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Why does Acumatca restrict the ACH Beneficiary and Bank Name to only alphanumeric characters.

  • February 20, 2025
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dgodsill97
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For example, M &T Bank as bank name is rejected when entering data.  A developer can change the regular expression to “fix” this but will this cause issues with banks?

Best answer by LauraBarber24

Hello,

Nacha.org provides ACH file specs and all banks follow one of the two standards (Balanced file, or non-balanced).  Several fields are defined as “Alphanumeric,” meaning letters and numbers, not symbols.  ACH file specifications can be found on NACHA.org. (link)

Banks will accept a test file; sending a test file to your bank is the best way to determine whether your bank accepts your file.

Good luck,

 

Laura

 

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  • February 20, 2025

Hello,

Nacha.org provides ACH file specs and all banks follow one of the two standards (Balanced file, or non-balanced).  Several fields are defined as “Alphanumeric,” meaning letters and numbers, not symbols.  ACH file specifications can be found on NACHA.org. (link)

Banks will accept a test file; sending a test file to your bank is the best way to determine whether your bank accepts your file.

Good luck,

 

Laura

 


dgodsill97
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  • February 20, 2025

Thanks, standards are great but we know some banks we have encountered don’t follow the standard because they can.

We are upgrading a GP client to Acumatica and they have been using ACH with GP without any issues and with non-alphanumeric in the names. We certainly will ask to test Acumatica ACH with their banks.