Payment Failure Codes

Can be present on a failed payment and give more detail about why an payment has failed.

Code Title Description
AB01 Aborted Clearing Timeout Clearing process aborted due to timeout
AB02 Aborted Clearing Fatal Error Clearing process aborted due to a fatal error
AB03 Aborted Settlement Timeout Settlement aborted due to timeout
AB04 Aborted Settlement Fatal Error Settlement process aborted due to a fatal error
AB08 Offline Creditor Agent Payer Participant is unavailable to process the payment due to Payee Participant being unavailable
AC02 Invalid Debtor Account The Payer Customer Account does not exist within NPP
AC03 Invalid Creditor Account Number The Payee Customer Account does not exist within NPP
AC05 Closed Debtor Account The Payer Customer account is closed
AC06 Blocked Account The Payer Customer Account is blocked
AC07 Closed Creditor Account Number The Payee Customer account is closed
AC13 Invalid Debtor Account Type The Payer Customer Account does not allow funds to be debited within NPP
AC14 Invalid Creditor Account Type The Payee Customer Account does not allow funds to be debited within NPP
AC15 Account Details Changed The account details for the counterparty have changed
AG01 Transaction Forbidden The Payer Customer Account is unable to be debited
AG03 Transaction Not Supported The Payer Customer Account is able to make NPP Payments, but is not able to make NPP Payments to the Payee Customer Account type
AG07 Unsuccesful Direct Debit Debtor account cannot be debited for a generic reason. May indicate insufficient funds
AGNT Incorrect Agent BSB/IIN of the account provided falls outside the range published in the NPP Reference Data
AM01 Zero Amount Specified message amount is equal to zero
AM02 Not Allowed Amount Specified transaction amount is greater than allowed maximum
AM03 Not Allowed Currency The Payer Customer Account cannot draw funds in AUD
AM04 Insufficient Funds The specified Payer Customer Account has insufficient funds
AM06 Too Low Amount The amount requested is below the agreed minimum amount
AM09 Wrong Amount The amount requested was not what the Payer Customer was expecting
AM12 Invalid Amount No amount and/or no maximum amount have been specified
AM19 Invalid Group Number Of Transactions The number of transactions in the NPP Payment Initiation Request is not 1
AM21 Limit Exceeded The payment amount exceeds the agreed limit between the Responding Participant and the Debtor Customer
BE05 Unrecognised Initiating Party Debtor Customer has directed the Responding Participant to reject the payment as the Creditor is unknown to them
BE06 Unknown End Customer The Payer Customer associated with the nominated Payer Customer Account does not exist within the Payer Participant (or applicable identified Institution) customer list
BE08 Missing Debtor Name Debtor name is missing
BE22 Missing Creditor Name Creditor name is missing
CH20 Decimal Points Not Compatible With Currency The amount does not have two or zero fraction digits
CH21 Required Element Missing One or more mandatory fields have not been provided
CURR Incorrect Currency Currency of the payment is incorrect
CUST Requested By Customer Debtor Customer has directed the Responding Participant to reject the payment
DT02 Invalid Creation Date The CreationDateTime in the Group Header is not as per the required format
DT04 Future Date Not Supported The Business Service does not support future dated NPP payments
ED05 Settlement Failed Settlement of the transaction has failed
ED06 Settlement System Not Available The FSS is unavailable so the Clearing Request cannot be made
FF04 Invalid Service Level Code The Service Level code in the NPP Payment Initiation Request is not as per the specified format
FF08 Invalid End To End Id End to End Id missing or invalid
FF10 Bank System Processing Error Responding Participant is unable to process the payment due to back office issues or outage
FF11 Clearing Request Aborted The Clearing Request associated to payment was aborted
FRAD Fraudulent Origin The NPP payment was rejected due to identified fraud or due to a scam
MD01 No Agreement The NPP Payment Initiation Request did not contain a Agreement
MD02 Missing Mandatory Information In Agreement Contact Zepto for more information
MD20 Agreement Expired Contact Zepto for more information
MS02 Not Specified Reason Customer Generated The payment was rejected by the Debtor Customer, but no reason was provided
MS03 Not Specified Reason Agent Generated The payment was rejected by the Responding Participant, but no reason was provided
NARR Narrative Contact Zepto for more information
NAUT Not Authorised The payment contents do not align with the Agreement terms
RR02 Missing Debtor Name or Address Regulatory details of the Debtor were not provided in the NPP Payment Initiation Request
RR03 Missing Creditor Name or Address Regulatory details of the Creditor were not provided in the NPP Payment Initiation Request
RR04 Regulatory Reason The Agreement/Payment is rejected due to regulatory reasons
RC05 Invalid BIC Identifier The BIC identifier in the Message Payload is invalid or missing
SL01 Specific Service offered by Debtor Agent The NPP Payment Initiation Request was rejected specifically due to a service offered by the Responding Participant
SL11 Creditor not on Whitelist of Debtor The Payee or the Initiating Party is not included in the Payer Customer's whitelist
SL12 Creditor on Blacklist of Debtor The Payee or the Initiating Party is included in the Payer Customer's blacklist
SL13 Maximum number of Direct Debit Transactions exceeded The payment was rejected because the number of transactions requested exceeds the Debtor Agent offering
SL14 Maximum Direct Debit Transaction Amount exceeded The payment was rejected because the total value of transactions requested exceeds the Debtor Agent offering
TD03 Incorrect File Structure The file format is incomplete or invalid
TM01 Invalid Cut Off Time The NPP Payment Initiation Request was received by the Responding Participant after an agreed cut-off time
AVED After Validity End Date It is after the agreement's validity end date
BVSD Before Validity Start Date It is before the agreement's validity start date
MCGP In Grace Period The agreement has recently been migrated and is still in its grace period
NACT Not Active Agreement is not active
ZPUNP01 Debtor's financial institution does not support PayTo Cannot create agreement with provided debtor account
ZPUNP02 Invalid creditor account The given creditor account cannot accept funds via NPP
ZPUNP06 Error resolving alias Zepto was unable to reach the addressing service
ZPUNP07 Debtor alias not found Zepto was unable to resolve the given debtor alias
ZPUNP08 Creditor alias not found Zepto was unable to resolve the given creditor alias
UKNWN Unknown Error An unexpected error occured. Reach out to Zepto for more information