MEABASIC character length reference table (effective 9 April 2017)

MEABASIC character length reference table

If you are submitting payment files using the File Upload service, please refer to the field details provided in the table below for MEABASIC files. The information in bold identifies the data that will be changed effective 9 April 2017:

ACH Credit
Column	Column heading	Status	Maximum characters
F	Transaction Amount	Mandatory	17
H	First Party Reference	Conditional	16
J	Beneficiary Name	Mandatory	35
K	Address 1	Optional	35
L	Address 2	Optional	35
M	Address 3	Optional	35
N	Beneficiary Account Number	Mandatory	35
P	Second Party Reference	Optional	35
Q	Second Party ID	Mandatory	12
R	LCC code/CBID code	Mandatory	11
AF	Remittance Information 1	Conditional	35
AG	Remittance Information 2	Conditional	35
AH	Remittance Information 3	Conditional	35
AI	Remittance Information 4	Conditional	35
AM	Bank to Bank Information 1	Conditional	35
AN	Bank to Bank Information 2	Conditional	35
AO	Bank to Bank Information 3	Conditional	35
AP	Bank to Bank Information 4	Conditional	35
AQ	Bank to Bank Information 5	Conditional	35
ACH Debit
Column	Column heading	Status	Maximum characters
F	Transaction Amount	Mandatory	17
H	First Party Reference	Conditional	16
J	Debtor Name	Mandatory	20
N	Debtor Account Number	Mandatory	35
P	Second Party Reference	Mandatory	35
Q	Second Party ID	Mandatory	12
R	LCC code/CBID code	Mandatory	9
UAE Wages Protection System (WPS)
Column	Column heading	Status	Maximum characters
F	Batch Reference	Mandatory	24
I	Instruction ID	Mandatory	12
O	Employee IBAN	Mandatory	35
Q	Beneficiary Bank Code	Mandatory	9
Priority Payments
Column	Column heading	Status	Maximum characters
D	Debit Account Currency	Mandatory	3
F	Transaction Amount	Mandatory	17
G	Payment Amount in Debit Currency	Optional	17
I	First Party Reference	Optional	16
J	Beneficiary Name	Mandatory	35
K	Address 1	Mandatory	35
L	Address 2	Mandatory	35
M	Address 3	Mandatory	32 (Updated)
N	Beneficiary Account Number	Mandatory	35
O	Beneficiary Country Code	Mandatory	2
P	Second Party Reference	Optional	35
S	Intermediary Bank Name	Conditional	35
T	Intermediary Bank Address 1	Conditional	35
U	Intermediary Bank Address 2	Conditional	35
V	Intermediary Bank Address 3	Conditional	32 (Updated)
W	Intermediary Bank Address 4	Conditional	Not Supported (Updated)
X	Intermediary Bank Account Number	Conditional	35
Y	Intermediary Bank Country	Conditional	2
AA	Beneficiary Bank Name	Conditional	35
AB	Beneficiary Bank Address 1	Conditional	35
AC	Beneficiary Bank Address 2	Conditional	35
AD	Beneficiary Bank Address 3	Conditional	32 (Updated)
AE	Beneficiary Bank Address 4	Conditional	Not Supported (Updated)
AF	Beneficiary Bank Country	Conditional	2
AH	Payment Details Line 1	Optional	35
AI	Payment Details Line 2	Optional	35
AJ	Payment Details Line 3	Optional	35
AK	Payment Details Line 4	Optional	35
AL	Bank to Bank Information 1	Optional	35
AM	Bank to Bank Information 2	Optional	35
AO	Bank to Bank Information 4	Optional	35
BD	Regulatory Reporting Line 1	Mandatory	35
BE	Instruction code line for CHQB	Optional	35
BF	Ordering Party Name	Mandatory	35
BG	Ordering Party Address Line 1	Mandatory	35
BH	Ordering Party Address Line 2	Mandatory	35
BI	Ordering Party Address Line 3	Mandatory	35
BJ	Ordering Party Account/ID	Optional	35