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Inbound AVS-R

Inbound AVS-R transactions will be handled differently depending on whether or not you make use of Electrum’s Account Mirror.

If You Use the Electrum Account Mirror

Electrum will handle all incoming AVS-R requests using the Electrum Account Mirror and will deal with BankservAfrica directly with no involvement from your core banking system. So, there is nothing that you need to implement for the processing of inbound AVS-R. However it is very important that Electrum’s Account Mirror is kept up to date. See this page for more details on how to inform the Electrum Account Mirror of any updates to your accounts records.

If You do Not Use the Electrum Account Mirror

If you choose not to use Electrum’s Account Mirror, then Electrum will forward each incoming AVS-R request to you.

avs-r inbound

  1. Electrum sends you an inboundAccountVerification message (AccountVerificationRequest schema) requesting that you verify a customer account held at your bank.
AccountVerificationRequest Schema
schemastringrequired
Discriminator
messageIdentifiersobject(MessageIdentifiers)required

Holds a point-to-point unique message identification string as well as a message's creation date time.

messageIdentifiers.​messageIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

A reference used to unambiguously identify the message between the sending and receiving party. Take note that this uniquely identifies a single message in a potentially multi-message exchange to complete a payment.

messageIdentifiers.​creationDateTimestring(date-time)required

The date and time at which the message was created, in senders local timezone or UTC. The date must be formatted as defined by date-time in RFC3339

supplementaryDataobject(SupplementaryData)

A list of key-value pairs to support adding any supplementary/additional data to an Electrum Regulated Payments API message.

transactionIdentifiersobject(TransactionIdentifiers)required

Holds a series of identifiers to identify the transaction or an individual message that is part of a transaction.

transactionIdentifiers.​endToEndIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

Unique identification, as assigned by the initiating party, to unambiguously identify the transaction. This identification is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire end-to-end chain. Note: this is distinct from the UETR.

transactionIdentifiers.​transactionIdentificationstring<= 35 characters

Unique identification, as assigned by the first instructing agent, to unambiguously identify the transaction that is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire interbank chain. Usage: The transaction identification can be used for reconciliation, tracking or to link tasks relating to the transaction on the interbank level. Usage: The instructing agent has to make sure that the transaction identification is unique for a pre- agreed period.

transactionIdentifiers.​uetrstring(UUID)required

Universally unique identifier to provide an end-to-end reference of a payment transaction. This identifier remains the same for all messages related to the same transaction.

paymentSchemeobject(CreditTransferPaymentScheme)required

Designates which scheme a credit transfer is associated with and describes scheme-specific information for the credit transfer.

paymentScheme.​schemastring(PaymentSchemeName)required

Identifies the scheme used for the payment

  • ZA_RTC: South African Realtime Clearing scheme
  • ZA_RPP: South African Realtime Payments Platform scheme.
  • ZA_EFT: South African Electronic Funds Transfer scheme.
Enum"ZA_RTC""ZA_RPP""ZA_EFT"
Discriminator
paymentScheme.​schemeDataobject(ZaRtcCreditTransferPaymentSchemeData)required
paymentScheme.​schemeData.​userReferencestring<= 20 characters^[\dA-z ]*$

An explanation of the transaction, e.g. to be printed on the account holder's statement.

paymentScheme.​schemeData.​originatorEchoDatastring<= 20 characters^[\dA-z ]*$

Echo data reserved for originator use. Must remain unaltered by the beneficiary.

paymentScheme.​schemeData.​businessReferencestring<= 10 characters^\d{2}[\dA-z]{8}$required

Business reference number. The first two numeric digits identify the bank and the last 8 characters contain a unique alphanumeric value generated by the originating bank (unique for the transaction).

amountsobject(TransactionAmounts)required
amounts.​bankSettlementAmountobject(Amount)required
amounts.​bankSettlementAmount.​valuenumber(double)>= 0required

The payment amount in the denomination of the indicated currency, in the format '<major units>.<minor units> with the number of minor units (fractional digits) compliant with the number of decimal places published in ISO 4217.

Currency CodeExampleValidNotes
USD10.0✓Represents 10 USD and no cents.
USD10.00✓
USD10.001✗US dollar does not support three decimal places.
JPY10.0✓Represents 10 Japanese Yen.
JPY10.1✗Japanese Yen does not support decimal places.
amounts.​bankSettlementAmount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$required

A valid, active currency code as defined in ISO 4217 indicating the currency of the amount.

amounts.​instructedAmountobject(Amount)
paymentTypeInformationobject(PaymentTypeInformation)
settlementDatestring(date)

Date on which the amount of money ceases to be available to the agent that owes it and when the amount of money becomes available to the agent to which it is due.

creditorobject(Party)required

This model is the basic representation of a Party. It is expanded on depending on whether the party is a person or an organisation.

