CPA-005

This section provides an overview on CPA-005 in Secure Payments.

Secure Payments provides transaction processing in CPA standard 005 formatted files, a format used by most Canadian banks. CPA-005 files can only be used when the originating bank and target bank are located in Canada.

You can retrieve CPA-005 file reports and retrieve a CPA-005 file.

You can also create a CPA-005 processor, create a CPA-005 transaction, manually generate a CPA-005 batch file, and perform a broader CPA-005 report search.

You will find the key-value pairs for the cpa entity below.

Key-value pairs

Value:Definition:
idThe processor ID.
institutionThe identification number of the originating bank.
nameThis field allows you to set a name for the new processor.
cutoff_timeThis determines the cut-off time for the processor.
> This field uses an integer that represents the hour of the day in a 24-hour format.
cutoff_daysThis determines which days of the week batch files are created.
sundryThis field is used by the originating bank to identify transactions for the payor and payee.
transaction_codeThis is the transaction code that identifies payments.
originator_numberThis is used by the originator to identify transactions for their own records.
originator_nameThis is the name of the originator, and it will be listed on the transaction.
time_zoneThis is the time zone that the originator is located in.
branch_numberThis is the number of the bank or institution.
destination_centerThis is the identification number of the data center where the batch file is sent.
exclude_banking_holidaysDetermines whether batch transactions will take place on banking holidays.