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PENS Purpose Code: Pension Payment

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PENS means pension payment in the ISO 20022 category purpose code set. Transaction is the payment of pension.

Code
PENS
ISO name
PensionPayment
Status
Registered
Last updated
2009-04-01

Official definition

Transaction is the payment of pension.

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

Messages and fields that use ExternalCategoryPurpose1Code

MessageElement path
pacs.002TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/MndtRltdInf/CdtTrfMndt/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
pain.002OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/MndtRltdInf/CdtTrfMndt/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
pacs.004TxInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, GrpHdr/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/UndrlygFICdtTrf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd
camt.056Undrlyg/TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, Undrlyg/TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/MndtRltdInf/CdtTrfMndt/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
camt.029ModDtls/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CxlDtls/TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, ModDtls/OrgnlTxRef/MndtRltdInf/CdtTrfMndt/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd, CxlDtls/OrgnlPmtInfAndSts/TxInfAndSts/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd
pacs.008GrpHdr/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/MndtRltdInf/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
pacs.009GrpHdr/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/UndrlygFICdtTrf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, CdtTrfTxInf/UndrlygCstmrCdtTrf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd
pain.001PmtInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, PmtInf/CdtTrfTxInf/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd, PmtInf/CdtTrfTxInf/MndtRltdInf/Tp/CtgyPurp/Cd
camt.053Stmt/Ntry/NtryDtls/TxDtls/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd
camt.054Ntfctn/Ntry/NtryDtls/TxDtls/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd

And 47 more messages: see the ExternalCategoryPurpose1Code page.

PENS in other code sets

PENS questions

What does PENS mean in ISO 20022?
PENS is Pension Payment in the ExternalCategoryPurpose1Code code set: Transaction is the payment of pension.
Where does PENS appear in a message?
For example in camt.056, element Undrlyg/TxInf/OrgnlTxRef/PmtTpInf/CtgyPurp/Cd.

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