Expected Payment to Transaction Mapping

Learn how expected payment attributes are mapped to corresponding transaction attributes

The table below details the expected payment attributes and corresponding transaction object attributes that are used for matching purposes.

Expected Payment AttributeDescriptionTransaction Attribute
direction
string
The direction money is flowing in the expected transaction. Either credit or debit.direction
internal_account_id
string
The ID of one of your organization's Internal Accounts where you expect to receive the payment.internal_account_id
amount_upper_bound
int32
The highest amount that the expected payment may be equal to. It is an inclusive bound.amount
amount_lower_bound
int32
The lowest amount that the expected payment may be equal to. It is an inclusive bound.amount
type
string
The expected payment type.
Supported types: ACH, BECS, Bacs, Book Transfer, Card, Cross Border, Check, EFT, Interac, ProvXchange, RTP, SEPA, Signet, Wire.
type
counterparty_id*
string
The counterparty, or entity (a person or business), that you expect to receive money from.

Note: A counterparty must have a linked bank account in order for it to be used for matching.
vendor_description,
details

Varies by payment
currency
string
The expected currency of the payment. Must conform to ISO 4217.currency
date_upper_bound
date
The latest date that you expect the payment may arrive.as_of_date
date_lower_bound
date
The earliest date that you expect the payment may arrive.as_of_date
statement_descriptor*
string
The statement description that you expect to see on the transaction.
For ACH: full line items passed from the bank
For Wire: the OBI field on the wire.
For Checks: the memo field.
vendor_description,
details

Varies by payment

*Smart matching
The counterparty_id and statement_descriptor fields are unique in how they are used for matching:

Counterparty: we retrieve the counterparty’s bank account details such as account name, account number, and routing number. Depending on the payment type, we perform “fuzzy” matching or “contains” matching against originator and beneficiary names found in the transaction and its metadata. Routing numbers use an exact match against the sender or receiver routing number.

Statement descriptor: depending on the payment type, we perform a “contains” match of the information specified in the Expected Payment against the full line items, OBI field, or memo field of a transaction and its metadata.