Philadelphia Financial Center

Related Resources

Common Questions

• Why did I get this check?

File Formats

• Bulk Payment Formats
  
• Secure Payment System (SPS) Schedule Upload 440 File Formats: Formats for both GWA Reporter ALCs and Non-GWA Reporter ALCs for SPS
  
• Payment Application Modernization (PAM) Bulk File Formats
  
• FMS XML Schemas and Documentation
  

FMS Web Sites

• Green Book: ACH processing guidelines for Federal government payments, including guidelines for processing reclamations.
  
• Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP): The Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) system is a web-based grant payment system.
  
• Secure Payment System: The Secure Payment System (SPS) is a web-based payment certification system.
  
• Government-wide Accounting and Reporting Modernization (GWA) Project
  
• Payment Application Modernization (PAM)
  
• Shared Accounting Module (SAM)
  
• Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Policy
  
• Electronic Funds Transfer and Direct Deposit of Federal Payments
  
• Child Support Payments by EFT
  
• Debt Management Services
  
• Check Claims
  
• CA$HLINK
  
• Treasury Check Information System (TCIS)
  
• International Treasury Services (ITS.Gov)
  

Other Related Web Sites

• Office of Foreign Assets Control
  The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. OFAC acts under Presidential wartime and national emergency powers, as well as authority granted by specific legislation, to impose controls on transactions and freeze foreign assets under US jurisdiction.
  
  
• Invoice Processing Platform (IPP)
  The Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) provides a single, central comprehensive payment information portal for all participants in Federal payment transactions: agencies, their suppliers and FMS. The IPP transforms inefficient paperbound systems into streamlined electronic processes for both federal agencies and their suppliers.
  
  
• Pay.gov
  Pay.gov is a secure government-wide collection portal. The application is web based allowing customers to access their accounts from any computer with Internet access. Pay.gov provides a suite of services allowing agencies to obtain and process collections in an efficient and timely manner. The Pay.gov application is comprised of 5 services: Collections (ACH and Credit Card), Forms, Billing/Notification, Reporting, and Verification.
  
  
• FMS Financial Reference Data
  The FMS Financial Reference Data site which provides data and technical schemas, as well as reference data download files in multiple formats.
  
  
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB)