ISO 20022 · Creditor reference type

PRNBPayment Reference Number

Registered in sourceSource release: August 2026 (v3)

Published definition

Document is a payment reference number used to identify, match, or reconcile the referred contribution payment or related remittance information.

Additional source information

1. Payment type is associated with a contribution made towards the employee’s retirement funds known as Super Annuation Fund in Australia. 2. In accordance with Australian Taxation Office (ATO) guidelines, a unique Payment Reference Number (PRN) must be generated by the employer (payer) to associate superannuation payment transactions with the corresponding employee superannuation information. This unique PRN enables accurate tracking and reconciliation of contributions. 3. This mandatory PRN information is consumed by Super Annuation Funds to reconcile the payment against the associated reporting instructions standards dictated by ATO.

Code set and usage

Creditor reference type contains 7 registered codes. Its exact identifier is ExternalCreditorReferenceType1Code.

Specifies the type of creditor reference as published in an external creditor reference type code set. 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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This code in other sets 1

These share the characters PRNB. Their meanings belong to their respective sets.