creditor.​legalNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The legal name by which this party is known (the "FICA" name). This is the full name of the party as found on country-issued documentation (national identity, company registration documentation etc).

creditor.​knownAsNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The name by which this party is commonly known in day to day use. For example, a shortening of their legal name or a nickname that they commonly use. This is "non-official". However, it is acceptable for this field to be set to the same as legalName.

creditor.​addressobject(PostalAddress)
creditor.​contactDetailsobject(ContactDetails)
creditor.​countryOfResidencestring(CountryCode)[A-Z]{2,2}

A code to identify a country, a dependency, or another area of particular geopolitical interest, on the basis of country names obtained from the United Nations (ISO 3166, Alpha-2 code).

creditor.​identificationobject(PartyIdentification)

The identification of a party, either a person or an organisation.

creditorAccountobject(PaymentAccount)required

Representation of an account for payment purposes. Note that at least one of identification or proxy is expected to be present.

creditorAccount.​identificationobject(BankingIdentifier)
creditorAccount.​proxyobject(NonBankingIdentifier)
creditorAccount.​typeobject(AccountType)
creditorAccount.​namestring<= 70 characters

Name of the account, as assigned by the account servicing institution, in agreement with the account owner in order to provide an additional means of identification of the account.

creditorAccount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$

Identification of the currency in which the account is held.

creditorAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)required
creditorAgent.​bicfistring^[A-Z0-9]{4,4}[A-Z]{2,2}[A-Z0-9]{2,2}([A-Z0-9...

A code allocated to a financial or non-financial institution by the ISO 9362 Registration Authority as described in ISO 9362 Banking - Banking telecommunication messages - Business identifier code (BIC)

creditorAgent.​leistring[A-Z0-9]{18,18}[0-9]{2,2}

An organisation identified by a code allocated to a party as described in ISO 17442 Financial Services - Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).

creditorAgent.​companyRegistrationstring<= 35 characters

A unique identifier assigned to a company or organisation by a duly appointed authority within a country.

creditorAgent.​memberIdstring<= 35 characters

Identification of a member of a clearing system.

creditorAgent.​namestring<= 140 characters

Name by which an institution is known and which is usually used to identify that institution

creditorAgent.​branchobject(BranchIdentification)
creditorAgent.​additionalIdentificationsArray of objects(AccountIdentification)
debtorobject(Party)required

This model is the basic representation of a Party. It is expanded on depending on whether the party is a person or an organisation.

debtor.​legalNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The legal name by which this party is known (the "FICA" name). This is the full name of the party as found on country-issued documentation (national identity, company registration documentation etc).

debtor.​knownAsNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The name by which this party is commonly known in day to day use. For example, a shortening of their legal name or a nickname that they commonly use. This is "non-official". However, it is acceptable for this field to be set to the same as legalName.

debtor.​addressobject(PostalAddress)
debtor.​contactDetailsobject(ContactDetails)
debtor.​countryOfResidencestring(CountryCode)[A-Z]{2,2}

A code to identify a country, a dependency, or another area of particular geopolitical interest, on the basis of country names obtained from the United Nations (ISO 3166, Alpha-2 code).

debtor.​identificationobject(PartyIdentification)

The identification of a party, either a person or an organisation.

debtorAccountobject(PaymentAccount)

Representation of an account for payment purposes. Note that at least one of identification or proxy is expected to be present.

debtorAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)required
debtorAgent.​bicfistring^[A-Z0-9]{4,4}[A-Z]{2,2}[A-Z0-9]{2,2}([A-Z0-9...

A code allocated to a financial or non-financial institution by the ISO 9362 Registration Authority as described in ISO 9362 Banking - Banking telecommunication messages - Business identifier code (BIC)

debtorAgent.​leistring[A-Z0-9]{18,18}[0-9]{2,2}

An organisation identified by a code allocated to a party as described in ISO 17442 Financial Services - Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).

debtorAgent.​companyRegistrationstring<= 35 characters

A unique identifier assigned to a company or organisation by a duly appointed authority within a country.

debtorAgent.​memberIdstring<= 35 characters

Identification of a member of a clearing system.

debtorAgent.​namestring<= 140 characters

Name by which an institution is known and which is usually used to identify that institution

debtorAgent.​branchobject(BranchIdentification)
debtorAgent.​additionalIdentificationsArray of objects(AccountIdentification)
instructedAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)
instructingAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)
instructionForCreditorAgentArray of objects(Instruction)>= 0 items

Further information related to the processing of the payment instruction, provided by the initiating party, and intended for the creditor agent.

intermediaryAgentsArray of objects(InstitutionIdentification)<= 3 items

Agents between the debtor's agent and the creditor's agent. Usage: If more than one intermediary agent is present, then IntermediaryAgent1 identifies the agent between the DebtorAgent and the IntermediaryAgent2

previousInstructingAgentsArray of objects(InstitutionIdentification)<= 3 items

Agent(s) between the debtor's agent and the instructing agent.

