Card file generation tool

Hello guys,

We built a card file generation tool to make generating the 7 card files easier. This is especially useful in view of financial institutions that don’t have the expertise/time to build an a tool that generates the card files. The responsible personnel only needs to spool details that most financial institutions should have as part of KYC to successfully populate the card files.

Pre-requisites

1. Python 2.7 must have been properly installed and configured. You can follow this tutorial

To configure the application for card production

1. Configure the CardProgram wide settings
   1. This settings are done in the file /Configuration/issuerconfig.conf. The values are described below and should each be separated by a , character. Values with the Nullable column set to No must always be populated. The parameters value can be picked up/understood from the standard specification of the postcard interface specification document

      Var name	User Config	Specification	Nullable
      BIN	BIN	Numeric 6 digits	No
      PANLength	PAN length	Numeric 2 digits	No
      cardStatus	Card status	Numeric 1 digit	No
      currency	Currency	Numeric 3 digits	No
      cardProgram	Card Program	Alphanumeric <=20 characters	No
      discretionaryData	Discretionary Data	Alphanumeric  <=13 characters	No
      cardDuration	Duration of Card(years)	Numeric 1 digit	No
      FINAddress	Financial Institution address	Alphanumeric <=30 characters	No
      FINCity	Financial Institution city	Alphanumeric <=20 characters	No
      FINCountry	Financial Institution country	Alphanumeric 3 characters	No
      mailerDest	Mailer destination	Numeric <=3 digits	No
      FINVIPStatus	Financial Institution’s default VIP status	Numeric <= 3 digits	No

2. Configure Last Card number generated
   1. This settings are done in the file /Configuration/lastcard.conf . This file is populated only during the setup of the application with the first card number in the BIN without the luhn digit. Hence, if the BIN is for a 16 Digit PAN, the value in this file is a 15 digit number. An example of the content for a BIN of 506125 with PAN length of 16 will have a file content of 506125000000000. The content of the file is automatically incremented after successful card file generation to show the lard card generated.

To carry out card production

1. Place the records to be used in the file /Input/customerrecords.txt. The values are described below and should each be separated by a , character. Values with the Nullable column set to No must always be populated. The parameters value can be picked up/understood from the standard specification of the postcard interface specification document

   Var name	Parameters	Specification	Nullable
   accountID	Account Number	Alphanumeric 28 characters	No
   accountType	Account type	Numeric 2 digits	No
   customerID	Customer ID	Alphanumeric 25 characters	Yes
   cardHolderFName	Cardholder first name	Alphanumeric 20 characters	Yes
   cardHolderMName	Cardholder middle name	Alphanumeric 10 characters	Yes
   cardHolderLName	Cardholder last name	Alphanumeric 20 characters	Yes
   nameOnCard	Cardholder Name on Card	Alphanumeric 26 characters	No
   cardHolderAddress	Cardholder address(Populated if it will be unique or 1 if FIN address should be used)	Alphanumeric 30 characters	Yes
   cardHolderCity	Card holder city(Populated if it will be unique or 1 if FIN city should be used)	Alphanumeric 20 characters	Yes
   cardHolderCountry	Card holder country(Populated if it will be unique or 1 if FIN country should be used)	Alphanumeric 3 characters	Yes
   cardHolderVIPStatus	Card holder VIP status(Populated if it will be unique or 1 if FIN default value should be used)	Numeric <= 3 digits	Yes

2. Run the application from the command prompt by running the command python CardFileGen.py from the application’s directory. The output of the application are dropped in  /Output/

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