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AUD payouts to Australia use the AU_NPP financial instrument. For the beneficiary account fields (bankName, bsbCode, accountNumber), see Financial instruments and the Payload Schema Utility.

The following transaction-level fields apply to all AUD payments to Australia via NPP (New Payments Platform).

Field Description RequiredTypeConstraints
purposeCodePurpose of paymentRequiredENUMSee valid values below
sourceOfCashSource of fundsRequiredENUMSee valid values below
receiverRelationshipRelationship to the debtorRequiredENUMSee valid values below; valid values depend on whether the beneficiary is a business or an individual

Purpose of payment codes

CodeDescription
ACSCAccounting services
ALLWAllowance
AMSCAdvertising, market research, and public opinion polling services
BONUBonus payment
CISCConstruction and installation services
COMMCommission
DEPTDeposit
DOFIDeposits with or from offshore financial institutions
EDUCEducation
EDSCEducation services
ENGSArchitectural, engineering, and other technical services
FAMIFamily maintenance
FEESPayment of fees
GDDSPurchase or sale of goods
GDSVPurchase or sale of goods and services
GIFTAllowance (gift)
GSPMGoods for processing and manufacturing services
GSSTGoods and services by short-term workers
GSTRGoods and services by travellers
HLTCHome health care
INTEInterest
INTCIntra-company payment
INVSInvestment and securities
IVPTInvoice payment
LESCLegal services
MACHPayment for machinery and transport equipment
MDCSMedical services
MFGDPayment for manufactured goods
MMFAPayment for miscellaneous manufactured articles
MP2PMobile P2P payment
MRSCMaintenance and repair services
OTHROthers
PAYRPayroll
PSFRPassenger fare
REABReal estate abroad
RELGRental lease, general
SALASalary payment
SCVEPurchase or sale of services
STDYStudy
SUPPSupplier payment
TRADTrade services
VIACVisa application charges

Source of cash codes

CodeDescription
ALMYAlimony
CASHCash proceeds
COMPCompensation
EMINEmployee income
GIFTGift
INHEInheritance
INLQInsurance premium liquidation
PACAPaid-up capital
REDMRedemption
REPYRetirement policy
RESTReal estate sale
RETARetained earnings
SALESale of goods
SEAQSale or acquisition of a corporation
SELFSelf-employment income
SVGSSavings
WINSWinnings

Beneficiary relationship codes

Valid receiverRelationship values depend on whether the beneficiary is a business or an individual.

Business beneficiaries

CodeDescription
BRANBranch/Representative office
CUSTCustomer
FRANFranchisee/Franchisor
HOLDHolding company
PARTBusiness partner
SUBSSubsidiary company
SUPPSupplier

Individual beneficiaries

CodeDescription
CHILChild
CUSTCustomer
EMPLEmployee
EXSPEx-spouse
FRENFriend
OTHROther
PAREParent
PARTBusiness partner
RELARelation
SELFSelf
SIBLSibling/brother/sister
SPOUCovering spouse/partner
VENDVendor

Accepted identity document types

Payments over AU_NPP accept only the following identity document types. Requests that use a document type not listed for the relevant payment role are rejected with a 400 error. Where a role or identity type is not listed below, all values in the field's enum are accepted.

Identity typePayment roleAccepted document types
Individual (idType)OriginatorPASSPORT