Block or Unblock Funds
Banks can block funds fully or partially on an account for a specific or indefinite period of time. This topic explains the service operations and their APIs involved in initiating, updating, and reversing a fund block. It also explains the APIs to fetch fund blocking information.
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Creates a funds reservation with details such as account number, block or reserve amount, period of hold transaction, reason for holding. Funds reservations are created to block or reserve funds which restricts any debit movements affecting the account balance below the blocked amount for the specified period on an account.
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Update funds reservation with details such as account number, block or reserve amount, period of hold transaction, reason for holding. Funds reservations are created to block or reserve funds which restricts any debit movements affecting the account balance below the blocked amount for the specified period on an account.
Reverse Fund Blocking
DELETECancels the funds reservation of an account. Funds reservations are created to block or reserve funds which restricts any debit movements affecting the account balance below the blocked amount for the specified period on an account. On removal of the funds reservations, the blocked or reserved amount is now available for usage.
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Retrieves the reserved funds details such as reason, amount and period of reservation of the account
Posting Restriction
Banks employ posting restrictions to regulate transactions in accounts. Posting restrictions are transaction-based rules that prevent transactions from being posted to an account for the purpose of operational control. A typical business case in which a bank uses a posting restrictions to regulate credits into an account is for non-resident accounts, where there may be restrictions on depositing local currency amounts into the account.
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Update the account details to block or unblock the account by setting the posting restriction and to change the nick name of the account
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Update the account details to block or unblock the account by setting the posting restriction and to change the nick name of the account