past work

banking signs, suggested



General account

[customer's cash on deposit at the bank]


Add funds		AF
Withdraw funds		WF




Loan/debt accounts

[record of a debt to the bank]


Incerase debt		ID
Reduce debt		RD




Account balances

Credit balance		CR	Cash held in account for customer
Debit balance		DB	Debt to the bank




Transaction pairs


WF, RD			(repay debt)

ID, AF			(raise debt, transfer into a cash account)

WF, cash payout		cash withdrawn at a branch

cash deposit, AF	cash deposited at a branch



All numeric fields to be unsigned

All values printed from the perspective of the customer


Where necessary, signs instead of indicators could be used as follows


	indicator	sign 

	AF		+
	WF		-

	CR		+
	DB		-



e.g.

to illustrate



	Acc	Dbt

	100	30



transaction	

	WF 10
	RD 10



	Acc	Dbt

	90	20



After transaction	

	Cash on deposit 90

	Debt 		20
