Cameroon (XAF)

  • Local currency: Central African CFA Franc (XAF)

  • ISO country code: CM

Template Field Name

API Field Name

CSV Field Name

Mandatory/Optional

Field Length

Description

Bank Name

BankName

bank name

Mandatory

50

Name of the beneficiary (payee) bank

Payee

CustomerName

payee

Mandatory

50

If the beneficiary (payee) is an individual, this should be their full name including both their first and last name (no initials) with a space in-between.

If the beneficiary (payee) is a company, this should be the full company name.

Failure to provide the full name could result in delays and potential rejection of your payment. This must consist of 2 words, separated by a space.

Account Number

BankAccountNumber

account number

Mandatory

27

Account Number is 27 digits.

 

The 27 digit Local domestic account number structure is as follows : country code (2), followed by Control digits (2), 23 digit RIB (bank code(5), branch code(5), a/c number(11) and national check digits(2)).

SWIFT BIC

SWIFT

swift

Mandatory

8/11

The SWIFT BIC is the Bank Identification Code of the beneficiary (payee) bank.

It can be 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters.

If SWIFT BIC is only 8 characters, do NOT infill to 11 characters by adding XXX. This causes the payment to be sent as an international payment instead of a domestic payment.

Beneficiary Details

Address Line 1

AddressLine1

B_AddressLine1

Optional

35

Beneficiary’s residential (if payee is an individual) or registered (if payee is a company) house number/name and street e.g. 1 Main Street

City

City

B_City

Optional

35

Beneficiary’s city or town of their residential (if payee is an individual) or registered (if payee is a company) address

Postal/Zip Code

Postcode

B_Postcode

Optional

10

Beneficiary’s postal code or zip code of their residential (if payee is an individual) or registered (if payee is a company) address

Country

CountryCode

B_CountryCode

Optional

2

Beneficiary’s country of their residential (if payee is an individual) or registered (if payee is a company) address.

If using the templates, select from the drop down or enter the 2 digit ISO 3166-1 standard country code in csv or API request. This can be found at the following link:

http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes

Date of Birth

DateOfBirth

N/A

Optional

10

Beneficiary’s date of birth in DD/MM/YYYY format.

If using the templates, select date, month and year from drop down or enter in DD/MM/YYYY format in API request (not available in csv request)

Additional Information

  • The purpose of your payment must be included on the payment. This can be included in the PaymentDescription field on the API (v3 only).

  • Funds transfers less than 100MM XAF require 23 digit RIB account number format. Funds transfers greater than or equal to 100MM XAF accept 27 digit domestic account number format or 23 digit RIB account number format.

  • No decimals are allowed in the target currency.