LIST OF ALL SWIFT

MESSAGES
This document provides a comprehensive overview of all SWIFT message types, categorized to cover the
full spectrum of financial transactions. Some SWIFT messages types that are not part of the standards
anymore have been kept for reference in case you ever come across and want to understand the meaning

Category 1 Messages: Customer Payments and Cheques

Message Type Description Purpose

Requests to debit a customer's account held at the receiver or at

MT 101 Request for Transfer
another institution.

MT 102 Multiple Customer Credit Transfer Conveys multiple payment instructions between financial institutions.

Multiple Customer Credit Transfer Conveys multiple payment instructions between financial institutions
MT 102+(STP)
(STP) (Straight-Through Processing).

MT 103 Single Customer Credit Transfer Instructs a funds transfer.

Single Customer Credit Transfer

MT 103+ (REMIT) Instructs a funds transfer with Extended REMITtance Information.
(REMIT)

Single Customer Credit Transfer

MT 103+ (STP) Instructs a funds transfer (Straight-Through Processing).
(STP)

Direct Debit and Request for Debit Conveys direct debit instructions and requests for direct debits
MT 104
Transfer Message (STP) between financial institutions (Straight-Through Processing).

MT 105 EDIFACT Envelope An envelope which conveys a 2k EDIFACT message.

MT 106 EDIFACT Envelope An envelope which conveys a 2k EDIFACT message.

MT 107 General Direct Debit Message Conveys direct debit instructions between financial institutions.

MT 110 Advice of Cheque(s) Advises or confirms the issuance of a cheque to the drawee bank.

Request for Stop Payment of a

MT 111 Requests the drawee bank to stop payment of a cheque.
Cheque

Status of a Request for Stop

MT 112 Indicates action(s) taken in attempting to stop payment of a cheque.
Payment of a Cheque

Multiple Interbank Funds Transfer Conveys multiple payment instructions between financial institutions
MT 121
(EDIFACT FINPAY Message) in EDIFACT format.

Advice of Charges, Interest and

MT 190 Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments.
Other Adjustments

Request for Payment of Charges,

MT 191 Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses.
Interest and Other Expenses

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 Category 1 Messages: Customer Payments and Cheques

Message Type Description Purpose

Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message

MT 192 Request for Cancellation
identified in the request.

Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment

MT 195 Queries
to a previous message.

Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or

MT 196 Answers other message where no specific message type has been provided for
a response.

Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those
MT 198 Proprietary Message
messages not yet live.

Contains information for which no other message type has been

MT 199 Free Format Message
defined.

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 Category 2 Messages: Financial Institution Transfers

Message Type Description Purpose

Financial Institution Transfer for its Requests the movement of the sender's funds to its account at
MT 200
Own Account another financial institution.

Multiple Financial Institution

MT 201 Multiple of the MT 200.
Transfer for its Own Account

Requests the movement of funds between financial institutions except

General Financial Institution if the transfer is related to an underlying customer credit transfer that
MT 202
Transfer was sent with the cover method, in which case the MT 202 COV must
be used.

Requests the movement of funds between financial institutions,

General Financial Institution
MT 202 COV related to an underlying customer credit transfer that was sent with
Transfer
the cover method.

Multiple General Financial Institution

MT 203 Multiple of the MT 202.
Transfer

Financial Markets Direct Debit

MT 204 Claims funds from SWIFT member banks.
Message

Further transmits a transfer request domestically except if the transfer

Financial Institution Transfer
MT 205 is related to an underlying customer credit transfer that was sent with
Execution
the cover method, in which case the MT 205 COV must be used.

Further transmits a transfer request domestically, related to an

Financial Institution Transfer
MT 205 COV underlying customer credit transfer that was sent with the cover
Execution
method.

MT 206 Cheque Truncation Message

Requests to debit an ordering financial institution's account held at

Request for Financial Institution
MT 207 the receiving financial institution or the account servicing financial
Transfer
institution.

MT 210 Notice to Receive Notifies the receiver that it will receive funds for the sender's account.

