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PINL Reason Code: PIN Liability Shift

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PINL means pin liability shift in the ISO 20022 return reason code set. The card payment is fraudulent (lost and stolen fraud) and was processed as EMV transaction without PIN verification.

Code
PINL
ISO name
PINLiabilityShift
Status
Registered
Last updated
2012-02-09

Official definition

The card payment is fraudulent (lost and stolen fraud) and was processed as EMV transaction without PIN verification.

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

Messages and fields that use ExternalReturnReason1Code

MessageElement path
pacs.004TxInf/RtrRsnInf/Rsn/Cd, OrgnlGrpInf/RtrRsnInf/Rsn/Cd
camt.053Stmt/Ntry/NtryDtls/TxDtls/RtrInf/Rsn/Cd
camt.054Ntfctn/Ntry/NtryDtls/TxDtls/RtrInf/Rsn/Cd
camt.052Rpt/Ntry/NtryDtls/TxDtls/RtrInf/Rsn/Cd
trck.001TrckrStsAndTx/Tx/RjctRtrRsn/Rsn/Cd, TrckrStsAndTx/TxSts/RjctRtrRsn/Rsn/Cd
trck.002TrckrStsAndTx/Tx/RjctRtrRsn/Rsn/Cd, TrckrStsAndTx/TxSts/RjctRtrRsn/Rsn/Cd
trck.004TrckrStsAndTx/Tx/RjctRtrRsn/Rsn/Cd, TrckrStsAndTx/TxSts/RjctRtrRsn/Rsn/Cd

PINL questions

What does PINL mean in ISO 20022?
PINL is PIN Liability Shift in the ExternalReturnReason1Code code set: The card payment is fraudulent (lost and stolen fraud) and was processed as EMV transaction without PIN verification.
Where does PINL appear in a message?
For example in pacs.004, element TxInf/RtrRsnInf/Rsn/Cd.

All ExternalReturnReason1Code codes · ISO 20022 code sets

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