Banking Reference/Code/Particulars field validity

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sleemanj

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# 32729 22-Apr-2009 15:47

Hi all, does anybody know if there is any agreed upon specification of what can and can not be put in reference, code and particulars fields on banking transactions in NZ - and what character length limits there are?

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# 208579 22-Apr-2009 16:01

the length is up to your bank, Westpac I think 7 but mostly you'd put invoice number as reference to a payment, particulars are the name of the person paying. Not sure of code.

nate

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# 208703 22-Apr-2009 23:29

sleemanj: Hi all, does anybody know if there is any agreed upon specification of what can and can not be put in reference, code and particulars fields on banking transactions in NZ - and what character length limits there are?

For ASB it's 12 characters per field, no spaces, alphanumeric (ie A-Za-z0-9) only:

mjb

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# 208750 23-Apr-2009 10:05

Loving that bank balance, and the associated bank account number :)

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# 208751 23-Apr-2009 10:14

mjb: Loving that bank balance, and the associated bank account number :)

It's his and he won't share, Nate's shout to the whitehouse for everyone

sleemanj

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# 208788 23-Apr-2009 13:37

Thanks for the information guys.

And Nate, I know of this lovely bridge for sale.....

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# 208790 23-Apr-2009 13:45

mjb: Loving that bank balance, and the associated bank account number :)

Looks a lot like the first few digits of Pi to me...

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# 208873 23-Apr-2009 20:59

zocster: the length is up to your bank, Westpac I think 7 but mostly you'd put invoice number as reference to a payment, particulars are the name of the person paying. Not sure of code.

Westpac is definately 12, as are all the other banks. They all need to be the same to go through interchange processing each night. You can put any letter or number in the fields, but there are some restrictions around using characters

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