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Fedwire pacs.008 — routing number that cannot exist

The creditor agent’s routing number is 021000088 — one digit off. It fails the ABA 3-7-1 check digit, so it is not a number that can exist. The XSD sees nine perfectly good digits.

pacs.008.001.08 — Invalid

The creditor agent’s routing number is 021000088 — one digit off. It fails the ABA 3-7-1 check digit, so it is not a number that can exist. The XSD sees nine perfectly good digits.

Fedwire ISO 20022 message (US) pacs.008.001.08 Federal Reserve — Fedwire Funds Service (ISO 20022, live since 14/07/2025)Expected result: Invalid — 1 errors

What this file shows

The creditor agent’s routing number is 021000088 — one digit off. It fails the ABA 3-7-1 check digit, so it is not a number that can exist. The XSD sees nine perfectly good digits.

Transactions1
Total$125,000.00
Date in the file2026-11-20

The defects it carries

  • ABA-CHECKDIGITdoes not satisfy the ABA 3-7-1 mod-10 check digit

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Every party, IBAN and amount below is fictitious. The IBANs are structurally valid — they pass the mod-97 check — but they belong to no real account.

File content

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Envelope>
    <AppHdr xmlns="urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:head.001.001.03">
        <Fr>
            <FIId>
                <FinInstnId>
                    <BICFI>CHASUS33XXX</BICFI>
                    <ClrSysMmbId>
                        <ClrSysId>
                            <Cd>USABA</Cd>
                        </ClrSysId>
                        <MmbId>021000021</MmbId>
                    </ClrSysMmbId>
                </FinInstnId>
            </FIId>
        </Fr>
        <To>
            <FIId>
                <FinInstnId>
                    <BICFI>PNBPUS3NNYC</BICFI>
                    <ClrSysMmbId>
                        <ClrSysId>
                            <Cd>USABA</Cd>
                        </ClrSysId>
                        <MmbId>021000089</MmbId>
                    </ClrSysMmbId>
                </FinInstnId>
            </FIId>
        </To>
        <BizMsgIdr>20261120CHASUS33001</BizMsgIdr>
        <MsgDefIdr>pacs.008.001.08</MsgDefIdr>
        <CreDt>2026-11-20T09:30:00Z</CreDt>
    </AppHdr>
    <Document xmlns="urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:pacs.008.001.08">
        <FIToFICstmrCdtTrf>
            <GrpHdr>
                <MsgId>20261120CHASUS33001</MsgId>
                <CreDtTm>2026-11-20T09:30:00</CreDtTm>
                <NbOfTxs>1</NbOfTxs>
                <SttlmInf>
                    <SttlmMtd>CLRG</SttlmMtd>
                </SttlmInf>
            </GrpHdr>
            <CdtTrfTxInf>
                <PmtId>
                    <InstrId>FDW20261120001</InstrId>
                    <EndToEndId>INV-2026-8842</EndToEndId>
                    <UETR>7a56b2c4-1f3e-4d9a-b8e5-2c1a9f7d3b60</UETR>
                </PmtId>
                <IntrBkSttlmAmt Ccy="USD">125000.00</IntrBkSttlmAmt>
                <IntrBkSttlmDt>2026-11-20</IntrBkSttlmDt>
                <ChrgBr>SHAR</ChrgBr>
                <Dbtr>
                    <Nm>Northwind Manufacturing Inc</Nm>
                    <PstlAdr>
                        <StrtNm>West 57th Street</StrtNm>
                        <BldgNb>240</BldgNb>
                        <PstCd>10019</PstCd>
                        <TwnNm>New York</TwnNm>
                        <CtrySubDvsn>NY</CtrySubDvsn>
                        <Ctry>US</Ctry>
                    </PstlAdr>
                </Dbtr>
                <DbtrAcct>
                    <Id>
                        <Othr>
                            <Id>4417820033</Id>
                        </Othr>
                    </Id>
                </DbtrAcct>
                <DbtrAgt>
                    <FinInstnId>
                        <BICFI>CHASUS33XXX</BICFI>
                        <ClrSysMmbId>
                            <ClrSysId>
                                <Cd>USABA</Cd>
                            </ClrSysId>
                            <MmbId>021000021</MmbId>
                        </ClrSysMmbId>
                    </FinInstnId>
                </DbtrAgt>
                <CdtrAgt>
                    <FinInstnId>
                        <BICFI>PNBPUS3NNYC</BICFI>
                        <ClrSysMmbId>
                            <ClrSysId>
                                <Cd>USABA</Cd>
                            </ClrSysId>
                            <MmbId>021000088</MmbId>
                        </ClrSysMmbId>
                    </FinInstnId>
                </CdtrAgt>
                <Cdtr>
                    <Nm>Pacific Components LLC</Nm>
                    <PstlAdr>
                        <StrtNm>Market Street</StrtNm>
                        <BldgNb>1355</BldgNb>
                        <PstCd>94103</PstCd>
                        <TwnNm>San Francisco</TwnNm>
                        <CtrySubDvsn>CA</CtrySubDvsn>
                        <Ctry>US</Ctry>
                    </PstlAdr>
                </Cdtr>
                <CdtrAcct>
                    <Id>
                        <Othr>
                            <Id>9920014455</Id>
                        </Othr>
                    </Id>
                </CdtrAcct>
                <RmtInf>
                    <Ustrd>Invoice 8842 - Q4 component delivery</Ustrd>
                </RmtInf>
            </CdtTrfTxInf>
        </FIToFICstmrCdtTrf>
    </Document>
</Envelope>

How we know these results hold

Every file in this library is run through the site's own validator on each build. The expected result stated above is asserted by an automated test — if a file stopped matching what this page claims, the build would fail. Two inherited fixtures were repaired this way before publication: three IBANs failed the mod-97 check and several names used characters outside the basic SEPA character set.

Fedwire ISO 20022 message (US)

All sample fileshttps://validatefin.com/samples/fedwire-bad-routing.xml