Applicable only for eNACH & Physical NACH mandates]
You can move any historical NACH mandate data from other providers to Cashfree Payments and manage those subscriptions in Cashfree going forward. 1. This can be done without getting additional authorization from your customer. 2. It will help you use a single interface or a single payment gateway to control all the mandates. 3. It also provides a seamless experience for end customers even if you switch from one gateway to another.

Initiate Porting Process

Cashfree Payments will assist you throughout the mandate porting process.

1

Contact Cashfree Support

Reach out to the Cashfree support team to initiate the porting process. Nominate Cashfree as your preferred payment processing partner for your Utility Code or mandates.

2

Partner Bank Coordination

Once you’ve initiated the process, our team will guide you through the necessary steps to share the list of mandates with your partner bank. This ensures their systems are updated to reflect the change.

3

Import Mandates into Cashfree

Import the updated list of mandates into Cashfree’s system.
4

Start Processing Payments

With the mandates successfully imported, you can begin processing payments through Cashfree.

Import Mandates to Cashfree

To import the mandates, you must upload the file with all the details in the NPCI file format or in the Cashfree-specified format. Once the file is uploaded, you can check the status of the import by downloading the mandate file. The file also includes the reason for rejection for cases where Cashfree is unable to import the mandate.

We reject the files -

  • If the file format is wrong (only csv & xlsx formats are supported), headers are different or all records have invalid data.
  • If some of the records are wrong, we show a popup asking whether mandates should be imported for the valid records or cancel the whole file.

We will process the file only for the valid records. After the processing is complete - you can see the imported subscriptions in ACTIVE state in the subscriptions page.

The Subscription object of Cashfree determines how the customer has to be charged. The mandates would be the payment method by which the customers are charged. You can now import mandates from the Subscription Dashboard. You can utilize Cashfree’s format, with a convenient sample file that is available for download from the Subscription Dashboard.

You can now import mandates from the Subscription Dashboard. Merchants can utilize the CF Format, with a convenient sample file that is available for download from the Subscription Dashboard.

File Format

Required FieldsDescription
UMRN_NOUMRN number of the mandate (should be 20 characters).
PAYMENT_TYPEImport mandates is applicable only for NACH. The value for this should be E_MANDATE.
DEBIT_ACCOUNT_NUMBERAccount number of the customer (should be a maximum of 35 characters). Ensure leading zeros are not trimmed.
DEBIT_ACCOUNT_HOLDER_NAMEName of the customer (should be maximum of 40 characters).
DEBIT_BANK_IDBank ID. It should be the same as the first 4 characters of the UMRN number (should be same as first 4 characters of the UMRN number).
DEBIT_ACCOUNT_TYPEAccount type. Possible values - SAVINGS or CURRENT.
MAX_AMOUNTMaximum amount of the mandate.
FREQUENCYDebit frequency. Possible values:
• ADHO-Adhoc
• WEEK-Weekly
• MNTH-Monthly
• BIMN-Every 2 months
• QURT-Every 3 months
• MIAN-Every 6 months
• YEAR-Yearly
START_DATEThe date on which the mandate was authorized. (This should ideally be before current date).
END_DATEExpiry date of the mandate (should be a future date).
SUBSCRIPTION_IDA unique ID for the subscription. It can include alphanumeric characters, underscore, dot, hyphen, and space. Maximum characters allowed is 200.
CUSTOMER_EMAILEmail ID of the Customer (should be a valid email address, a maximum of 250 characters are allowed).
CUSTOMER_PHONEPhone number of the customer (should be a valid phone number, with or without +91).

Conditional Fields

Required FieldsDescription
FIXED_AMOUNTThis will be the recurring amount for mandate for the given FREQUENCY. Mandatory field if FREQUENCY is not ADHO.
FIRST_CHARGE_DATEThe first charge date for mandate after importing. Mandatory field if FREQUENCY is not ADHO.

Optional Fields

Required FieldsDescription
MAX_CYCLESThe number of charge cycles that is needed before moving the subscription to COMPLETED state.