Defining Electronic Funds Transfer Formats

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Electronic Transfer Formats Page

EFT_NAME

Define the EFT file that complies with the file format used by China Construction Bank, Shanghai branch to transfer funds to other banks.

Use the Electronic Transfer Formats page (EFT_NAME) to define the EFT file that complies with the file format used by China Construction Bank, Shanghai branch to transfer funds to other banks.

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Set Up HCM > Product Related > Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt > Banking > Electronic Transfer Format > Electronic Transfer Format

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Electronic Transfer Formats page.

Electronic Transfer Formats page

Because Chinese banks don't have a standardized banking format, Global Payroll for China delivers only one banking format used by China Construction Bank, Shanghai branch as an example. You need to create a File Layout and update Create Payment EFT File Application Engine program (GPCN_EFT) appropriately so that they will meet your bank's requirements.

Electronic File Format

The EFT file format defined by China Construction Bank, Shanghai branch is made up of a header section and a body section. The EFT file is created as an ASCII file with the fixed name gpcn_bank.txt.

This table illustrates the four rows of the header section of the banking file.

Row

Description

Data Source

Example

1

Company Name

Account name on Source Bank page. If the length is less than 31, the rest is filled with "=". The data has to be alphanumeric.

ABCD (China) COMPANY LIMITED===

2

Total Lines

Total number of lines in the body section of the banking file in six digits plus "=" repeated 25 times.

000004=========================

3

Total Payment Amount

Total amount of the payment in the body section of the banking file in 12 digits, plus "=" repeated 19 times.

000000014373===================

4

Separator Line

Fixed value.

================***************

The following table illustrates the body section of the banking file. The body section comprises three items.

Item

Description

Data Source

Digit

Example

1

Account Number

Account ID on Payee Net Distribution page.

19

1218419980110047698

2

Payment Amount

Sum of Net Result Values stored in the Global Payroll Core result table by each payee.

9

000006545 (meaning 65.45 CNY)

3

Transaction Type Code

Fixed value.

10

0000000003

The following is an example of the EFT file:

ABCD (China) COMPANY LIMITED===
000004=========================
000000014373===================
================***************
12184199801100476980000065450000000003
12184199801100512780000000080000000003
12184199801100766220000009350000000003
12184199801100874700000068850000000003