1. India NEFT User Guide
  2. NEFT Outbound Payments
  3. NEFT Outbound Payments Processing
  4. NEFT Outbound Payment Validations
  5. Network Validations and Special Character Replacement

Network Validations and Special Character Replacement

IBAN check is not applicable for NEFT Outbound payments.

Debtor Details, Beneficiary Details, Beneficiary Bank details, Additional Debtor/Creditor Details, Sender to Receiver Information entered for a payment transaction is validated against the valid characters allowed for the network.

In case of Network character validation failure, transaction is moved to repair queue with error details.

Permitted character set for NEFT Transfers are as below:
  • Alphabetical characters - A to Z (upper case), a to z (lower case)
  • Numeric characters - 0 to 9
  • Special characters /-?:().,'+ space cr lf
  • Special characters entered in a payment transaction are validated and replaced with specific characters as defined in Special Characters maintenance

Parent topic: NEFT Outbound Payment Validations