SSA sends a file containing all foreign direct deposit payments to Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (FRBKC), by way of the Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Services (FMS) approximately 6 business days before the scheduled payment date for recurring monthly payments.

Prior month accrual (PMA) payments are sent to FRBKC (through FMS) on a flow basis one workday after the input. The payment is sent on the run processing date (RPD) as displayed on Payment History Update System (PHUS).

The payment date will be 4 workdays later. Therefore, it is safe to tell IDD beneficiaries that a PMA payment will have a payment date approximately 5 workdays after the input to release the payment, or 4 workdays from the date on the PHUS, if it has already been input.

EXCEPTION: If a PMA payment on PHUS is dated after the close of current operating month (COM) but before the next month, it may include the payment for that month and therefore cannot by law be dated earlier than the first day of the following month. For example, a payment on PHUS dated 3/22/18 (the day after the End of COM for March) would have a payment date of 4/1/18, the first workday in the following month, even though this is 8 workdays from the date on PHUS. Continue with the rule of 4 workdays, when fewer than 4 workdays between the date on the PHUS and the first workday of the following month, the payment date moves to the date 4 workdays from the release date.

In most countries, the payment will be available on the payment date (also known as the settlement date). However, in some countries the banking rules vary, so an IDD payment is not available in the account until one or more days after the payment date.

FRBKC separates the payments by

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  contractor bank, based on the two-digit RTN prefix and the DAN multi-country code (if applicable) and,

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  formats each file to comply with the contract requirements.

For prefix and multi-country codes, see GN 02402.220B.

IDD for some countries is in U.S. dollars (USD). For Mexico and countries included in multi-country contracts that receive IDD in local currency, FRBKC transmits the files to the processor banks, where the currency rate of exchange is established. For local currency payments to other countries, FRBKC establishes the currency rates of exchange before transmitting the files.

FRBKC displays the current and historical payment information on IDD.gov, which is on a secure Treasury website. This includes the payee name, claim number, payment date, amount, and trace number. For countries in which FRBKC does the currency conversion, IDD.gov shows the payment amounts in both USD and the local currency.

FRBKC no longer produces copies of payment files, either electronically or on paper.

Approximately 1-4 business days before the scheduled payment date, FRBKC forwards the payment files to the processing facilities that send the payments through the foreign ACH systems.

FRBKC converts payments to Germany to euros and shows both the USD and the euro amount on ITS.gov.

Payments to Grenada are made in East Caribbean Dollars, but the conversion is done after the file arrives at the processor bank. The USD amount is shown in both the Payment Dollar Amount and Payment Foreign Amount columns.

Send payments to Canada in either USD or Canadian dollars (CAD), and the FRBKC converts to CAD.

A CAD payment to Canada shows both USD and CAD amounts.

A USD payment to Canada shows the USD amount under both headings.