# Country and Currency Codes
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/mastercard-send-funding/documentation/field-uris-codes/country-currency-codes/index.md

Countries are specified using a 3-character [ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html). For example, the United States of America is `USA`.  

For a list of codes, refer to [Country Codes](https://developer.mastercard.com/mastercard-send/documentation/implementation/country-codes/).

Currencies are specified using a 3-character [ISO 4217 alpha-3 currency code](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html). For example, US Dollars is `USD`.  

For a list of codes, refer to [Currency Codes](https://developer.mastercard.com/mastercard-send/documentation/implementation/currency-codes/).

For amounts, the decimal point is implied based on the relevant currency exponent. For example, a US Dollar $10 amount is a value of 1000.