A broad range of reporting services and capabilities are included under the generic terms of Balance and Detail Reporting or Information Reporting. Bank Information is retrieved by connecting directly to individual bank back office systems or by accessing the bank reporting services offered to bank customers. Some of these services are now offered over the Internet.
Formats vary greatly.
However, several countries still use proprietary formats. All data retrieved is analyzed for accuracy and then loaded into the database in a common format, as individual records. Banner Messages' from the bank are stored separately for review by an operator. Different bank transaction codes are reduced to a common denominator in order to be added together on reports and worksheets. In a second step translation, customers can assign their own 'User Codes' to further custom-define transaction types.