ISO 8583 · Data fields

Field 5Amount, Settlement

pyiso8583 starter profilesIndependent explanation

What this field describes

This amount relates to settlement in the selected profiles. It is a separate field from the original transaction amount.

Pair it with the settlement currency and the agreed conversion rules. Do not substitute the cardholder billing amount.

Compare the two profiles

Container settings from the pinned pyiso8583 source.
Setting	`default`	`default_ascii`
Value encoding	ASCII	ASCII
Length limit	Exactly 12 bytes	Exactly 12 bytes
Prefix	None	None

Length limits describe encoded values. They exclude any length prefix. The profiles can be customized; these settings do not establish the required fields or accepted values for a live connection.

Read the field boundary

Field 512 bytesASCII value

Read exactly 12 value bytes. The next field begins immediately afterwards under this profile; no length prefix belongs to this field.

Find it in the bitmap

Bitmap: Primary
Position: 5
Byte: 1
Bit in byte: 5

Positions start at one. Bits are counted from the most significant bit of each bitmap byte. This calculation locates the field’s presence indicator, not its value.