MT 256 Advice of Non-Payment of Cheques

Advice of Charges, Interest and

MT 290 Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments.
Other Adjustments

Request for Payment of Charges,

MT 291 Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses.
Interest and Other Expenses

Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message

MT 292 Request for Cancellation
identified in the request.

Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment

MT 295 Queries
to a previous message.

Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or

MT 296 Answers other message where no specific message type has been provided for
a response.

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 Category 2 Messages: Financial Institution Transfers

Message Type Description Purpose

Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those
MT 298 Proprietary Message
messages not yet live.

Contains information for which no other message type has been

MT 299 Free Format Message
defined.

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 Category 3 Messages: Treasury markets – foreign exchange, money
markets and derivatives

Message Type Description Purpose

Confirms information agreed to in the buying/selling of two

MT 300 Foreign Exchange Confirmation
currencies.

Forex/Currency Option Allocation

MT 303 Instructs the allocation of a block trade (forex or currency option).
Instruction

Advice/Instruction of a Third Party Advises of or instructs settlement of a third party foreign exchange
MT 304
Deal deal.

Foreign Currency Option Confirms information agreed to in the buying and selling of vanilla
MT 305
Confirmation options on currencies.

Foreign Currency Option Confirms information agreed to in the buying and selling of exotic
MT 306
Confirmation options on currencies.

Advice/Instruction of a Third Party Advises of or instructs settlement of a third party foreign exchange
MT 307
FX Deal deal.

Instruction for Gross/Net Settlement

MT 308
of Third Party FX Deals

Confirms the terms of a contract relative to a fixed loan/deposit

MT 320 Fixed Loan/Deposit Confirmation
transaction.

Instruction to Settle a Third Party Advises the trade details and instructs the settlement of a fixed term
MT 321
Loan/Deposit loan/deposit done with a third party financial institution.

Call/Notice Loan/Deposit Confirms the terms of a contract relative to a call/notice loan/deposit

MT 330
Confirmation transaction.

Forward Rate Agreement

MT 340 Confirms the details of a forward rate agreement.
Confirmation

Forward Rate Agreement Settlement

MT 341 Confirms the settlement details of a forward rate agreement.
Confirmation

Advice of Loan/Deposit Interest

MT 350 Advises of a loan/deposit interest payment.
Payment

Single Currency Interest Rate Confirms the details of a single currency interest rate derivative swap,
MT 360
Derivative Confirmation cap, collar or floor.

Cross Currency Interest Rate Swap Confirms the details of a cross currency interest rate swap
MT 361
Confirmation transaction.

Confirms or advises the reset rates of the floating interest rate(s) in a

Interest Rate Reset/Advice of
MT 362 single or cross-currency interest rate derivative transaction and/or the
Payment
payment of interest at the end of an interest period.

Single Currency Interest Rate

Confirms the details of the partial or full termination or recouponing of
MT 364 Derivative Termination/Recouponing
a single currency interest rate swap, cap, collar, or floor.
Confirmation

Single Currency Interest Rate Swap

Confirms the details of the partial or full termination or recouponing of
MT 365 Termination/Recouponing
a cross currency interest rate swap.
Confirmation

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 Category 3 Messages: Treasury markets – foreign exchange,
money markets and derivatives

Message Type Description Purpose

MT 380 Foreign Exchange Order Advises the netting position of a currency.

Foreign Exchange Order

MT 381 Orders to purchase or sell a specific amount of a certain currency.
Confirmation

Advice of Charges, Interest and

MT 390 Confirms the execution of an FX order previously sent.
Other Adjustments

Request for Payment of Charges,

MT 391 Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses.
Interest and Other Expenses

Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message

MT 392 Request for Cancellation
identified in the request.

Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment

MT 395 Queries
to a previous message.

Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or

MT 396 Answers other message where no specific message type has been provided for
a response.

Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those
MT 398 Proprietary Message
messages not yet live.

Contains information for which no other message type has been

MT 399 Free Format Message
defined.

