We are introducing an integrated service that allows our users to screen countries and account numbers in all our interfaces. The service is integrated into our APIs and our User Interfaces. This gives our clients the ability to screen countries and account numbers they don’t wish to make payments to or wish to warn before making payments to.
Interim access to Validate Screening is via the following URL: Login (validate.bankersalmanac.com)
Initially Company Super, Admin or Compliance users should contact Validate Support to have the Payment Screening functionality activated for their accounts. They will then be able to amend the Country and/or Account settings as described below to have the required impact in real time.
A Configuration menu link from the Self Service Hub to the Validate Screening function will be included in a future release.
Countries
This service will allow our customers to screen jurisdictions that they do not support or want to send payments to. The service is designed to be integrated into a bank or corporate payments system to prevent the payment being entered.
Account Numbers
This service allows our customers to allow, caution or block individual accounts.
Block List
This will fail a payment to the account number if it has been stored as a blocked account.
Caution List
This will caution a payment to the account number if it has been stored as a cautioned account.
Allow List
This will pass a payment to the account number if it has been stored as an allowed account.
Country Screening
Below are some of the screens for the country screening configuration
Screened Country List
This screen displays the list of countries that are screened
To add a new country simply select the country and add it to the screening list
Once the country has been added it will appear in the list
Once added it will fail when a user tries to valid an account in that country as below (this response is the same in the API)
Individual Account Screening
The service also allows clients to allow, caution or block individual accounts. The errors are configurable for this. Allow our clients to pass, caution or fail a payment and to respond with customized error text. This also works for all APIs and user interfaces.
Below is the configuration screen.
Bulk Upload Accounts for Screening
Instead of logging individual account details for Screening using the above screen, users can bulk upload lists of accounts by formatting a file as the options detailed on the Bulk Upload screen (below) accessed by clicking on the Bulk Upload button on the above.
Individual Bank Screening
The service also allows clients to Pass (Allow), Caution or Block individual banks identified by the BIC. The errors are configurable for this. Allow our clients to pass, caution or fail a payment and to respond with customized error text. This also works for all APIs and user interfaces.
This functionality can also be used to screen for ABA Routing numbers. A Routing number can be used in the BIC field to produce the same result options.
Below is the BIC screening config screen
