• Merchant ABA Number: The American Banker's Association number for the merchant; a nine-digit number that identifies the merchant with a debit network. If you do not know the ABA number, you can enter nine zeros in this field.
• Merchant Settlement Agent (FIID): The four-character identification number assigned by the Debit Gateway.
• Reimbursement Attribute: The option selected from the drop-down list indicates whether the merchant is a retail or a supermarket merchant with a qualifying or pre-existing Interlink debit card acceptance. The option selected also impacts the rates that a merchant is charged when an Interlink debit transaction is processed. If you do not know the correct value to enter, contact your supervisor. The available options are:
  • 0 - Other Direct Debit
  • W - Pre-existing Supermkt Me
  • X - Pre-existing Retail Merc
  • Y - Qualifying Supermkt Merc
  • Z - Qualifying Retail Merch