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7. In the “Bank Interfaces Groups” field, select “CPA - Standard 005”your bank interface from the dropdown list. For example, if you are using Bank of Montreal, select the Bank of Montreal bank interface group. If your bank is not listed, select the "CPA - Standard 005" interface.
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Note: The "CPA - Standard 005" bank interface is a 1464-byte file that is the CPA standard and is compatible with all Canadian banking institutions.
- “Description”: This field is how your company name will show in the bank. This will be provided by your banking institution.
- “Next bank file sequence number”: This is the next number in your bank files.
Note: If this is your first transmission out of Harmony, we highly recommend sending a test file to the bank first. Call the bank in advance before sending this test file to notify them. Your test file will have the sequence number “0000” and will change everytime after you’ve sent the file. Once you have sent the file, call the bank to ensure that your file was received properly. After confirmation, you can submit a real bank file.
- The following fields are provided by your banking institution: “Originator number”, “Originator’s long name”, “Receiving data centre”, “Institution number”, “Transit number”, “Company account number”, “Originator name”, “Originator client number”, and “Originator’s sundry information”.
- “Currency code identifier”: If your bank does not specifically ask for this, use the CPA currency rule.
- “Item trace number format”: If your bank does not specifically ask for this, use the CPA currency rule.
- “Debit Record (Company Total)”: If your bank does not specifically ask for this, leave this unchecked.
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