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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Payment transactions cannot be negative (Y 02.01, EBA rule v09248_s)

A warning in the payment fraud return (PSD2 fraud reporting), on template Y 02.01, direct debits transactions.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Payment transactions cannot be negative.

EBA checks it for three rows: direct debits, consent given via an electronic mandate and consent given in another form than an electronic mandate. And on six sheets: domestic amount of payment, domestic number of transactions, cross-border within the EEA amount of payments, cross-border within the EEA number of transactions, cross-border outside the EEA amount of payments and cross-border outside the EEA number of transactions. That makes 18 checks. A failure names the one that failed.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

The first of its checks, word for word as the report shows it when it fails. The others read the same, with their own column, row or sheet.

Payment transactions: Of which consent given via an electronic mandate, Cross-border outside the EEA number of transactions >= 0

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Look for a value with the wrong sign in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
  3. 03EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark Y 02.01 as reported.
  5. 05This is a warning. It does not stop the filing on its own, but your authority may ask you to explain it.

The cells it reads

Direct debits transactions (Y 02.01)

Rows

  • 0010Direct debits
  • 0020Of which consent given via an electronic mandate
  • 0060Of which consent given in another form than an electronic mandate

Column

  • 0010Payment transactions

Sheets

  • 0010Domestic amount of payment
  • 0020Domestic number of transactions
  • 0030Cross-border within the EEA amount of payments
  • 0040Cross-border within the EEA number of transactions
  • 0050Cross-border outside the EEA amount of payments
  • 0060Cross-border outside the EEA number of transactions

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Consent given via an electronic mandate, payment transactions must then be at least 0.

0Passes
-100Fails

A file that reports 0 passes. One that reports -100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative.

Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{Y_02.01,r0020,c0010,s0060} >= 0

The next five:

{Y_02.01,r0020,c0010,s0010} >= 0{Y_02.01,r0010,c0010,s0060} >= 0{Y_02.01,r0020,c0010,s0040} >= 0{Y_02.01,r0010,c0010,s0050} >= 0{Y_02.01,r0010,c0010,s0010} >= 0

And 12 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every PSD2 fraud reporting rule, by template

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision.