ABN AMRO SEPA XML Guide: The 140-Character Remittance Limit
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Scope: this guide covers the ABN AMRO credit-transfer profile implemented in the converter. There is no separate ABN AMRO validator rule set beyond the remittance-length check described below.
ABN AMRO's profile is close to the Dutch-market default already seen in the ING guide: pain.001.001.03, batch booking, mixed grouping. The one field-level check specific to ABN AMRO is a warning on remittance length.
What the implemented ABN AMRO profile writes and checks
| Area | ABN AMRO profile behavior |
|---|---|
| Credit-transfer schema | pain.001.001.03 |
| Batch booking | Enabled by default. |
| Grouping | MIXD. |
| Remittance information | Rule ABNAMRO_ISO_001 warns when unstructured remittance (Ustrd) exceeds 140 characters. |
Common warnings and the direct fix
ABNAMRO_ISO_001: Remittance Information Limit. This is a warning, not a hard failure, but a longer invoice description than 140 characters is likely to be truncated by the bank regardless. Shorten remittance text in the source spreadsheet rather than relying on the field to carry a full invoice description.
Prepare Excel without creating a repair queue
- Keep remittance/invoice references at 140 characters or fewer.
- Validate IBANs with the free IBAN validator if you're unsure about the source data's quality — this profile does not encode a bank-specific IBAN pattern check beyond the standard SEPA format.
- Select ABN AMRO when generating; the namespace, batch booking, and remittance-length warning apply automatically.
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