3.4.16 Payment Currency

Payment Currency represents the currency in which the invoice issuer requires settlement. This is the currency of the financial obligation created by the invoice, which may differ from the Billing Currency and/or the source currency of the payer's funds or bank account. Payment Currency allows FinOps practitioners to track settlement obligations and foreign exchange impacts.

PaymentCurrency MUST adhere to the following requirements:

• PaymentCurrency MUST be of type String.
• PaymentCurrency MUST conform to StringHandling requirements.
• PaymentCurrency MUST NOT be null.
• PaymentCurrency MUST represent the currency in which the invoice payment was made or expected to be made.
• PaymentCurrency MUST be expressed in national currency (e.g., USD, EUR).

The currency in which the invoice is paid.