Regulatory Alerts2025-12-23 | A 8381Ref.: Circular CONAU 1-1713 RUNOR 1-1937 R.I. - Card Payment Acquirers. Adjustments.
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic issued Communication “A” 8381 to implement adjustments to the Information Regime for Card Payment Acquirers, applicable to December 2025 reporting with a January 22, 2026 deadline. The directive updates Table 2 by incorporating payment scheme code “99999” for foreign-issued cards, modifies field 10 (“Original currency”) in the OPADQUIRENCIA.TXT file design, and revises validation control 11 for inconsistent card issuance data. Attached annex sheets replace the relevant Operating Rules and Section 81 documentation to ensure accurate payment service provider reporting and error handling.
“Year of the Reconstruction of the Argentine Nation” COMMUNICATION “A” 8381 23/12/2025 CARD PAYMENT ACQUIRERS: Ref.: Circular CONAU 1-1713, RUNOR 1-1937: R.I. - Card Payment Acquirers. Adjustments.
We address you to communicate the adjustments introduced in the Information Regime referenced, applicable for information corresponding to the December 2025 period, with a due date of January 22, 2026. Regarding this, the following adjustments are detailed: Operating Rules. SECTION III – TABLES:
- Table 2. Payment schemes: incorporation of code “99999”. Section 81.:
- Point 81.4. Record design: adjustment of field 10 “Original currency” in the design of the file “OPADQUIRENCIA.TXT”.
- Point 81.5. Validation error table: adjustment of control 11. The sheets to be replaced in the respective Operating Rules and in Section 81 of “Submission of Information to the Central Bank” are attached as an Annex. We salute you attentively. CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Mariana A. Díaz Estela M. del Pino Suárez Manager of the Information Regime Deputy General Manager of the Information Regime and Protection of Users of Financial Services ANNEX
Table 1 Payment Instrument Code Credit card 101 Debit card 102 Prepaid card 103 Charge card 104
Table 2: Payment schemes The brand code assigned in the table named “Card brands table” available on the exclusive BCRA website (https://www3.bcra.gob.ar) must be integrated. In the case of cards issued abroad and a scheme not included in said table, the code “99999” corresponding to “Others” may be used to integrate the data requested in point 3 of Section A.
Table 3 Place of issuance Code Argentina 201 Abroad 202
Table 4 Initiation method/channel Code Automatic Debit 301 E-Commerce 302 POS - Magnetic stripe 303 POS - EMV Chip 304 POS - Contactless cards 305 POS - Contactless mobile device (NFC) 306 POS - QR 307 Printed QR 308 Telephone sales 309 Others 399
B.C.R.A. INFORMATION REGIME PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS CARD PAYMENT ACQUIRERS SECTION III – TABLES Version: 2nd. COMMUNICATION “A” 8381 Validity: 01/12/2025 Page 1
B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 81. Card Payment Acquirers. Designation: “OPADQUIRENCIA.TXT” Sheet 1 of 1 No. Field Name Type Maximum Length (1) Observations 1 Payment Instrument Numeric 3 According to Table 1 of the Operating Rules. 2 Payment scheme Numeric 5 According to Table 2 of the Operating Rules. 3 Card place of issuance Numeric 3 According to Table 3 of the Operating Rules. 4 Entity issuer CUIT Numeric 11 Issuing entity's CUIT, according to point 5 of Section A of the Operating Rules. 5 Initiation method / access channel Numeric 3 According to Table 4 of the Operating Rules. 6 Payment modality Numeric 3 According to Table 5 of the Operating Rules. 7 Business sector Numeric 5 According to Table 6 of the Operating Rules. 8 PSP registration code in BCRA Interoperable Wallet Numeric 5 According to point 8 of Section A of the Operating Rules. 9 Sub-acquirer / Aggregator CUIT Numeric 11 According to point 1 of Section A of the Operating Rules. 10 Original currency Character 3 SWIFT code, according to point 11 of Section A of the Operating Rules. 11 Total number of operations Numeric 11 In whole units without decimals. 12 Total amount by original currency Numeric 15 In thousands without decimals. (1) The delimiter “;” must be used as a field separator. Version: 2nd. COMMUNICATION “A” 8381 Validity: 01/12/2025 Page 3
B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK Section 81. Card Payment Acquirers. Version: 2nd. COMMUNICATION “A” 8381 Validity: 01/12/2025 Page 7 Code Legend Cause 07 INCORRECTLY INFORMED CUIT (APPLICABLE TO “OPADQUIRENCIA.TXT” FILE) The reported identification number does not correspond to a valid Unique Tax Identification Key (CUIT). 08 INCORRECTLY INFORMED BCRA REGISTRATION CODE (APPLICABLE TO “OPADQUIRENCIA.TXT” FILE) The code reported in the field “PSP registration code of the Interoperable Wallet in BCRA” does not correspond to a valid wallet code. 09 DUPLICATE NOVELTY “OPADQUIRENCIA.TXT” File More than one record was reported with an identical combination of fields 1 to 10. “STOCKTPV.TXT” File More than one record was reported for the same POS usage code (Table 7 of the Operating Rules). 10 INCORRECTLY INFORMED ORIGINAL CURRENCY The code reported in the “Original currency code” field does not match any of the enabled SWIFT Currency Codes. 11 INCONSISTENT CARD PLACE OF ISSUANCE INFORMATION – “OPADQUIRENCIA.TXT” FILE For the referenced record, fields were not integrated with values admitted according to the following detail: PLACE OF CARD ISSUANCE PAYMENT SCHEME ENTITY CUIT 201 Admitted code different from 99999 CUIT 202 Admitted code Null value “;;” 12 INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN PAYMENT INSTRUMENT AND PAYMENT MODALITY FIELDS Having reported code 102 in the “Payment instrument” field, the “Payment modality” field was integrated with a different code 401.