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Co-op BACS

Co-op BACS

Caution! This information is provided for example only, you should confirm the details before passing it to BACS software.

Field Name

Min. Length

Max. Length

Type

Validation

Beneficiary

1

18

alphanumeric

>1 <18

* System will truncate if >18.
* Any non-alphanumeric characters will be stripped out. It is not possible to enclose in quotes as per other CSV files. For example, Jones’, Bill & Fred becomes Jones Bill Fred.

Reference

6

18

alphanumeric

>6 <18

* System will pad with spaces if <6 and will truncate if >18.
* Any non-alphanumeric characters will be stripped out.

Sort Code

6

6

Numeric

Not = 6

Account Number

8

8

Numeric

Not = 8

Amount

1

11

Numeric

Not <1 or >11

Account Type

1

1

Numeric

No Validation. Defaults to 0.

Transaction Code

2

2

Numeric

No validation. Valid entries are 01, 17, 18, 19, or 99

Example: Jones J,Salary,089099,22334455,352.34,0,99

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