Acme Citibank Singapore Payments

This describes validations / allowed data formats for Acme payments going through Citibank Singapore. These will be validated by Acme and further validated by the bank. These rules may be stricter than what the bank requires.

Common Definitions

• SWIFT Character Set:

  • The 26 uppercase Latin letters A-Z
  • The 26 lowercase Latin letters a-z
  • The 10 digits 0-9
  • Forward slash /
  • Hyphen -
  • Question mark ?
  • Colon :
  • Left and right parentheses ( )
  • Full stop .
  • Comma ,
  • Single quote '
  • Plus sign +
  • Space

• Citi restrictions:

  • For SWIFT character set: do not start a field with any of the following characters: /, -, :

FAST

field	pattern / charset	max length	mandatory/optional
customerReference	SWIFT (uppercase only)	35	M
receiver.name	SWIFT	35	M
receiver.bank	Alphanumeric	11	M
receiver.bankAccountNumber	Alphanumeric	34	M
paymentDetails	SWIFT	140	O
receiver.address	SWIFT	35 chars x 3	O

PAYNOW

field	pattern / charset	max length	mandatory/optional
customerReference	SWIFT (uppercase only)	35	M
receiver.proxyType	MOBILE or UEN or VPA		M
receiver.proxyValue for MOBILE	+ followed by 7 to 15 digits	16	M
receiver.proxyValue for UEN	9 to 13 alphanumeric characters	13	M
receiver.proxyValue for VPA	Mobile followed by # and 4 alphanumeric characters or UEN followed by UEN followed by # and 4 alphanumeric characters	21	M
paymentDetails	SWIFT	140	O
receiver.address	SWIFT	35 chars x 3	O

GIRO

field	pattern / charset	max length	mandatory/optional
customerReference	SWIFT (uppercase only)	15	M
receiver.name	SWIFT	35	M
receiver.bank	Alphanumeric	11	M
receiver.bankAccountNumber	Alphanumeric	34	M
paymentDetails	SWIFT	105	O

ACT

field	pattern / charset	max length	mandatory/optional
customerReference	SWIFT (uppercase only)	15	M
receiver.name	SWIFT	35	M
receiver.bankAccountNumber	Alphanumeric	34	M
paymentDetails	SWIFT	140	O
receiver.address	SWIFT	35 chars x 3	O

MEPS

field	pattern / charset	max length	mandatory/optional
customerReference	SWIFT (uppercase only)	15	M
receiver.name	SWIFT	35	M
receiver.bank	Alphanumeric	11	M
receiver.bankAccountNumber	Alphanumeric + Dash	34	M
paymentDetails	SWIFT	140	O
bankChargeBearer	SENDER or RECEIVER or SHARED		M
receiver.address	SWIFT	35 chars x 3	O

TT

field	pattern / charset	max length	mandatory/optional
customerReference	SWIFT (uppercase only)	15	M
receiver.name	SWIFT	35	M
receiver.bank	Alphanumeric	11	M
receiver.intermediaryBank	Alphanumeric	11	O
receiver.bankAccountNumber	Alphanumeric + Dash	34	M
paymentDetails	SWIFT	140	O
bankChargeBearer	SENDER or RECEIVER or SHARED		M
receiver.address	SWIFT	35 chars x 3	O