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ISO 20022 bank transaction code

PMNT/ICDT/PRCT: Issued priority (urgent) credit transfer

A credit transfer sent with high priority: an urgent payment, typically settled the same day through the high-value (RTGS) system rather than the bulk scheme.

PMNT/ICDT/PRCT at a glance
DomainPMNT Payments
FamilyICDT Issued Credit Transfers
Sub-familyPRCT Priority Credit Transfer
DirectionDebit (money out): CdtDbtInd DBIT
MT940 type with the same meaningNTRF Transfer

What PMNT/ICDT/PRCT means

A bank transaction code classifies an entry in three levels, each narrower than the last. Read together, PMNT/ICDT/PRCT reads Payments › Issued Credit Transfers › Priority Credit Transfer.

  • PMNT (Payments). Every movement of funds between parties, such as transfers, direct debits, cheques, cards and cash.
  • ICDT (Issued Credit Transfers). Payments the account owner sent.
  • PRCT (Priority Credit Transfer).

Where it sits in a camt.053

The code is in each entry’s BkTxCd/Domn block, the same way in camt.052, camt.053 and camt.054 and in every version from .001.02 to .001.13:

camt.053.001.08 · an entry
<Ntry>
  <Amt Ccy="EUR">1250.00</Amt>
  <CdtDbtInd>DBIT</CdtDbtInd>
  <Sts><Cd>BOOK</Cd></Sts>
  <BkTxCd>
    <Domn>
      <Cd>PMNT</Cd>
      <Fmly>
        <Cd>ICDT</Cd>
        <SubFmlyCd>PRCT</SubFmlyCd>
      </Fmly>
    </Domn>
  </BkTxCd>
  …
</Ntry>

Banks may add their own code in BkTxCd/Prtry, next to the ISO code or instead of it (a German bank’s three-digit business transaction code, for example). Prefer the ISO code for rules that should work across banks.

What the entry carries

Urgent payments are requested in the pain.001 with a high instruction priority or an urgent service level (such as URGP), depending on your bank’s guide. They usually cost more and have an earlier cut-off. Match by end-to-end id.

In an MT940

An MT940 has no ISO code: each :61: statement line carries a three-letter transaction type after an identification letter. The one with the same meaning is NTRF (Transfer). It is coarser than the ISO code, so several ISO codes share it.

The MT940 Viewer converts MT940 to camt.053, and keeps the :61: type as a proprietary code (BkTxCd/Prtry, issuer SWIFT) rather than guessing an ISO code. All the types are in the MT940 transaction type codes.

Look up PMNT/ICDT/PRCT from a script or an AI agent

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REST · curl
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