Defining MICR IDs

To define customer MICR IDs, use the Customer MICR Information component (CUSTOMER_MICR).

This section provides an overview of MICR IDs and discusses how to:

Associate MICR IDs with remit from customers.
Enter customer-specific bank information.

Pages Used to Define MICR IDs

Page Name	Definition Name	Navigation	Usage
MICR Information - Address	CUSTOMER_MICR	select Customers, then select Customer Information, then select MICR Information, then select Address	Enter MICR IDs and associate them with remit from customers.
MICR Information - Customer Bank	CUSTOMER_MICR2	select Customers, then select Customer Information, then select MICR Information, then select Customer Bank	Enter additional bank information for specific customers.

Understanding MICR IDs

Every bank account has an associated MICR ID. Because customers may use multiple bank accounts, you can associate a customer with more than one MICR ID. A MICR ID is one way in which Payment Predictor identifies customers and can be used as the basis for building payment and maintenance worksheets.

The MICR pages are optional: use them if the lockbox interface provides a MICR ID for customer identification or if you regularly use MICR IDs for identification. If you perform direct debit or electronic draft processing, you can use these pages to define customer bank account information used for remittance processing.

MICR Information - Address Page

Use the MICR Information - Address page (CUSTOMER_MICR) to enter MICR IDs and associate them with remit from customers.

Navigation

select Customers, then select Customer Information, then select MICR Information, then select Address

Image: MICR Information - Address page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the MICR Information - Address page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Effective Date

MICR ID information is keyed by effective date to enable you to keep a history of changes that you make and enter changes that will go into effect on some future date.

Remit From Customer

Select the setID and the customer ID of the remit from customer to enable Payment Predictor to select items from more than one customer based on the MICR ID. Because a remit from customer is the paying entity, you link MICR IDs to remit from groups rather than to individual customers. Every customer is its own remit from customer if it does not belong to a larger remit from group.

Address

If a customer that is enabled for draft processing will use this MICR ID and the bank interface requires the draft bank address, then enter that address in the fields in this group box. Otherwise, this information is optional and not used in any Receivables processing.

Note: During processing, you may discover a payment with a MICR ID that does not match any customer in the system. If you have additional information that is associated with the payment that positively identifies the remit from customer, then link the MICR ID to the customer by clicking the Link MICR link on the Regular Deposit Entry - Payments page or the Worksheet Selection page.

MICR Information - Customer Bank Page

Use the MICR Information - Customer Bank page (CUSTOMER_MICR2) to enter additional bank information for specific customers.

Navigation

select Customers, then select Customer Information, then select MICR Information, then select Customer Bank

Image: MICR Information - Customer Bank page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the MICR Information - Customer Bank page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Effective Date, Status, and Remit From Customer

View data from the MICR Information - Address page.

Remit From Customer

For each MICR ID that you set up for the customer, enter the bank account information to process direct debits and drafts electronically. This action associates the bank account details with the remit from customer and the MICR ID that you enter on the MICR Information - Address page.

Country

View data from the MICR Information - Address page and define where the bank is located. Depending on the country, you may be required to enter different information to identify the customer's bank account.

Bank Name Alt Characters (bank name alternate characters)

If you have enabled alternate character sets for the user, the Bank Name Alt Characters button appears next to Bank Name. Click to enter each name in alternate characters.

Note: To activate alternate characters, set the User Preferences to use alternate characters on the User Preferences - Overall Preferences page.

Bank ID Qualifier

Defines which fields are required for the customer's bank and the editing rules for each field. For example, you may be required to enter a bank ID with five characters for the French Bank (009). System-defined qualifiers are provided for each country; review them on the Bank ID Qualifiers page.

See PeopleSoft Bank Setup and Processing Documentation.

Bank Identifier Code

Enter a bank identifier code (BIC) for this bank branch. This code is based on the ISO standard (9362), which is the universal method used to identify the financial institutions that enable automated processing of payments. A BIC code is used to route cross-border and some domestic payments to a bank branch or payments center.

SEPA requires the use of BIC and IBAN codes to uniquely identify the creditor's and debtor's banks and bank accounts in all Euro cross-border payments. The IBAN and BIC codes must be correct to avoid repair fees that the bank charges due to processing errors and to avoid delays in processing payments and collections due to the correction of these errors.

Once you enter a BIC code, the system validates the length and layout of the characters, and it validates the BIC country code against the country code set up for the bank branch.

Bank ID

Identifies the bank.

Branch ID

Depending on the bank ID qualifier, you may need to enter a check digit for the account number and a corresponding branch ID.

Account Type

Select a value:

Bond.
Bus Acct (business account).
Check Acct (checking account).
Dem Dep (demand deposit).
Lf Ins-Net (life insurance account - net cash value).
Life Ins (life insurance face value).
Mutual (mutually defined).
Ret Acct (retirement account - vested interest).
Ret It-DDA (return items on demand deposit account).
Ret It-Sav (return items on savings account).
SB Acct (stocks and bonds account).
Time Dep (time deposit).
Trust fund.

To conduct EFT transfers using this account, you may need to provide the appropriate routing information for the depository financial institution (DFI).

DFI Qualifier

Select to identify the bank using its DFI ID and enter the associated DFI ID. The DFI qualifier specifies the format and how many characters and numerals are used in the bank's DFI ID.

Use Lead Time and Holiday List from Biller's Bank

Select this option to use the lead time days and holiday list based on the Biller's bank account.

The Lead Time and the Holiday List should come from the same source, either both from MICR ID or both from Biller's Bank account because the customer and biller's bank may be in different countries with different holiday schedules. Lead Time and Holiday List entered in MICR ID will be used when Use Lead Time and Holiday List from Biller's Bank is not selected. When Use Lead Time and Holiday List from Biller's Bank is selected, Lead Time and Holiday List fields in MICR ID will be disabled and it will be ignored by the process.

Direct Debit Lead Time Days

Enter the number of lead time days. Default value for Lead Time Days is zero.

Holiday List ID

Enter the Holiday List ID for the customer's bank account.

Each DFI ID type has a specific number of digits that you can enter, as listed in this table:

DFI Qualifier	DFI ID
Transit Number	Exactly nine numerals, plus check digit calculation.
Swift ID	Eight or 11 characters; positions five and six must comprise a valid two-character country code.
CHIPS ID	Three or four numerals.
Canadian Bank Branch/Institute	No validation.
Mutually Defined	No validation.