diff --git a/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/BaseEnumOptionData.java b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/BaseEnumOptionData.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca81d716e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/BaseEnumOptionData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.data;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import lombok.Getter;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Immutable data object representing generic enumeration value.
+ * </p>
+ */
+@Getter
+@EqualsAndHashCode
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public abstract class BaseEnumOptionData<T> implements Serializable {
+
+    protected T id;
+    protected final String code;
+    protected final String value;
+}
diff --git a/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/EnumOptionData.java b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/EnumOptionData.java
index 6f2251e9f..f3c027a84 100644
--- a/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/EnumOptionData.java
+++ b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/EnumOptionData.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.data;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.Getter;
 
 /**
@@ -29,11 +27,9 @@ import lombok.Getter;
  * </p>
  */
 @Getter
-@EqualsAndHashCode
-@AllArgsConstructor
-public class EnumOptionData implements Serializable {
+public class EnumOptionData extends BaseEnumOptionData<Long> implements Serializable {
 
-    private final Long id;
-    private final String code;
-    private final String value;
+    public EnumOptionData(Long id, String code, String description) {
+        super(id, code, description);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/StringEnumOptionData.java b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/StringEnumOptionData.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec5c152d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/data/StringEnumOptionData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.data;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import lombok.Getter;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Immutable data object representing generic enumeration value.
+ * </p>
+ */
+@Getter
+public class StringEnumOptionData extends BaseEnumOptionData<String> implements Serializable {
+
+    public StringEnumOptionData(String id, String code, String description) {
+        super(id, code, description);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/interoperation/domain/InteropIdentifierType.java b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/interoperation/domain/InteropIdentifierType.java
index 6cba22dc2..81b811271 100644
--- a/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/interoperation/domain/InteropIdentifierType.java
+++ b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/interoperation/domain/InteropIdentifierType.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import lombok.Getter;
+import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.data.StringEnumOptionData;
 
 @Getter
 public enum InteropIdentifierType {
@@ -65,4 +66,8 @@ public enum InteropIdentifierType {
         InteropIdentifierType idType = BY_ALIAS.get(name);
         return idType == null ? BY_NAME.get(name) : idType;
     }
+
+    public StringEnumOptionData toStringEnumOptionData() {
+        return new StringEnumOptionData(name(), getCode(), getDescription());
+    }
 }