What does CAFI mean in ISO 20022?

CAFI is Competent Authority For Instrument in the ExternalAuthorityExchangeReason1Code code set: Competent Authority for Instrument.

Where does CAFI appear in a message?

For example in auth.016, element Tx/New/TechAttrbts/XchgRsn.

ExternalAuthorityExchangeReason1Code

CAFI Reason Code: Competent Authority For Instrument

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CAFI means competent authority for instrument in the ISO 20022 authority exchange reason code set. Competent Authority for Instrument.

Code: CAFI
ISO name: CompetentAuthorityForInstrument
Status: Registered
Last updated: 2021-05-01

Official definition

Competent Authority for Instrument.

Definition from the ISO 20022 External Code Sets, 2Q2026 (published 28 Aug 2026).

Messages and fields that use ExternalAuthorityExchangeReason1Code

Message	Element path
auth.016	Tx/New/TechAttrbts/XchgRsn

CAFI in other code sets

CAFI in ExternalPurpose1Code

CAFI questions

What does CAFI mean in ISO 20022?: CAFI is Competent Authority For Instrument in the ExternalAuthorityExchangeReason1Code code set: Competent Authority for Instrument.
Where does CAFI appear in a message?: For example in auth.016, element Tx/New/TechAttrbts/XchgRsn.

All ExternalAuthorityExchangeReason1Code codes · ISO 20022 code sets

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