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 Category 4 Messages: Collections and Cash Letters

Message Type Description Purpose

Advises of a payment under a collection or part thereof. It also

MT 400 Advice of Payment
handles the settlement of proceeds.

MT 405 Clean Collection

Acknowledges receipt of a collection. It also specifies if the collecting

MT 410 Acknowledgment bank does not intend to act in accordance with the collection
instruction.

Informs the remitting bank of the acceptance of one or more drafts

MT 412 Advice of Acceptance
under one collection instruction.

Advice of Non-Payment/Non- Advises of the non-payment or non-acceptance under a previously

MT 416
Acceptance received collection.

MT 420 Tracer Enquires about documents sent for collection.

Advises the remitting bank of the fate of one or more collection

Advice of Fate and Request for
MT 422 documents; usually accompanied by one or more questions or
Instructions
requests.

MT 430 Amendment of Instructions Amends collection instructions.

Confirms that the face amount of cash letter(s) received has been
MT 450 Cash Letter Credit Advice
credited under usual reserve (subject to final payment).

Cash Letter Credit Adjustment Advises the account owner of adjustments made to its account
MT 455
Advice (related to a previous credit for a cash letter).

Advises the account owner that financial document(s) included in the

MT 456 Advice of Dishonor
cash letter have been dishonoured for reasons specified in the advice.

Advice of Charges, Interest and

MT 490 Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments.
Other Adjustments

Request for Payment of Charges,

MT 491 Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses.
Interest and Other Expenses

Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message

MT 492 Request for Cancellation
identified in the request.

Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment

MT 495 Queries
to a previous message.

Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or

MT 496 Answers other message where no specific message type has been provided for
a response.

Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those
MT 498 Proprietary Message
messages not yet live.

Contains information for which no other message type has been

MT 499 Free Format Message
defined.

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 Category 5 Messages: Securities Markets

Message Type Description Purpose

Instructs the registration, deregistration or reregistration of a financial

MT 500 Instruction to Register
instrument at the registration provider.

Confirmation of Registration or Confirms the registration, deregistration or reregistration of a

MT 501
Modification beneficial owner or shareholder with the registration provider.

Instructs the purchase or sale of a given quantity of a specified

MT 502 Order to Buy or Sell
financial instrument under specified conditions.

MT 502 (FUNDS) Order to Buy or Sell (FUNDS)

Requests new or additional collateral, or the return or recall of

MT 503 Collateral Claim
collateral.

MT 504 Collateral Proposal Proposes new or additional collateral.

MT 505 Collateral Substitution Proposes or requests the substitution of collateral held.

Provides the details of the valuation of both the collateral and the
MT 506 Collateral and Exposure Statement
exposure.

Collateral Status and Processing Advises the status of a collateral claim, a collateral proposal, or a
MT 507
Advice proposal/request for collateral substitution.

MT 508 Intra-Position Advice Reports on the movement of securities within the holding.

MT 509 Trade Status Message Provides information about the status of a previously executed trade.

MT 509 (FUNDS) Trade Status Message (FUNDS)

Registration Status and Processing

MT 510 Advises the status of a registration instruction or modification.
Advice

Provides brief and early information about a securities deal, for

MT 513 Client Advice of Execution example, a block trade that is to be allocated before final
confirmation.

MT 514 Trade Allocation Instruction Instructs the allocation of a block trade.

Provides a detailed accounting of financial instruments purchased or

Client Confirmation of Purchase or sold by the sender on behalf of the receiver or its client. It may also
MT 515
Sale convey the payment details of the purchase or sale. It may also be
sent by, or via an ETC service provider.

Client Confirmation of Purchase or

MT 515 (FUNDS)
Sale (FUNDS)

Confirms the details of a securities loan, including collateral

MT 516 Securities Loan Confirmation arrangements. It may also confirm the details of a partial recall or
return of securities previously out on loan.

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 Category 5 Messages: Securities Markets

Message Type Description Purpose

Positively affirms the details of a previously received

MT 517 Trade Confirmation Affirmation
confirmation/contract note.

Market-Side Securities Trade Confirms the details of a trade and, where necessary, its settlement to
MT 518
Confirmation a trading counterparty.

MT 519 Modification of Client Details Instructs the modification of client details at the registration provider.

MT 524 Intra-Position Instruction Instructs the movement of securities within the holding.

Requests the borrowing of securities or notifies the return or recall of

General Securities
MT 526 securities previously out on loan. It may also be used to list securities
Lending/Borrowing Message
available for lending.

MT 527 Triparty Collateral Instruction Performs a specific action on a collateral management transaction.

ETC Client-Side Settlement

MT 528
Instruction

ETC Market-Side Settlement

MT 529
Instruction

Requests the modification of a processing indicator or other non-

MT 530 Transaction Processing Command
matching information.

Reports at a specified time, the quantity and identification of

MT 535 Statement of Holdings securities and other holdings which the account servicer holds for the
account owner.

MT 535 (FUNDS) Statement of Holdings (FUNDS)

Provides details of increases and decreases of holdings which

MT 536 Statement of Transactions
occurred during a specified period.

Provides details of pending increases and decreases of holdings at a

MT 537 Statement of Pending Transactions
specified time.

Provides details of increases and decreases in securities within the

MT 538 Statement of Intra-Position Advice
holding during a specified period.

Instructs a receipt of financial instruments free of payment. It may

MT 540 Receive Free
also be used to request a cancellation or pre-advise an instruction.

Instructs a receipt of financial instruments against payment. It may

MT 541 Receive Against Payment
also be used to request a cancellation or pre-advise an instruction.

Instructs a delivery of financial instruments free of payment. It may

MT 542 Deliver Free
also be used to request a cancellation or pre-advise an instruction.

Instructs a delivery of financial instruments against payment. It may

MT 543 Deliver Against Payment
also be used to request a cancellation or pre-advise an instruction.

Confirms a receipt of financial instruments free of payment. It may

MT 544 Receive Free Confirmation
also be used to cancel or reverse a confirmation.

Receive Against Payment Confirms a receipt of financial instruments against payment. It may
MT 545
Confirmation also be used to cancel or reverse a confirmation.

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 Category 5 Messages: Securities Markets

Message Type Description Purpose

Confirms a delivery of financial instruments free of payment. It may

MT 546 Deliver Free Confirmation
also be used to cancel or reverse a confirmation.

Deliver Against Payment Confirms a delivery of financial instruments against payment. It may
MT 547
Confirmation also be used to cancel or reverse a confirmation.

Settlement Status and Processing Advises the status of a settlement instruction or replies to a
MT 548
Advice cancellation request.

Request for Statement/Status

MT 549 Requests a statement or a status message.
Advice

Triparty Collateral Status and Provides validation results and status advice recollateral instructions
MT 558
Processing Advice and proposed collateral movements.

Claims reimbursement of income or redemption proceeds, or a

MT 559 Paying Agent’s Claim
combination of both.

Provides an account owner with details of a corporate action event

and the choices available to the account owner. It also provides the
MT 564 Corporate Action Notification account owner with details on the impact a corporate action event will
have on a safekeeping or cash account, for example, entitlement
calculation.

Instructs the custodian on the investment decision made by an

MT 565 Corporate Action Instruction
account owner relative to a corporate action event.

Confirms to the account owner that securities and/or cash have been
MT 566 Corporate Action Confirmation
credited/debited to an account as a result of a corporate action event.

Indicates the status, or a change in status, of a corporate action-

Corporate Action Status and
MT 567 related transaction previously instructed by, or executed on behalf of,
Processing Advice
the account owner.

Provides complex instructions or narrative details relating to a

MT 568 Corporate Action Narrative
corporate action event.

Triparty Collateral and Exposure Provides the details of the valuation of both the collateral and the
MT 569
Statement exposure.

