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Introduction
This guide provides details of the format of the Extended Industry Sortcode Directory(EISCD) data that is returned when a call is made to the ValidateAccountGetExtendedBranchDetails or the ExtendedBranchDetails Methods of the eSortcode BankDetails Web Service.
The extended industry sorting code directory (EISCD) is a database of information about all the bank/building society branches and bank offices that participate in one or more of the UK clearings systems. The EISCD is maintained and supplied by Vocalink Limited (
www.vocalink.com
), on behalf of the banking industry, and the copyright is owned by APACS Administration Limited.
BACS - Bulk electronic clearing
CHAPS Sterling - High value, same day sterling payment clearing
Cheque and Credit Clearing - Cheque clearing for Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Faster Payments Service - near real time electronic credit clearing
To download the EISCD specification document(s) from the vocalink website please
click here.
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