The Company/Batch Header Record identifies the Originator and briefly describes the purpose of the entry. For example, “Membership Dues” or “APA Pledge” indicates the reason for the transaction originated by the Originator. The Company/Batch Header Record contains the Routing Number of the ODFI for settlement, routing of returns, and other control purposes. In addition, the Company/Batch Header Record can indicate the intended effective entry date of all transactions within the batch. The information contained in the Company/Batch Header Record applies uniformly to all subsequent Entry Detail Records in the batch.
Position |
Size |
Contents |
Data Element Description |
Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
01-01 |
1 |
‘5’ |
Record Type Code – company/batch header record format |
X |
02-04 |
3 |
‘225’ = ACH Debits Only |
Service Class Code ACH Debits are all that Personify will be initially dealing with for scheduled payments by customers to the association. |
X |
05-20 |
16 |
The Association Name from Bank Profile |
Company Name APP_Bank_Info.Corporate_Name |
X |
21-40 |
20 |
Null |
Company Discretionary Data |
|
41-50 |
10 |
Account # from Bank Profile |
Company Identification APP_Bank_Info.Account_Number |
X |
51-53 |
3 |
‘PPD’ |
Standard Entry Class Code - Prearranged Payment and Deposit Entry (This is the type used for the association to receive scheduled payments from customers. This is typical of consumer applications. When we get to corporate cash consolidation for chapters back to nationals, this will change.) |
X |
54-63 |
10 |
[Company Entry Description]
|
Company Entry Description The Originator establishes the value of this field to provide a description of the purpose of the entry to be displayed back to the receiver. For example, “Gas Bill”, “Reg. Salary”, “Ins.Prem”, “Purchase”. |
X |
64-69 |
6 |
Null |
Company Descriptive Date |
|
70-75 |
6 |
YYMMDD |
[Effective Entry Date] = Batch Date (date you desire funds to post to payee’s account) |
X |
76-78 |
3 |
Blank |
Settlement Date – Reserved - shall be inserted by the Receiving ACH Operator to indicate the actual settlement date. |
|
79-79 |
1 |
‘1’ |
Originator Status Code – the originator is a depository financial institution which has agreed to be bound by the ACH rules |
X |
80-87 |
8 |
Bank Transit Routing # from Bank Profile (first 8 positions only)
|
Originating DFI Identification APP_Bank_Info.routing_number – first 8 positions only. |
X |
88-94 |
7 |
NNNNNNN |
Batch Number- assign batch numbers sequentially within this file in ascending sequence truncate batch number at first 7 chars The batch number may be generated as YYMMDD## with the first position of year truncated when putting it on the ACH file (Personify has 8 positions for batch number and the ACH file only takes 7 positions for batch number). |
X |
Also in this section:
· Entry Detail Record, Corporate Entry Detail Record Format
· Company/Batch Control Record Format