ISO 20022 · Cash account type

TRANTransacting Account

Registered in sourceSource release: August 2026 (v3)

Published definition

A transacting account is the most basic type of bank account that you can get. The main difference between transaction and cheque accounts is that you usually do not get a cheque book with your transacting account and neither are you offered an overdraft facility.

Code set and usage

Cash account type contains 28 registered codes. Its exact identifier is ExternalCashAccountType1Code.

Specifies the nature, or use, of the cash account in the format of character string with a maximum length of 4 characters. The list of valid codes is an external code list published separately. External code sets can be downloaded from www.iso20022.org.

Use the code with the applicable message version and implementation guide. A matching code value alone does not establish the same meaning in another set.

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