasiertoquicklyassignthecorrectuserrightstoanyrole.Forexample,whenassigningpermissionswithin theaccountingmodule, the listofpermissions is now ordered the same order as in the main Accounting menu,dividing the permissions between Chart of Accounts, Journals, Close Periods,PeriodicAccrualandReconciliation.Thesectionsarenowdividedbyclearheaders,showninredbelow.


We have also relabeled many of the permissions making it easier to understandwhichspecificactiontheyreferto.

4. AdditionalfunctionalityintheSMSModuleWe’ve added a number of new features to the SMSmodule, including adding theability to sendSMSmessages togroup leaders,adding tags forboth thenamesofGuarantorsandthenumberofguarantorslinkedtoaloan,andaddingacountertoshowyouhowmanymessagesyouhaveleft.4.1SMSCounterTheSMScounterisdisplayedonthemainpageintheSMSmoduleandshowshowmanymessagesyouhavelefttosendatanytime,asshownbelow.

4.2SendMessagestoGroupLeadersWehaveaddedanewBusinessRulecalled‘ActiveGroupLeaders’.YoucanusethistosendmessagestoanyclientregisteredasaGroupChairperson.

4.3TagsforGuarantors


WehaveaddedtwonewtagstotheSMSmodule,called‘GuarantorLastName’and‘Number of Guarantors’. You can use these to include the name and number ofguarantorslinkedtoanyloaninthecontentsofyourmessages.

5. Paynetintegration(Zimbabwe)TheMusoni System now generates the outgoing file formats required to disburseloansthroughPaynetinZimbabwe.ThesystemwillgenerateseparatefilesforCABS,CBZ and Steward Bank, depending on which bank the recipient client holds anaccountwith.Newbankscaneasilybeconfiguredasrequired.ToconfigurethePaynet integration,navigate,Configuration>MMTandclickonthe‘Paynet’ tab. Then click on the ‘Configuration’ tab. Here you can configure thePayment Channel linked to each specific bank account, as well as which ClientIdentifier the systemwill use (normally the clients bank account number). This isshownbelow.


Configurationneedstobedoneforeachbankyouwishtodisbursefundsto.Onceyouhave configured thePaynet settings for eachbank account, you can generatetheoutgoingfileshowingall loansdisbursedtoeachbankaccount,whichcanthenbeuploadedontoPaynet.To do this, click on the “Outgoing File” and then generate the file for the bankaccountofyourchoice,asshownbelow.

Thesystemwillshowthefilebeinggenerated,afterwhichyoucandownload itbyclickingonthe“Finished”buttonandthenclickingon“Downloadfile”.

6. IntegrationwithYo!Payments(Uganda)TheMusoni System is now integratedwith Yo!Payments in Uganda, enabling anyMFIwhohasacontractwithYo!PaymentstosendandreceivepaymentsoveralloftheMMTservicesinUganda(includingAirtelandMTNMobileMoney).BeforesendingorreceivingpaymentsoverYo!Payments,youfirstneedtoconfigurethe Yo!Payments payment channels and linked GL Accounts. You can do this bynavigating to Configuration>MMT Services> Yo!Payments and then clicking on theconfigurationtab,asshownbelow.


Once configured, you can either import all incoming transactionswithin any timeperiod or you can send all outgoing transactions to Yo!Payments (loandisbursementsandsavingswithdrawalsmadethroughthepaymentchannel linkedintheconfiguration).IncomingPaymentsToimportincomings,clickonthe“IncomingMMT”tab,andthenclickonthebutton“ProcessIncomingPayments”.

Thenselectthedateperiodyouwishtoprocesspaymentsfor,andclickprocess.


The systemwill thenpull all paymentsmadewithin yourdateperiodandallocatethem to the correct client accounts based on the Yo!Payments number (orwhichever client identifier you configured) and the reference made by the client(usedtoassigntothecorrectproduct).Once thepaymentshavebeenprocessed, theywillbeshownas“Finished”on theIncomingMMTtab.

Anypaymentsthatthesystemwasnotabletoallocate,forexampleifaclientusedaphonenumbernotconfiguredinthesystem,canbefoundundertheSuspensetab.OutgoingPaymentsTo process the outgoing payments, navigate to the “Outgoing MMT” tab in theYo!Paymentsmodule,andclickthebutton“PreviewOutgoingPayments”,asshownbelow:


Youwillthenbeshownalistofalloutgoingtransactionstoreview.ThislistcanalsobedownloadedintoexcelorPDFifyouwishtokeeparecord.Ifyouarehappywiththelistofoutgoingtransactions,youcanclickProcess.

Once the transactions are processed, they will be automatically pushed toYo!PaymentsandsenttotherecipientsMMTaccountinrealtime.

7. GroupPostingModuleextendedtopulloutallgroupslinkedtoanyloanofficerWehaveextendedtheGroupPostingmodulesothatyou’realsoabletopulloutallgroupslinkedtoanyparticularloanofficer.Wheninthegrouppostingmodule,youcaneitherselect‘FetchpostingbyGroup’,afterwhichyouarerequiredtoenterthegroupnameyouwishtoenterpaymentsfor,oryoucanselect‘FetchpostingbyLoanOfficer’andthenselecttheloanofficeryouwishtoenterpaymentsfor.


