Payment Initiation (pain)
pain.008

Customer Direct Debit Initiation

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pain.008.001.08
Area
Payment Initiation (pain)
MT equivalent
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Exchanged
Creditor (initiating party) → creditor agent.

Overview

pain.008 initiates direct debit collections, carrying mandate identification, sequence type (FRST/RCUR/OOFF/FNAL), and pre-notification data. It is the backbone of SEPA Direct Debit and increasingly of request-to-pay style collection flows.

Key elements

ElementNameNotes
PmtInf/PmtTpInf/SeqTpSequence typeFRST / RCUR / OOFF / FNAL.
DrctDbtTxInf/DrctDbtTx/MndtRltdInf/MndtIdMandate identification—
DrctDbtTxInf/InstdAmtInstructed amount—

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