purposeobject(PurposeType)

Specifies the underlying reason for the payment transaction

remittanceInformationobject(RemittanceInformation)
taxobject(TaxInformation)
  1. You return an inboundAccountVerificationReport message (AccountVerificationResponse schema) containing the results of the account verification.
AccountVerificationResponse Schema
schemastringrequired
Discriminator
messageIdentifiersobject(MessageIdentifiers)required

Holds a point-to-point unique message identification string as well as a message's creation date time.

messageIdentifiers.​messageIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

A reference used to unambiguously identify the message between the sending and receiving party. Take note that this uniquely identifies a single message in a potentially multi-message exchange to complete a payment.

messageIdentifiers.​creationDateTimestring(date-time)required

The date and time at which the message was created, in senders local timezone or UTC. The date must be formatted as defined by date-time in RFC3339

supplementaryDataobject(SupplementaryData)

A list of key-value pairs to support adding any supplementary/additional data to an Electrum Regulated Payments API message.

transactionIdentifiersobject(TransactionIdentifiers)required

Holds a series of identifiers to identify the transaction or an individual message that is part of a transaction.

transactionIdentifiers.​endToEndIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

Unique identification, as assigned by the initiating party, to unambiguously identify the transaction. This identification is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire end-to-end chain. Note: this is distinct from the UETR.

transactionIdentifiers.​transactionIdentificationstring<= 35 characters

Unique identification, as assigned by the first instructing agent, to unambiguously identify the transaction that is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire interbank chain. Usage: The transaction identification can be used for reconciliation, tracking or to link tasks relating to the transaction on the interbank level. Usage: The instructing agent has to make sure that the transaction identification is unique for a pre- agreed period.

transactionIdentifiers.​uetrstring(UUID)required

Universally unique identifier to provide an end-to-end reference of a payment transaction. This identifier remains the same for all messages related to the same transaction.

paymentSchemeobject(CreditTransferPaymentScheme)required

Designates which scheme a credit transfer is associated with and describes scheme-specific information for the credit transfer.

paymentScheme.​schemastring(PaymentSchemeName)required

Identifies the scheme used for the payment

  • ZA_RTC: South African Realtime Clearing scheme
  • ZA_RPP: South African Realtime Payments Platform scheme.
  • ZA_EFT: South African Electronic Funds Transfer scheme.
Enum"ZA_RTC""ZA_RPP""ZA_EFT"
Discriminator
paymentScheme.​schemeDataobject(ZaRtcCreditTransferPaymentSchemeData)required
paymentScheme.​schemeData.​userReferencestring<= 20 characters^[\dA-z ]*$

An explanation of the transaction, e.g. to be printed on the account holder's statement.

paymentScheme.​schemeData.​originatorEchoDatastring<= 20 characters^[\dA-z ]*$

Echo data reserved for originator use. Must remain unaltered by the beneficiary.

paymentScheme.​schemeData.​businessReferencestring<= 10 characters^\d{2}[\dA-z]{8}$required

Business reference number. The first two numeric digits identify the bank and the last 8 characters contain a unique alphanumeric value generated by the originating bank (unique for the transaction).

amountsobject(TransactionAmounts)required
amounts.​bankSettlementAmountobject(Amount)required
amounts.​bankSettlementAmount.​valuenumber(double)>= 0required

The payment amount in the denomination of the indicated currency, in the format '<major units>.<minor units> with the number of minor units (fractional digits) compliant with the number of decimal places published in ISO 4217.

Currency CodeExampleValidNotes
USD10.0✓Represents 10 USD and no cents.
USD10.00✓
USD10.001✗US dollar does not support three decimal places.
JPY10.0✓Represents 10 Japanese Yen.
JPY10.1✗Japanese Yen does not support decimal places.
amounts.​bankSettlementAmount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$required

A valid, active currency code as defined in ISO 4217 indicating the currency of the amount.

amounts.​instructedAmountobject(Amount)
paymentTypeInformationobject(PaymentTypeInformation)
settlementDatestring(date)

Date on which the amount of money ceases to be available to the agent that owes it and when the amount of money becomes available to the agent to which it is due.

creditorobject(Party)required

This model is the basic representation of a Party. It is expanded on depending on whether the party is a person or an organisation.

creditor.​legalNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The legal name by which this party is known (the "FICA" name). This is the full name of the party as found on country-issued documentation (national identity, company registration documentation etc).

creditor.​knownAsNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The name by which this party is commonly known in day to day use. For example, a shortening of their legal name or a nickname that they commonly use. This is "non-official". However, it is acceptable for this field to be set to the same as legalName.

