This page displays the character sets that are used for various endpoint parameters.
Personal name parameters
By default, the name parameters (firstName, middleName, lastName) accept the character set in the table below. You can also enable International characters and the extended character set for the name fields.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
A–Z, a–z | Letters |
' | Single quote |
| Space | |
- | Hyphen |
Note
The name parameters for ACH accounts follow the rules in ACH name parameters.
Extended character set
To support an extended character set for the name parameters, the CNSCR provider parameter must be set.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
. | Period |
, | Comma |
? | Question mark |
@ | At sign |
& | Ampersand |
! | Bang (exclamation point) |
# | Hash sign |
~ | Tilde (standalone) |
* | Asterisk |
; | Semicolon |
+ | Plus sign |
0-9 | Numerals |
ACH name parameters
To conform with Nacha file conventions, the name parameters for Add ACH Account (name, firstName, lastName) and Add ACH Account Corporate (name, companyName) accept these characters only. International characters with diacritics (accents, umlauts) are not supported.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
A–Z, a–z | Letters |
0–9 | Numbers |
| Whitespace characters | |
- | Hyphen |
' | Single quote |
" | Double quote |
. | Period |
, | Comma |
? | Question mark |
# | Hash sign |
~ | Tilde (standalone) |
* | Asterisk |
+ | Plus sign |
@ | At sign |
! | Exclamation point |
( ) | Parentheses |
_ | Underscore |
; | Semicolon |
& | Ampersand must be URL-encoded: %26 |
$ | Dollar sign |
% | Percent sign |
^ | Caret |
= | Equals sign |
[ ] | Square brackets |
{ } | Curly brackets |
: | Colon |
< > | Angle brackets |
| | | Pipe |
/ \ | Forward and back slashes |
businessName parameter
businessName parameterThe businessName parameter supports these characters as well as the International characters, when enabled.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
A-Z, a-z | Letters |
0-9 | Numbers |
_ | Underscore |
| Whitespace characters | |
' | Single quote |
- | Hyphen |
. | Period |
, | Comma |
? | Question mark |
@ | At sign |
& | Ampersand must be URL-encoded: %26 |
! | Exclamation point |
# | Hash sign |
~ | Tilde (standalone) |
* | Asterisk |
; | Semicolon |
+ | Plus sign |
Address characters
The addressX parameters (1–5) support this character set as well as the International characters, when enabled.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
A–Z, a–z | Letters |
0–9 | Numbers |
| Whitespace characters | |
- | Hyphen |
' | Single quote |
" | Double quote |
. | Period |
, | Comma |
_ | Underscore |
| ` | Back tick |
? | Question mark |
! | Bang (exclamation point) |
@ | At sign |
$ | Dollar sign |
% | Percent sign |
# | Hash sign |
= | Equals sign |
~ | Tilde (standalone) |
/ | Slash |
\ | Backslash |
| | | Pipe |
embossLine2 characters
embossLine2 charactersThe embossLine2 field in the enrollment endpoints supports this character set.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
a–z | Lowercase letters |
A–Z | Uppercase letters |
0–9 | Digits |
_ | Underscore |
| Whitespace characters |
' | Single quote |
" | Double quote |
! | Exclamation mark |
? | Question mark |
- | Hyphen |
International characters
International characters are Latin letters with diacritics such as accent marks, umlauts, and tildes. To use this character set, contact Galileo to enable it.
The Latin-9 ISO-8859-15 character set includes these characters:
á, é, í, ó, ú, Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú
à, è, ì, ò, ù, À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù
â, ê, î, ô, û, Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û
ã, ñ, õ, Ã, Ñ, Õ
ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ, Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ
å, Å
ø, Ø
æ, Æ, œ, Œ, ß
ç, Ç
š, ž, Š, Ž
þ, ð, Þ, Ð
The following parameters support the Latin-9 character set (ISO-8859-15). These parameters are found in multiple endpoints:
Name parameters
firstName, middleName, lastName, businessName, merchantName, (location) name, beneficiaryFirstName, beneficiaryLastName, billerName, storeName, businessLegalName, doingBusinessAs, primaryContactName
Address parameters
address1, address2, address3, address4, address5, shipToAddress1, shipToAddress2, billerAddress1, billerAddress2, storeAddress1, storeAddress2, city, shipToCity, billerCity, storeCity
Other parameters
message, senderMessage