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COPA Code: Commercial Payments

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COPA means commercial payments in the ISO 20022 market area code set. Payment in which one of the parties is not a financial institution.

Code
COPA
ISO name
CommercialPayments
Status
Registered
Last updated
2016-05-11

Official definition

Payment in which one of the parties is not a financial institution.

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

Messages and fields that use ExternalMarketArea1Code

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reda.057versions 001.01
reda.058versions 001.01
reda.059versions 001.01

COPA questions

What does COPA mean in ISO 20022?
COPA is Commercial Payments in the ExternalMarketArea1Code code set: Payment in which one of the parties is not a financial institution.

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