creditor.​addressobject(PostalAddress)
creditor.​contactDetailsobject(ContactDetails)
creditor.​countryOfResidencestring(CountryCode)[A-Z]{2,2}

A code to identify a country, a dependency, or another area of particular geopolitical interest, on the basis of country names obtained from the United Nations (ISO 3166, Alpha-2 code).

creditor.​identificationobject(PartyIdentification)

The identification of a party, either a person or an organisation.

creditorAccountobject(PaymentAccount)required

Representation of an account for payment purposes. Note that at least one of identification or proxy is expected to be present.

creditorAccount.​identificationobject(BankingIdentifier)
creditorAccount.​proxyobject(NonBankingIdentifier)
creditorAccount.​typeobject(AccountType)
creditorAccount.​namestring<= 70 characters

Name of the account, as assigned by the account servicing institution, in agreement with the account owner in order to provide an additional means of identification of the account.

creditorAccount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$

Identification of the currency in which the account is held.

creditorAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)required
creditorAgent.​bicfistring^[A-Z0-9]{4,4}[A-Z]{2,2}[A-Z0-9]{2,2}([A-Z0-9...

A code allocated to a financial or non-financial institution by the ISO 9362 Registration Authority as described in ISO 9362 Banking - Banking telecommunication messages - Business identifier code (BIC)

creditorAgent.​leistring[A-Z0-9]{18,18}[0-9]{2,2}

An organisation identified by a code allocated to a party as described in ISO 17442 Financial Services - Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).

creditorAgent.​companyRegistrationstring<= 35 characters

A unique identifier assigned to a company or organisation by a duly appointed authority within a country.

creditorAgent.​memberIdstring<= 35 characters

Identification of a member of a clearing system.

creditorAgent.​namestring<= 140 characters

Name by which an institution is known and which is usually used to identify that institution

creditorAgent.​branchobject(BranchIdentification)
creditorAgent.​additionalIdentificationsArray of objects(AccountIdentification)
debtorobject(Party)required

This model is the basic representation of a Party. It is expanded on depending on whether the party is a person or an organisation.

debtor.​legalNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The legal name by which this party is known (the "FICA" name). This is the full name of the party as found on country-issued documentation (national identity, company registration documentation etc).

debtor.​knownAsNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The name by which this party is commonly known in day to day use. For example, a shortening of their legal name or a nickname that they commonly use. This is "non-official". However, it is acceptable for this field to be set to the same as legalName.

debtor.​addressobject(PostalAddress)
debtor.​contactDetailsobject(ContactDetails)
debtor.​countryOfResidencestring(CountryCode)[A-Z]{2,2}

A code to identify a country, a dependency, or another area of particular geopolitical interest, on the basis of country names obtained from the United Nations (ISO 3166, Alpha-2 code).

debtor.​identificationobject(PartyIdentification)

The identification of a party, either a person or an organisation.

debtorAccountobject(PaymentAccount)

Representation of an account for payment purposes. Note that at least one of identification or proxy is expected to be present.

debtorAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)required
debtorAgent.​bicfistring^[A-Z0-9]{4,4}[A-Z]{2,2}[A-Z0-9]{2,2}([A-Z0-9...

A code allocated to a financial or non-financial institution by the ISO 9362 Registration Authority as described in ISO 9362 Banking - Banking telecommunication messages - Business identifier code (BIC)

debtorAgent.​leistring[A-Z0-9]{18,18}[0-9]{2,2}

An organisation identified by a code allocated to a party as described in ISO 17442 Financial Services - Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).

debtorAgent.​companyRegistrationstring<= 35 characters

A unique identifier assigned to a company or organisation by a duly appointed authority within a country.

debtorAgent.​memberIdstring<= 35 characters

Identification of a member of a clearing system.

debtorAgent.​namestring<= 140 characters

Name by which an institution is known and which is usually used to identify that institution

debtorAgent.​branchobject(BranchIdentification)
debtorAgent.​additionalIdentificationsArray of objects(AccountIdentification)
instructedAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)
instructingAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)
instructionForCreditorAgentArray of objects(Instruction)>= 0 items

Further information related to the processing of the payment instruction, provided by the initiating party, and intended for the creditor agent.

intermediaryAgentsArray of objects(InstitutionIdentification)<= 3 items

Agents between the debtor's agent and the creditor's agent. Usage: If more than one intermediary agent is present, then IntermediaryAgent1 identifies the agent between the DebtorAgent and the IntermediaryAgent2

previousInstructingAgentsArray of objects(InstitutionIdentification)<= 3 items

Agent(s) between the debtor's agent and the instructing agent.

purposeobject(PurposeType)

Specifies the underlying reason for the payment transaction

remittanceInformationobject(RemittanceInformation)
taxobject(TaxInformation)
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