EFT payments reference.

[RoosPM]

Hi,
Could anyone tell me what is standard format for payments references, that apply to all SA banks?
(a) The maximum length of the debtor's reference field? Character types allowed (i.e. spaces special characters) in the field?
(b) The maximum length of the creditor's reference field? Character types allowed (i.e. spaces special characters) in the field?
I am writing a web application for a small retailer and need to generate references.
Any information will be appreciated. I had been looking at BANKSERV's website and had been unsuccessful to date.
Regards and tank in advance.

 

[agentrfr]

I dunno about other banks, but my ABSA one is about 10 ASCII chars (incl. symbols) for their and my references

 

[Privateuser456]

If your on FNB, maybe reach out to the Secure Chat. There might be chance one of the Service Desk Agents will be able to assist.

 

[RoosPM]

I have noticed with Standard Bank, the "Own Statement reference" doesn't take some characters. There is a possibility that the same rules apply for the payee's account. I'll try asking the service desk people.

 

[Barbarian Conan]

Rather err on the side of caution. 10 with only A-Z, 0-9.

Something which I've always wanted to try, is make a deposit at a bank and do some sql / js injection on the deposit slip to see how well their internal systems handle it.

 

[RoosPM]

Rather err on the side of caution. 10 with only A-Z, 0-9.

Something which I've always wanted to try, is make a deposit at a bank and do some sql / js injection on the deposit slip to see how well their internal systems handle it.

I don't think SQL injection will work. Just the fact that this field (as you suggested, thanks) is limited to 10 chars, A-Z and 0-9. Your idea is quite an amusing one. If I remember correctly, all the database access code was precompiled SQL-stored procedures code with parameters for the data fields.