customIdentifier

The customIdentifier element is an optional child of Sub-merchant funding instruction request transaction types, as well as eCheck Sale/Credit/Redeposit requests. Payment Facilitators/Merchants can use this element to specify a Billing Descriptor to appear on the bank statements of the parties involved in the funds transfer or Direct Debit transaction.

The information you provide in this element populates the Individual ID field of the ACH Record. The use of this field and its appearance on bank statements is at the discretion of the bank producing the statement.

Type = String; minLength = N/A; maxLength = 15

Parent Elements:

echeckCredit, echeckRedeposit, echeckSale, submerchantCredit, submerchantDebit

Attributes:

None

Child Elements:

None