[DUG] Bank acc No's

[Paul A Norman]

>From Leigh's link here is the answer to my own question:

"Customer account check digits are performed over the four digits of the
branch number (low order for digits of transit routing fields) and the low
order six digits of the account number. The high order account digit and the
two suffix digits are ignored."



On 22/11/05, Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I opened my cheque account at 17 years of age, there was a folder with
> sheets of available bank account numbers(continuous). Some of those numbers
> are still in use. (May be with some trading banks they reissued that kind of
> account number later?)
>  But how does a checksum algorithim cover those older numbers today?
>
>  On 22/11/05, Leigh Wanstead <leighw at softtech.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > Is that information a trade secret of NZ banking industry?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Regards
> > Leigh
> > http://www.salenz.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz
> > [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz ]On Behalf Of Richard Vowles
> > Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:00 a.m.
> > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> > Subject: RE: [DUG] Bank acc No's
> >
> >
> > I would have thought you would be assassinated if you knew that - it
> > would let you generate new valid bank account numbers (even if there was
> > no account behind it).
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Richard Vowles, Solutions Architect, Borland New Zealand
> > email: richard.vowles at borland.com
> > phone: +64-9-9184573
> > cell: +64-21-467747
> > other: MSN richard.vowles at borland.com, skype: rvowles
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
> > On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan
> > Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2005 9:48 a.m.
> > To: DUG
> > Subject: [DUG] Bank acc No's
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Does anyone have any information on the checksum used for Bank Acc nos
> > in NZ
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > --
> > Neven MacEwan (B.E. E&E)
> > Ph. 09 620 1356 Mob. 027 4749 062
> >
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> > Fx 620 1336
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