Cash services - Argentina

Market Coverage | Argentina

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CBL | 6-series account

Last Updated

14.04.2026

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Cash payments

Below you can find the necessary information to include and formats to use when instructing cash payments in Argentinian Pesos, ARS.

The mandatory requirements¹ for payment instructions to be processed in the market are the following:

Book transfers (payments to another Citi account)

MX message	Description	Conditions
pacs.008	Creditor agent (CdtrAgt/FinInstnId/BICFI)	Optional. Clients may populate this field; however, it is not mandatory for Citi to process the transfer.
pacs.008	Creditor account (CdtrAcct/Id)	Local participant credit account number to be credited. 10 digits, numbers only.
pacs.009	Intermediary agent (IntrmyAgt1/FinInstnId/BICFI)	Optional. Clients may populate this field; however, it is not mandatory for processing.
pacs.009	Creditor account	Local participant credit account identification. 10 digits, numbers only.
pacs.009	Participant code (CdtrAcct/Id)	Optional. Numbers only.

Bank transfer to local banks (for example for TPFX)

MX message	Description	Conditions
pacs.008	Creditor agent (CdtrAgt)	Must not be populated for correct processing.
pacs.008	Creditor account	Not required for processing.
pacs.008	Additional information (CdtTrfTxInf/InstrForNxtAgt)	Mandatory. Must include: /REC/ Beneficiary bank TAX ID (11 digits, numeric only) /NAME/ Name of beneficiary bank /PEP/ PEP or NO PEP (if blank, NO PEP applies by default).
pacs.009	Intermediary agent (IntrmyAgt1/FinInstnId/BICFI)	Optional. Clients may populate this field; however, it is not mandatory for processing.
pacs.009	Creditor agent (CdtrAgt/FinInstnId)	Must not be populated for correct processing.
pacs.009	Remittance information (RmtInf/Ustrd)	Mandatory. Must include: /REC/ Beneficiary bank TAX ID (11 digits, numbers only) /NAME/ Name of beneficiary bank /PEP/ PEP or NO PEP (if blank, NO PEP applies by default).

Bank transfer to beneficiary within a local bank (with CBU)

MX message	Description	Conditions
pacs.008	Creditor agent (CdtrAgt/FinInstnId/BICFI)	Optional. Clients may populate this field; however, it is not mandatory for processing.
pacs.008	Creditor account (CdtrAcct/Id)	Beneficiary CBU code. 22 digits, numbers only.
pacs.008	Additional information (CdtTrfTxInf/InstrForNxtAgt)	Mandatory. Must include: /REC/ Beneficiary bank TAX ID (11 digits, numbers only) /NAME/ Name of beneficiary /PEP/ PEP or NO PEP (if blank, NO PEP applies by default).
pacs.009	Creditor agent	Not required.
pacs.009	Creditor account (CdtrAcct/Id)	Beneficiary CBU code. 22 digits, numbers only.
pacs.009	Participant code (CdtrAcct/Id)	Optional. Numbers only.
pacs.009	Remittance information (RmtInf/Ustrd)	Mandatory. Must include: /REC/ Beneficiary bank TAX ID (11 digits, numbers only) /NAME/ Name of beneficiary /PEP/ PEP or NO PEP (if blank, NO PEP applies by default).

Mandatory settlement amount – STP requirement

MX message	Description	Conditions
pacs.008	Settlement date and instructed amount (IntrBkSttlmDt/InstdAmt)	Mandatory. Must be populated using the standard format (YYMMDD/Currency/Interbank Settled Amount) to ensure Straight‑Through Processing (STP).
pacs.009	Interbank settlement amount (CdtTrfTxInf/IntrBkSttlmAmt)	Mandatory. Must be populated using the standard format (YYMMDD/Currency/Interbank Settled Amount) to ensure Straight‑Through Processing (STP).

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1. Although some mandatory information may not be in line with Swift standards, they remain mandatory in Argentina. It is important to mention that any change, extra character or even additional information included in the cash instructions will lead to non-STP processing.