2184331 - Payment Medium Format CA 005 Domestic Payment: Payment File Created Doesn't Have the Bank Processing Center Code Displayed as Expected

You are creating Payment Files with payment medium format CA 005 Domestic Payment for Canada (either through a Payment Media Run or manually through Actions for Bank Transactions > Create Payment File) and you notice that on the file header (Record A) the Bank Processing Center Code is not displayed in the character positions 31-35, but a sequence of five zeros is displayed instead (00000).

1. Go to Liquidity Management work center
2. Go to File Management > Outbound Files view
3. Search for the respective File ID and click to open it
4. Click View All
5. Download and open the respective file created by the system

In the fist line, which is the file header (Record A), check the characters on positions 31-35: there is a sequence of five zeros displayed (00000) instead of the Bank Processing Center Code you were expecting.

The reason why the system retrieves zeros instead of the appropriate code is that you didn't enter data in the Additional Name field for the Bank ID you are creating the payment file. Since the field was left blank the system fills it with zeros.

In order to include the Bank Processing Center Code in the payment file you just need to enter it in the Additional Name field, as follows:

1. Go to Liquidity Management work center
2. Go to Master Data > My Banks view
3. Select the respective My Bank
4. Click Edit > General
5. Under Bank section, enter the 5 digit number in the Additional Name field

As a result, in the next payment file you create for this Bank ID the Bank Processing Center Code should come up in the Record A of the file.

The Bank Processing Center Code is a 5 digit number, which is required by major Canadian banks (e. g. RBC, BMO).

It represents the center where the file will be processed, as follows:

• Halifax 00330
• Montreal 00310
• Toronto 00320
• Regina 00278
• Winnipeg 00370
• Calgary 00390
• Vancouver 00300

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