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Payment problem — Short-paid or deducted

SHA charges caused a short payment

You are in the right place if SHA charges caused a short payment. The question is what was deducted, whether the supplier still needs a top-up, and how to stop the same short payment happening again.

Built for B2B importers and exporters in Europe, the UK, the USA, Canada, and the UAE with recurring international supplier, customer, and treasury payment flows.

Payment problem map

StateShort-paid or deducted

IssueSHA charges caused short payment

  1. 01Identify stateMatch observable facts to the payment state
  2. 02Collect evidenceReferences, beneficiary details, and bank messages
  3. 03Choose next actionWait, trace, documents, escalation, or recall request
  4. 04Coordinate issueOne owner controls supplier and bank follow-up

Unicorn Currencies helps organise evidence and determine next action. Bank outcomes are not guaranteed.

Problem state

A short-arriving international wire creates supplier tension because both sides can be right: the sender sent the invoice amount, but the beneficiary received less after charges, routing, or conversion. For this case, gather charge field, invoice terms, sent amount, received amount, and bank deduction details. Treasury needs the sent amount, landed amount, and charge path before deciding whether a top-up or route change is needed.

01

What it usually means

The missing amount is usually a bank charge, intermediary deduction, FX difference, or incorrect charging instruction. It is not enough to say the payment was sent; you need to know what landed. Here, SHA charges caused a short payment.

02

Evidence needed

Check sent amount, received amount, currency, fee option OUR, SHA, or BEN, intermediary bank deductions, FX conversion, and bank charges. Confirm whether charges were OUR, SHA, or BEN, and whether the route allowed intermediary banks to deduct before the funds reached the supplier.

03

What not to do

Do not assume the supplier received the wrong amount because of one party only; reconcile rail fees, FX, and deductions first.

04

Correct next action

Compare sent amount, landed amount, and charge path. Decide whether a supplier top-up is needed, whether the route should change on the next payment, and what landed-value instruction should be used before the supplier is put under pressure again.

05

How Unicorn Currencies helps

Unicorn Currencies helps organise the payment proof, references, beneficiary details, supplier messages, and timeline so the next action is clear. Depending on the payment state, that may mean waiting inside the rail window, requesting a trace, preparing a proof pack, supporting escalation, coordinating an amendment, or preparing a recall request. Unicorn Currencies does not control SWIFT, correspondent banks, beneficiary banks, or partner banks, and cannot guarantee recall, recovery, release, or bank action.

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Unicorn Currencies Limited is registered with FINTRAC as a Money Services Business and registered with the Bank of Canada as a Payment Service Provider under the Retail Payment Activities Act. UK services are provided by Unicorn Currencies Ltd as a corporate intermediary through authorised partners where regulated payment or e-money services are required. Legal and regulatory information.