Whenyoufetchbyloanofficer,youareshownallgroupslinkedtothatloanofficer,andcanselectthegroupsandtheirclientswhomyouwishtoenterpaymentsfor.

Once youhave entered thepayments, the grouppostingmoduleworks in exactlythesamewayasbefore.

8. CreditChecksaddedforGroupLoans


Thecreditcheckshavenowbeenupdatedsothattheycanalsobeusedwithloansgiventogroups(ratherthan individualswithingroups).Thefollowingcreditcheckshavebeenupdated:

• ClientArrears(whenlinkedtoagrouploanthislooksatwhetherthegroupiscurrentlyinarrears)

• Minimumsavingsbalance• Outstandingloanbalance• Rejectedandwithdrawnloans• Sameproductoutstanding• Totalcollateralitemsvalue• Writtenoffloans

ThesecreditcheckscanbeaddedtoyourGroupLoanproductsinexactlythesamewayasbefore.

9. ‘OriginofFunding’addedtoLoanCreationWorkflowYouarenowabletospecifytheoriginoffundingforanyloanisbeingdisbursedonaloan-by-loanbasis(ratherthanataProductlevel).Thisgivesyoufarmoreflexibilityinallocatingloansbetweenfundsdependingontheoriginoffunding(forexampleiftheloanisgoingtobeuploadedontoKiva).

When creating any loan, you can now select the ‘Origin of Funding’ from thedropdownmenu. Themenuwill bepre-selectedwithwhicheverOriginof Fundingyouhavelinkedtotheproductitself.

10. AdditionofOverpaidLoansTab


We have added a tab in the loan module that shows all loans with the statusoverpaid. You can navigate to this tab by clicking on Products>Loans and thenclickingonthe‘OverpaidLoans’tab.

11. NewReportsAspartofthisreleasewehaveaddedthreenewreportstothesystem,theBranchClientsReport,thePPIResponsesReportandtheJournalsReport.11.1BranchClientsReportTheBranchClients Report is similar to theGroup report, but rather than showinginformationonallclientsinjustonegroup,itshowsinformationonallclientsinanyparticularbranch.YoucanfindtheBranchClientsReportunderClientReports.11.2PPIResponsesReportThePPIResponsesReportshowstheresponsesofeverysinglePPIsurveycarriedoutinthesystembetweenauser-definedstartandenddate.ThePPIResponsesReportcanbefoundunderOrganisationalReports.11.3JournalsReportThe Journals Report shows all journals made on any GL account within a user-definedstartandenddate.ThereportshowsyouthecounterpartyGLaccount,theclientandaccount IDofanyaccounts related to the journalandcanbe filtered toonlysearch forManualEntries ifneeded.Thereportcanbe foundunderFinancialReports.

12. SmallerImprovementsandBugFixes

• MS-773 - Relabeling of the dropdown "Customer Identifier" to "ClientIdentification"


• MS-776-Abilitytoshowsystemreversedtransactionsonsavingsaccounts• MS-782-TranslationofthetagsintheSMSmodule• MS-892-Removalof"RememberMe"fromloginpage• MS-898-ChangeoftheM-PESAlabeltoreadMMTinproductcreation• MS-932 - Resolved the handling error for a group loan that has a credit check

attachedtoit• MS-947-Resolvedtheerrorthatmeantthatsomejobsdidnotrestartiftheywere

runningwhiletomcatwasshutdown• MS-954-Viewingreportsisnowrestrictedaccordingtobranchpermissions• MS-971-AdditionofPAR1&PAR30tothedashboardPARGraphic• MS-973-InterestAmountandProductshortcodeaddedtotheDLR&OLRReports• MS-983-Creationofadatefilterontheincomingpaymentsandsuspensepagesin

theMMTmodule• MS-984-Additionoftheparameter"Product"totheDisbursedLoansReport• MS-985-AdditionoftheAccountIDontoArrearsReports• MS-990-AbilitytoviewGroupDocuments• MS-992-AdditionofaclientstatuscolumntoClientsOverviewReport• MS-993-Disablingoftheabilitytowaivechargesinfinancialcloseperiod• MS-996 - Removal of unnecessary information in the M-PESA Transaction Party

Detailscolumn• MS-997-CorrectionoftheredirectwheneditinganEcocashpayment• MS-1010-Additionofthephonenumbertogroupreport• MS-1015 - Improved error handling when guarantor funding has insufficient

accountbalance• MS-1016-ReconfiguringoftheEcocashmoduletoacceptthenewEcocashfiletype• MS-1021-Systemnowonlyshowsthosefunds left toguarantee intheguarantor

module• MS-1027-AdditionofanMMTerrormessagetothewarningspop-up• MS-1029-Resolvedtheerrorwhencreatingaclientdocument• MS-1046-RelabeledMpesatoM-PESAinM-PESAmodule