Nationlink Settlement Policies and Procedures

1. Transactions passing through the Nationlink Network shall be settled following the schedule below:
 

Type of Transaction Expected Settlement
Cash Withdrawal Next banking day from transaction date
POS Next banking day from transaction date
IBFT Next banking day from transaction date
Bills Payment Next banking day from transaction date
Monthly Billing End of the month after the reference month


2. Upon receipt of the Daily Settlement Report from BancNet, the Reconciliation Specialist shall reconcile the transactions using BancNet’s BARTS System. Upon successful reconciliation, the Reconciliation Specialist shall conduct reconciliation of Internetwork and Intranetwork transactions within the Nationlink Network.


3. The Reconciliation Specialist shall use the Nationlink Acquirer and Issuer Summary Report (NAID) which contains issuer and acquirer transactions per Nationlink Subscriber to match against the Daily Settlement Report provided by BancNet.


4. The Reconciliation Specialist will then create the Settlement Working File to create the daily settlement report for Cash Withdrawal and POS transactions per subscriber.


5. The Accounting Head shall review and approve the Settlement Working File. Upon approval, the Settlement Report per Subscriber will be manually generated and distributed to each subscriber.


6. On the next working day after the transaction date, the Accounting Head shall instruct AUB – Rufino to do fund transfer based on the following:

Source Destination Type of Transfer
AUB Rufino Landbank – Ayala Telegraphic Transfer
AUB Rufino  Metrobank – Ayala Manager’s Check

7. For the Monthly Billing, Nationlink will be settling to each subscriber by the end of each month after the reference month. The amount to be settled to each subscriber shall be added and included in the settlement report for each subscriber.

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