Huntington Positive Pay file

Works with your QuickBooks report exactly as exported. No cleanup.

Turn your QuickBooks Check Detail report or Excel check list into the check issue file Huntington accepts.

Built from Huntington's published spec · Read 10/26/2026 · Source

Make your Huntington file Try it with a sample file

What Huntington receives

The Huntington file BankFileKit makes from a sample QuickBooks report with fake checks. You see this proof for your own file before anything leaves your browser.

File proof

Huntington , Check Positive Pay issue file, comma separated

positive-pay-huntington-20261026.csvCreated 10/26/2026 (example)

File check: Passed

111688.12,1001,10/01/2026,Example Office Supply Co.,IS226895.24,1002,10/02/2026,"Example Janitorial, LLC",IS33450.00,1003,10/03/2026,Example Property Mgmt LLC,CN42104.50,1004,10/15/2026,Example Employee One,IS512500.00,1005,10/20/2026,Example Construction and Landscaping Services of Northern County,IS

Line 1. One check per line: amount, check number, issue date, payee and issue/void code, in this order.
Line 2. A payee name with a comma goes in double quotes, so the bank reads it as one name.
Line 3. A voided check, marked CN, with its original amount. QuickBooks shows voids as $0.00, so BankFileKit asks you for the original amount.

Set it up once at Huntington

Note: Already have a Huntington import map?

Your file has to match the map you upload it with. Add a new map with the settings below, or use My bank isn't listed to make a file that matches the map you have.

In Business Online, go to Check Positive Pay and create a new issue file map.
Issue File Map Name: 10 to 50 characters, for example BankFileKit issue file. File Type: Comma Separated.
Formatting Options: leave Contains a header unchecked, and check Select account at time of import. Each file is for one account.
Upload Sample Issue File: choose a file you downloaded from BankFileKit.
Map Fields and Formats: Amount is Field 1 with Amount Format $$$$$$$.CC. Check Number is Field 2. Issue Date is Field 3 with Date Format MM/DD/YYYY. Payee Name is Field 4 (it only appears if you have Payee Positive Pay). Issue Type is Field 5. Leave Additional Data empty.
Select Save. Huntington picks up issue files every hour from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM ET.

What's in the file

What each check line holds, in the Huntington file
Column	Field	Example	Rules
1	Amount	1688.12	Dollars and cents with a decimal point. No $ or commas. Up to $9,999,999.99.
2	Check number	1001	Digits only, up to 10.
3	Issue date	10/01/2026	MM/DD/YYYY.
4	Payee	Example Office Supply Co.	Exactly as printed on the check. Up to 80 characters.
5	Issue/void code	IS	IS for issued checks, CN for voids.

.csv file · Commas between fields · No header row · Windows line endings

Good to know

Huntington lets you map your own file. This layout follows Huntington's delimited sample: amount, check number, issue date, payee and issue type (IS for issued, CN for void).
If you use Payee Positive Pay, the payee name must match the printed check exactly, up to 80 characters, including every payee on the check.
Each file is for one account, chosen when you upload it.

Where Huntington's guide doesn't say

BankFileKit fills these in with safe defaults. Your test file confirms them with Huntington before you send a live file.

BankFileKit default: Line endings: Windows (CRLF). Huntington's guide doesn't say.
BankFileKit default: Text: plain ASCII. Huntington's guide doesn't list allowed characters.
BankFileKit default: Amounts up to $9,999,999.99, the most the $$$$$$$.CC format shows.
BankFileKit default: Voided checks (CN) carry the original check amount.

Note: Send a test file to Huntington first

Before your first live file, download the free test file with your first 3 checks, send it to Huntington, and confirm it was accepted. BankFileKit can't guarantee that Huntington will accept a file.

Source

Huntington Check Positive Pay, Business Online Upload Issue File Formats, Huntington. No date printed. Pages 1-3, 6-7. https://www.huntington.com/-/media/pdf/commercial/tm/payables-management/check-positive-pay-sample-layout.pdf. Read 10/26/2026.

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