CFONB domestic format converter for France

The CFONB organization defines additional formats used in payments processing for the Customer-Bank processes.

This format, used in the examples for France, is described in Remises informatisees d’ordres de paiement International, au format 320 caracteres. This document is available through a catalogue on the web site: www.revue-banque.fr/editionCatalogue.do?shortcut=edition_catalogue. This format will be replaced by an XML based format on which the French banking community works currently, and by the SEPA PAIN (payments initiation) format in the case of SEPA payment operations.

It should be noted that the CFONB format is close to the MINOS format, but each bank has the freedom to adapt the format to its specific needs.