Capture files
Direct debit requests are grouped by “categories” before the presentation of capture files.
Several lines of captures are visible in the Merchant Back Office (see chapter Restitution of the different dates in the Merchant Back Office).
Direct debit requests are grouped:
By due date: a capture always corresponds to one due date.
By ICS: if the ICS is updated, then on the same day you can have captures containing the direct debits made with the old ICS and other captures containing the direct debits made with the new ICS.
By area of issue of the payment method: direct debits outside the EEA zone are separated from direct debits within the EEA zone.
By mandate type: a capture contains either one-off or recurring direct debits.
- By operation type: refunds (or SCT transfer) are transferred separately.
- The last category groups all the direct debits that were impacted by a mandate amendment that occurs between 2 installments of a recurring direct debit.
For technical reasons, each capture file is limited to 1 000 transactions.
After 1 000 transactions, a new capture file is created.