From: "rob" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Information sent when internet banking and sending money.
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 07:53:13 -0000

Dave wrote:
> When someone does an internet banking transfer to a copany for
> example, what information does that company see.
>
> For example the info I can think of is:
>
> Name of sender
> Account number of sender
> Sort code of sender
> Amount
>
> Is there anything else and would all of this information be shown.

There is usually a reference number. ie customer number etc.  If the company
expects direct payments they havew a system to identify who has paid.

Companies include these numbers on the paying in slips they issue.  Not sure
what happens if you use a regular slip though.

If the company has not got this set up I guess they would not know.  When
paying our solicitor for house moving work IIRC we had to take in the
counterfoils if we paid direct to the bank.