Format for Bank of Ireland

The text file includes:

Section

Contents

Volume Header Label

One record of 80 characters that identifies the file and the owner.

File Header Label

One record of 80 characters that contains the creation date and record length.

User Header Label

One record of 80 characters that contains the payment processing date, the submission number, and the currency code.

Data records

One record of 100 characters for each payment order. The record contains this information:

  • Suppliers's bank transit number, account number, and description.

  • Company's bank transit number and account number.

  • Payment amount.

  • Bank system reference number for the company's account.

  • BACS reference/roll number for the customer account.

Contra records

One record of 100 characters for each of the company's accounts. The record contains this information:

  • Company's bank transit number and account number.

  • Transaction code.

  • Sorting code number.

  • Sum of the payment amounts in the data records.

  • Bank system reference number for the company's account.

User Trailer Label

80 characters that contain the sum of the payment and debit amounts in the data records, and a count of the data records.