ISO 4217 currency code
COU: Unidad de Valor Real
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COU is the ISO 4217 code of the Unidad de Valor Real, used in Colombia. Its numeric code is 970 and it has 2 decimals.
- Alphabetic code
- COU
- Numeric code
- 970
- Minor units
- 2
- Type
- Fund code
What to know about COU
ISO 4217 marks COU as a fund code: a unit used for a specific purpose, such as settlement or an index-linked unit of account, rather than the everyday currency of a country.
Where COU is used
- Colombia
COU in financial messages
| Standard | How it is written | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Swift MT, field 32A | Value date, currency code and amount with a comma as the decimal mark and no separators | :32A:261022COU1250,75 |
| ISO 20022 | The Ccy attribute of the amount element; a dot as the decimal mark | <IntrBkSttlmAmt Ccy="COU">1250.75</IntrBkSttlmAmt> |
| FIX | Tag 15 Currency (and 120 SettlCurrency), with the amounts in their own tags | 15=COU |
See how to read field 32A, the MT103 and pacs.008 pages, or paste a message into the parser to check its amounts against the currency.
Questions
- What is the currency code of the Unidad de Valor Real?
- COU, with the numeric code 970 (ISO 4217).
- How many decimals does COU have?
- 2. An amount in COU can have up to 2 digits after the decimal mark.
- Which country uses COU?
- Colombia, according to ISO 4217 list one.
- What is currency code 970?
- 970 is the ISO 4217 numeric code of COU (Unidad de Valor Real). Numeric codes are often the same as the ISO 3166 numeric code of the country.
GCC currencies
Source: ISO 4217 list one, published 17 September 2026 by SIX Group as the ISO 4217 maintenance agency. ISO is a trademark of the International Organization for Standardization; ZagTrader is not affiliated with ISO or SIX Group.