Definicja payment reference number (SD)

A number assigned by vendors in Nordic countries to outgoing invoices. Companies in Switzerland that issue invoices with inpayment slips also print a payment reference number on the slip.

When the customer pays the invoice, it quotes the payment reference number, which enables the vendor to match the payment to the invoice more quickly.

The payment reference number consists of a sequential number and a check digit. Each country has its own rules as to how the check digit is calculated.

Furthermore, each country has its own term for the payment reference number. In Denmark, it is known as OCR-linie; in Finland, viitenumero; in Norway, betalingsreferanse or KID kode; and in Sweden, OCR-nummer.