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ISO 20022 bank transaction code

PMNT/IDDT/ESDD: SEPA Core direct debit (collected)

The proceeds of a SEPA Core direct debit collection you sent in a pain.008: credited to your account.

PMNT/IDDT/ESDD at a glance
DomainPMNT Payments
FamilyIDDT Issued Direct Debits
Sub-familyESDD SEPA Core Direct Debit
DirectionCredit (money in): CdtDbtInd CRDT
MT940 type with the same meaningNDDT Direct debit item

What PMNT/IDDT/ESDD means

A bank transaction code classifies an entry in three levels, each narrower than the last. Read together, PMNT/IDDT/ESDD reads Payments › Issued Direct Debits › SEPA Core Direct Debit.

  • PMNT (Payments). Every movement of funds between parties, such as transfers, direct debits, cheques, cards and cash.
  • IDDT (Issued Direct Debits). Collections the account owner made from its debtors.
  • ESDD (SEPA Core Direct Debit).

Collections that fail come back later as separate debits (PMNT/IDDT/UPDD) with a reason code, sometimes weeks later in the case of refunds.

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>CRDT</CdtDbtInd>
  <Sts><Cd>BOOK</Cd></Sts>
  <BkTxCd>
    <Domn>
      <Cd>PMNT</Cd>
      <Fmly>
        <Cd>IDDT</Cd>
        <SubFmlyCd>ESDD</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

Banks usually credit one entry per collection: per payment block (collection date and sequence type), with the single debits in TxDtls or in a camt.054. Match by the payment information id and the end-to-end ids of your pain.008.

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 NDDT (Direct debit item). 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/IDDT/ESDD from a script or an AI agent

Scripts and AI agents get this code’s name, definition, where it sits and the address of this page from GET /api/v1/explain, keyless, or from the explain_code tool of the MCP server (API and MCP docs; add it to Claude, Cursor or VS Code).

REST · curl
curl -s 'https://iso20022-navigator.com/api/v1/explain?code=PMNT%2FIDDT%2FESDD'