Wiki: IPBL

BANK LOCATIONS#

Bank Locations are all of the banking institutions that the organization deals with directly or indirectly. This section explains the Define Bank screen and its associated fields.

The Define Bank Locations (IPBL) form provides information about the financial institution branches where the organization’s banking is transacted and where the employee’s pay may be deposited.

The information entered in this form will be used to set up the employer’s banking information in the Bank Accounts (IPBA) form and the employee’s banking information in the Payment Method (IPPM) form.

Bank Location data is stored in the P2K_PR_BANK_LOCATIONS table.

Bank Name: This field holds the recognizable name or short form of the name of the bank. You may want to include part of an address (e.g. city or street name) to distinguish the different branches. Bank_Name is a mandatory 50-character alphanumeric field that you must manually enter.

Transit Number: This field stores the banking transit number which uniquely identifies the branch within the banking system.

For Canadian Installations: The transit # is the format of ddddddddd where the first 4 digits identify the bank transit, while the last 5 digits identify the branch transit. Bank_Transit_Code is a mandatory 16-character alphanumeric field that you must manually enter.

ABA Number: For U.S. Installations: Also known as the Bank Fraction number. ABA_Number is an optional alphanumeric field that you may manually enter.

Country: This field displays the bank’s country of origin. Country_Code from P2K_CM_COUNTRIES is an alphanumeric 16-character mandatory field that you must manually enter or use the LOV (F9) to choose the option.

EFT Accepted: If this toggle is set to ON, the system will acknowledge that the bank accepts Electronic Fund Transfers (direct deposits) and transactions attached to this bank will be included in the deposit interface file. If this toggle is set to OFF, any transactions attached to this bank will not be on the deposit interface file. EFT_Accepted is an optional toggle field.

Contact: For information purposes the name, phone number and fax number of the bank contact may be entered in this field. Bank_Manager is an optional 50-character alphanumeric field that you may manually enter.

Phone: This field holds the main phone number where the contact may be reached. Phone_Number is an optional 20-character alphanumeric field that you may manually enter.

Ext: If applicable, you may record the phone extension of the contact. Phone_Extension is an optional 16-character alphanumeric field that you may manually enter.

Fax Number: This is the fax number for the contact. Fax_Number is an optional 20-character alphanumeric field that you may manually enter.:

Address

Address 1: This field displays the street address of the bank location. Address_Line_1 is an optional 50-character alphanumeric field that may be manually entered.

Address 2: This field holds the PO Box #, or Suite # of the bank location. Address_Line_2 is an optional 50-character alphanumeric field that may be manually entered.

Locality: ‘Locality’ refers to the city, district or township of the bank location. Locality is an optional 50-alphanumeric character field that may be manually entered.

State/Prov: This field holds the state or province code’s standard abbreviation for the bank location. State_Province_Code from P2K_CM_STATE_PROVINCES is a mandatory 16-character alphanumeric field that you must either manually enter or use the LOV (F9) to choose the option.

Zip/Postal: U.S.A.: Zip code. Canada: Postal code.