A.2.40 Linked Account Maintenance

You can link another account to the current account during servicing and have one-to-one mapping between both by posting ‘LINKED ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE’ non-monetary transaction in Customer Service > Maintenance > Transaction Batch Information section.

This transaction helps to link accounts which are funded separately and also to maintain (add/update/remove) details of the current account.

Table A-130 To post linked account maintenance

Transaction Parameters
LINKED ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE

TXN DATE

Select the transaction posting date from the adjoining calendar.

LINKED ACCOUNT NUMBER

Enter the account number which is to be Attached / Moved /Remove to/from the Current Account.

Ensure that the current customer is linked to that account. System displays an error if there is a mismatch or an invalid account number is entered.

LINKED ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE ACTION TYPE

Select the action type to be performed from the drop-down list. You can select ADD / UPDATE / REMOVE to modify linking of current account to / from selected Linked Account.

VALIDATE COMMON CUSTOMER

Select either Yes or No from the drop-down list to indicate the system to validate if there are any common customers between the current selected Account and Linked Account.

System does not allow to post the transaction if this option is selected as Yes and there are no common customer found during validation.

VALIDATE BILLING CYCLE AND DUE DATE

Select either Yes or No from the drop-down list to indicate the system to validate if the current selected Account and Linked Account have the same Billing Cycle and Due Day.

System does not allow to post the transaction if this option is selected as Yes and the Billing Cycle and Due Day is found to be different during validation.

VALIDATE PORTFOLIO COMPANY

Select either Yes or No from the drop-down list to indicate the system to validate if the current selected Account and Linked Account belongs to the same portfolio company.

System does not allow to post the transaction if this option is selected as Yes and the portfolio company is found to be different for both accounts during validation.

REASON CODE

Selected the appropriate reason code for posting this transaction from the drop-down list.

COMMENTS

Additional information (if any).

On successfully posting the transaction, both the accounts are interlinked and system updates the Linked Account field with Account # provided in transaction parameter.

Also a comment is posted on all involved accounts i.e. Master Account and Associated Account. For Add transaction new Master Account # is updated and for Update transaction, the existing Master Account # is replaced with Account # provided in Transaction Parameters.