PAI — Payment Instruction
EDIFACT segment
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States how payment is to be made: transfer, cheque, letter of credit and so on. It complements the payment terms on an invoice, where PAT gives the timing and PAI the method.
Example
PAI+::42'Data Elements
No element descriptions are defined for this segment.
Code List
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
1 | Check |
10 | Cash |
30 | Bank Transfer (EFT) |
31 | Payment by Settlement |
42 | To Bank Account |
60 | Promissory Note / Bill of Exchange |
Watch out
The code sits in the third component, which is why the segment appears as PAI+::42 with two empty components first. 42 means payment to a bank account, 30 an electronic transfer and 1 a cheque. A parser that skips empty components will not find the code.