Sanctions Check refers to the process of verifying if a payment return complies with international sanctions.

The sanctions check are as follows:

• If sanction check is applicable for the Network and Source (based on the preference maintained in the existing maintenance Source Network Preferences (PMDSORNW)) and for the customer, then sanctions screening is done for the Payment Status Report (pacs.002) message.
• If the option is set as Yes, then the sanction system is picked up from the Sanction System mapping maintenance, Default Sanctions System or Network specific Sanction System.
• A sanctions request XML will be prepared and is sent to the Sanction System. A record is logged in to the Sanction Queue. The request is in Sanction Queue till the final response (Accept or Reject or Seizure) is received.
• Based on the response from the sanctions response status, the below processing is done:
  • Approved or Rejected:
    • If the response is received as Approved or Rejected on the same day, then the reject transaction sanctions status is updated accordingly, and the processing continues with the next step that is, accounting.
    • If the response is received on a later date, then the transaction processing date is updated as the current branch date if it is a branch and network working day. If the current branch date is a branch or network holiday, the processing date moves to the next possible working day for Branch and Network.
  • Seized:
    • In the case of the seized response, the sanction status is updated as Seized. Seizure accounting entries are passed only in case of a negative payment status report (pacs.002).
    • Process Status of the transaction is updated as Processed in the incoming message browser after sanctions check.