How To Fix >4139 - No bank details have been defined in account &1 for an outgoing payment

>4139 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: >4 - SAP File Transfer Protocol

• Message number: 139

• Message text: No bank details have been defined in account &1 for an outgoing payment

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message >4139 - No bank details have been defined in account &1 for an outgoing payment ?

  The SAP error message 4139 indicates that there are no bank details defined for a specific account when attempting to process an outgoing payment. This error typically occurs in the context of financial transactions, such as vendor payments or customer refunds, where bank account information is required to execute the payment.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Bank Details: The primary cause of this error is that the bank details for the specified account (e.g., vendor or customer) have not been maintained in the system.
  Incorrect Account: The account number specified in the payment transaction may be incorrect or not linked to any bank details.
  Data Inconsistency: There may be inconsistencies in the master data, such as the vendor or customer master records not being properly updated with bank information.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Vendor/Customer Master Data:
  
  Navigate to the vendor or customer master data in SAP (transaction codes like XK03 for vendors or FD03