What does CURR mean in ISO 20022?

CURR is Incorrect Currency in the ExternalCancellationReason1Code code set: Currency of the payment is incorrect.

What should I do when I get CURR?

Agree the currency with the counterparty, then cancel or return the wrong payment and send a new one.

Where does CURR appear in a message?

For example in camt.056, element Undrlyg/TxInf/CxlRsnInf/Rsn/Cd.

CURR Reason Code: Incorrect Currency

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CURR means incorrect currency in the ISO 20022 cancellation reason code set. The currency of the payment is wrong for the beneficiary, the account or the agreement.

Code: CURR
ISO name: IncorrectCurrency
Status: Registered
Last updated: 2017-02-08

Official definition

Currency of the payment is incorrect.

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

What it means in practice

In a camt.056 cancellation request (or camt.055 from a customer), a cancellation reason code explains why the sender asks for a payment to be stopped or its funds returned. It sits in Undrlyg/TxInf/CxlRsnInf/Rsn/Cd.

The currency of the payment is wrong for the beneficiary, the account or the agreement.

What to do

Agree the currency with the counterparty, then cancel or return the wrong payment and send a new one.

Messages and fields that use ExternalCancellationReason1Code

Message	Element path
camt.056	Undrlyg/TxInf/CxlRsnInf/Rsn/Cd, Undrlyg/OrgnlGrpInfAndCxl/CxlRsnInf/Rsn/Cd
camt.008	CxlRsn/Rsn/Cd
camt.037	Dtl/CxlRsn/Cd
camt.055	Undrlyg/OrgnlGrpInfAndCxl/CxlRsnInf/Rsn/Cd, Undrlyg/OrgnlPmtInfAndCxl/CxlRsnInf/Rsn/Cd, Undrlyg/OrgnlPmtInfAndCxl/TxInf/CxlRsnInf/Rsn/Cd
camt.110	InvstgtnData/AddtlReqData/ReqdDbtAuthstn/CxlRsn/Cd
camt.116	versions 001.01

CURR in other code sets

CURR questions

What does CURR mean in ISO 20022?: CURR is Incorrect Currency in the ExternalCancellationReason1Code code set: Currency of the payment is incorrect.
What should I do when I get CURR?: Agree the currency with the counterparty, then cancel or return the wrong payment and send a new one.
Where does CURR appear in a message?: For example in camt.056, element Undrlyg/TxInf/CxlRsnInf/Rsn/Cd.

All ExternalCancellationReason1Code codes · ISO 20022 code sets

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