Positive Pay Issued-Check File Generator
Build bank positive-pay (issued-check) files in any fixed-width or CSV layout — no transmission, your data stays in Odoo.
What is Positive Pay?
Positive Pay is a bank fraud-prevention service: each time your company issues checks, you send your bank a file listing every check you wrote — the account, check number, amount, issue date, payee and whether it is an issue or a void. When a check is presented for payment, the bank matches it against your list and flags any mismatch as a suspected forgery or alteration. The catch: every bank defines its own file layout. This app builds the exact file your bank expects, from the check payments already in your Odoo database.
Key Features
Configurable Per-Bank Layouts
A fully data-driven layout engine. Define each column's source field, width, alignment, padding character, date format, amount convention and case — for fixed-width or delimited (CSV) files. One module covers every bank.
Built-in Bank Templates
Ready-to-edit starting templates that mirror publicly documented conventions of major banks: Wells Fargo ARP, Bank of America CashPro, JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bank SinglePoint, and a Generic CSV. Reload any preset's columns with one click.
Fixed-Width & CSV Output
Exact column padding for fixed-width files (with a live record width indicator), or RFC-4180 minimal-quoted CSV with a configurable delimiter and quote character. Choose Windows, Unix or Mac line endings.
Header & Trailer Control Records
Optionally emit header and trailer records. Trailer fields can carry the item count and the control total, computed automatically and rendered to the bank's required width and format.
Issue, Void & Stop Status
Each check line is an Issue, a Void or a Stop Payment. Status codes are mapped per layout (for example I/V/S, Add/Void, or a single void flag token), so the same data renders correctly for any bank.
Build from Vendor Payments
Select outbound vendor payments and the wizard turns them into a ready positive-pay file — payee, check number, amount and issue date pulled straight from the payment records.
Amount & Date Conventions Supported
| Convention | Example input | Rendered output |
|---|---|---|
| Amount with decimal point | 1500.5 | 1500.50 |
| Amount implied cents (no point) | 1500.5 | 150050 |
| Amount grouped | 1234567.5 | 1,234,567.50 |
| Date %m/%d/%Y | 2026-06-08 | 06/08/2026 |
| Date %Y%m%d | 2026-06-08 | 20260608 |
| Date %m%d%y | 2026-06-08 | 060826 |
How It Works
- Pick (or build) the bank layout for your account.
- Add issued / voided checks — manually, or with the "Build from Payments" wizard.
- Click Generate File and review the in-app preview.
- Download the file and upload it to your bank's cash-management portal.
Data Boundary & Disclosure
This module is a pure file generator. It builds the positive-pay text file for you to upload yourself through your bank's own portal. It transmits nothing to any external service, stores no bank credentials, and is not affiliated with or certified by any bank. Bank names are referenced only to describe the editable layout templates; each template is a starting point you adapt to your bank's current specification.
Compatible with Odoo 18 and Odoo 19, Community and Enterprise.
Screenshots
Build From Payments
Positive Pay Files
Bank Layouts
Settings
Update date: 2026-07-02