Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Data Element Name |
Account Number |
Check Issue Date |
Check Serial Number |
Check Amount |
Payee |
User Data |
Transaction Type |
Action Indicator |
Field Inclusion Requirement |
Required |
Required |
Required |
Required |
Optional |
Optional |
Required |
Required |
Contents |
Numeric |
MMDDYY Or MMDDYYYY |
Numeric |
$$$$$$$$¢¢ Or $$$$$$$$.¢¢ |
Alphanumeric / Blanks |
Alphanumeric / Blanks / |
'R' = Register |
'A' = Add |
Maximum Length |
10 |
6 or 8 |
9 |
11 |
40 |
20 |
1 |
1 |
Additional file format requirements
The month portion of the check issue date must be zero padded when the month is a single character.. If using Excel to create this file, the date column must be set as text. Otherwise you will get a date as “8” instead of “08”
Optional fields must be delimited. E.G. “,,”.
Sample File
2222222222,080803,1001,10201,Payee Name 1, ,R,A
2222222222,08082003,1002,102.02,Payee Name 2,fpb3,V,A
2222222222,080803,1003,10203,Payee Name 3,fpb3,R,D
2222222222,080803,1004,10204,Payee Name 4,fpb3,V,D
2222222222,080803,1005,102.05,Payee Name 5,fpb3,R,A
2222222222,080803,1006,102.06,Payee Name 6,fpb3,R,A
2222222222,080803,1007,102.07,Payee Name 7,fpb3,R,A
2222222222,080803,1008,102.08,Payee Name 8,fpb3,V,D
2222222222,080803,1009,102.09,Payee Name 9,fpb3,V,D
2222222222,080803,1010,102.10,Payee Name 10,fpb3,V,D