IRS 1441 NRA (Beneficial Owners’

MT 574 (IRSLST)
List)

IRS 1441 NRA (Beneficial Owner

MT 574 (W8BENO)
Withholding Statement)

Reports on all securities and cash activity for a given combination of

MT 575 Report of Combined Activity
safekeeping and cash accounts.

Provides details of orders to buy or to sell financial instruments, as at

MT 576 Statement of Open Orders a specified date, which have been accepted by the sender, but which
have not yet been executed.

MT 577 Statement of Numbers Provides certificate numbers of securities.

Advises the account owner that a counterparty has alleged a

MT 578 Statement of Allegement
settlement instruction on the account owner's account.

Replaces or supplements the 'certificate numbers' field in a primary

MT 579 Certificate Numbers
message, for example, MT 577.

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 Category 5 Messages: Securities Markets

Message Type Description Purpose

Claims or notifies a change in the amount of collateral held against

MT 581 Collateral Adjustment Message
securities out on loan or for other reasons.

MT 582 Reimbursement Claim or Advice

MT 584 Statement of ETC Pending Trades

Statement of Settlement
MT 586 Provides details of pending settlement allegements.
Allegements

MT 587 Depositary Receipt Instruction

MT 588 Depositary Receipt Confirmation

Depositary Receipt Status and

MT 589
Processing Advice

Advice of Charges, Interest and

MT 590 Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments.
Other Adjustments

Request for Payment of Charges,

MT 591 Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses.
Interest and Other Expenses

Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message

MT 592 Request for Cancellation
identified in the request.

Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment

MT 595 Queries
to a previous message.

Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or

MT 596 Answers other message where no specific message type has been provided for
a response.

Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those
MT 598 Proprietary Message
messages not yet live.

Contains information for which no other message type has been

MT 599 Free Format Message
defined.

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 Category 6 Messages: Treasury markets – precious markets and
syndications

Message Type Description Purpose

MT 600 Precious Metal Trade Confirmation Confirms the details of a commodity trade and its settlement.

MT 601 Precious Metal Option Confirmation Confirms the details of a commodity option contract.

Precious Metal Transfer/Delivery Instructs the receiver to transfer by book-entry, or physically deliver, a
MT 604
Order specified type and quantity of commodity to a specified party.

Notifies the receiver of an impending book-entry transfer or physical

MT 605 Precious Metal Notice to Receive
delivery of a specified type and quantity of commodity.

Advises the receiver of a debit entry to a specified commodity

MT 606 Precious Metal Debit Advice
account.

Advises the receiver of a credit entry to a specified commodity

MT 607 Precious Metal Credit Advice
account.

MT 608 Statement of a Metal Account Provides the details of all bookings to a commodity account.

Identifies all outstanding commodity contracts, as at a specified date

MT 609 Statement of Metal Contracts
for which confirmations have been exchanged

Metal Fixed Loan/Deposit

MT 620 Confirms a commodity fixed term loan/deposit contract.
Confirmation

Provides notice of the Borrower(s) request for

MT 643 Notice of Drawdown/Renewal
drawdown(s)/renewal(s) on a given date

Specifies the interest rate and, if applicable, the exchange rate, for the
MT 644 Advice of Rate and Amount Fixing
next interest period

MT 645 Notice of Fee Due

Advises of payments and/or prepayments of principal and/or of

MT 646 Payment of Principal and/or Interest interest with the same value date, but not related to any subsequent
drawing or renewal

Advises of payments and/or prepayments of principal and/or of

MT 649 General Syndicated Facility Message interest with the same value date, but not related to any subsequent
drawing or renewal

Standing Settlement Instruction Requests SWIFT to create the MT 671 from the MT 670 and send to
MT 670
Update Notification financial institutions.

Standing Settlement Instruction

MT 671 Specifies standing settlement instructions for one or more currencies.
Update Notification Request

Advice of Charges, Interest and

MT 690 Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments.
Other Adjustments

Request for Payment of Charges,

MT 691 Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses.
Interest and Other Expenses

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 Category 6 Messages: Treasury markets – precious markets
and syndications

Message Type Description Purpose

Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message

MT 692 Request for Cancellation
identified in the request.

Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment

MT 695 Queries
to a previous message.

Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or

MT 696 Answers other message where no specific message type has been provided for
a response.

Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those
MT 698 Proprietary Message
messages not yet live.

Contains information for which no other message type has been

MT 699 Free Format Message
defined.

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 Category 7 Messages: Documentary Credits and Guarantees / Standby
Letters of Credit

Message Type Description Purpose

MT 700 Issue of a Documentary Credit Indicates the terms and conditions of a documentary credit.

MT 701 Issue of a Documentary Credit Continuation of an MT 700 for fields 45a, 46a, and 47a.

Provides brief advice of a documentary credit for which full details will
MT 705 Pre-Advice of a Documentary Credit
follow.

Informs the receiver of amendments to the terms and conditions of a

MT 707 Amendment to a Documentary Credit
documentary credit.

Advice of a Third Bank’s Advises the receiver of the terms and conditions of a documentary
MT 710
Documentary Credit credit.

Advice of a Third Bank’s

MT 711 Continuation of an MT 710 for fields 45a, 46a, and 47a.
Documentary Credit

Advises the transfer of a documentary credit, or part thereof, to the

MT 720 Transfer of a Documentary Credit
bank advising the second beneficiary.

MT 721 Transfer of a Documentary Credit Continuation of an MT 720 for fields 45a, 46a, and 47a.

Acknowledges the receipt of a documentary credit message and may

indicate that the message has been forwarded according to
MT 730 Acknowledgment instructions. It may also be used to account for bank charges or to
advise of acceptance or rejection of an amendment of a documentary
credit.

Advises that documents received with discrepancies have been taken

MT 732 Advice of Discharge
up.

Advises the refusal of documents that are not in accordance with the
MT 734 Advice of Refusal
terms and conditions of a documentary credit.

Requests the receiver to honour claims for reimbursement of

MT 740 Authorization to Reimburse
payment(s) or negotiation(s) under a documentary credit.

Provides a reimbursement claim to the bank authorised to reimburse

MT 742 Reimbursement Claim
the sender or its branch for its payments/ negotiations.

Informs the reimbursing bank of amendments to the terms and

Amendment to an Authorization to
MT 747 conditions of a documentary credit, relative to the authorisation to
Reimburse
reimburse.

Advises of discrepancies and requests authorisation to honour

MT 750 Advice of Discrepancy documents presented that are not in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the documentary credit.

Advises a bank which has requested authorisation to pay, accept,

Authorization to Pay, Accept or negotiate, or incur a deferred payment undertaking that the
MT 752
Negotiate presentation of the documents may be honoured, notwithstanding the
discrepancies, provided they are otherwise in order.

Advises that documents have been presented in accordance with the

Advice of
MT 754 terms of a documentary credit and are being forwarded as instructed.
Payment/Acceptance/Negotiation
This message type also handles the payment/ negotiation.

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 Category 7 Messages: Documentary Credits and Guarantees /
Standby Letters of Credit

Message Type Description Purpose

Advises of the reimbursement or payment for a drawing under a

Advice of Reimbursement or
MT 756 documentary credit in which no specific reimbursement instructions
Payment
or payment provisions were given.

MT 760 Guarantee Issues or requests the issue of a guarantee.

Amends a guarantee which has been previously issued or requests the

MT 767 Guarantee Amendment amendment of a guarantee which the sender has previously requested
to be issued.

Acknowledgment of a Guarantee Acknowledges the receipt of a guarantee message and may indicate
MT 768
Message that action has been taken according to instructions.

Advises that a bank has been released of its liability for a specified
MT 769 Advice of Reduction or Release
amount under its guarantee.

Advice of Charges, Interest and

MT 790 Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments.
Other Adjustments

Request for Payment of Charges,

MT 791 Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses.
Interest and Other Expenses

Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message

MT 792 Request for Cancellation
identified in the request.

Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment

MT 795 Queries
to a previous message.

Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or

MT 796 Answers other message where no specific message type has been provided for
a response.

Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those
MT 798 Proprietary Message
messages not yet live.

Contains information for which no other message type has been

MT 799 Free Format Message
defined.

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 Category 8 Messages: Travellers Cheques

Message Type Description Purpose

T/C Sales and Settlement Advice Provides the sale and settlement details for the sale of travellers
MT 800
[Single] cheques by a single selling agent.

Provides the details (excluding the settlement details) of the sales of

MT 801 T/C Multiple Sales Advice travellers cheques in cases where the data is lengthy or includes data
from several selling agents.

MT 802 T/C Settlement Advice Provides the settlement details of multiple sales of travellers cheques.

MT 810 T/C Refund Request

MT 812 T/C Refund Authorization

MT 813 T/C Refund Confirmation

MT 820 Request for T/C Stock

MT 821 T/C Inventory Addition

MT 822 Trust Receipt Acknowledgment

MT 823 T/C Inventory Transfer

Notifies the issuer of the destruction/cancellation of travellers cheque

T/C Inventory
MT 824 inventory held by the selling agent. It may also request a selling agent
Destruction/Cancellation Notice
to destroy/cancel travellers cheque inventory.

Advice of Charges, Interest and

MT 890 Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments.
Other Adjustments

Request for Payment of Charges,

MT 891 Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses.
Interest and Other Expenses

Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message

MT 892 Request for Cancellation
identified in the request.

Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment

MT 895 Queries
to a previous message.

Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or

MT 896 Answers other message where no specific message type has been provided for
a response.

Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those
MT 898 Proprietary Message
messages not yet live.

Contains information for which no other message type has been

MT 899 Free Format Message
defined.

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 Category 9 Messages: Cash Management and Customer Status

Message Type Description Purpose

MT 900 Confirmation of Debit Advises an account owner of a debit to its account.

MT 910 Confirmation of Credit Advises an account owner of a credit to its account.

Requests the account servicing institution to send an MT 940, 941,

MT 920 Request Message
942, or 950.

Advises the receiver of general rate change(s) and/or rate change(s)

MT 935 Rate Change Advice which applies to a specific account other than a call/notice
loan/deposit account.

Provides balance and transaction details of an account to a financial

MT 940 Customer Statement Message
institution on behalf of the account owner.

Provides balance information of an account to a financial institution

MT 941 Balance Report
on behalf of the account owner.

Provides balance and transaction details of an account, for a specified

MT 942 Interim Transaction Report period of time, to a financial institution on behalf of the account
owner.

Provides balance and transaction details of an account to the account

MT 950 Statement Message
owner.

Provides balance and transaction details of a netting position as

MT 970 Netting Statement
recorded by a netting system.

MT 971 Netting Balance Report Provides balance information for specified netting position(s).

Advises interim balance and transaction details of a netting position

MT 972 Netting Interim Statement
as recorded by a netting system.

Requests an MT 971 or 972 containing the latest available

MT 973 Netting Request Message
information.

MT 985 Status Inquiry Requests an MT 986.

MT 986 Status Report Provides business-related information about a customer or institution.

Advice of Charges, Interest and Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments
MT 990
Other Adjustments to its account.

Request for Payment of Charges,

MT 991 Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses.
Interest and Other Expenses

Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message

MT 992 Request for Cancellation
identified in the request.

Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment

MT 995 Queries
to a previous message.

Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or

MT 996 Answers other message where no specific message type has been provided for
a response.

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 Category 9 Messages: Cash Management and Customer Status

Message Type Description Purpose

Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those
MT 998 Proprietary Message
messages not yet live.

Contains information for which no other message type has been

MT 999 Free Format Message
defined.

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 Category 0 Messages: FIN System Messages

Message Type Description Purpose

MT 008 System Request to Quit System Request to Quit

MT 009 System Request to Logout System Request to Logout

MT 010 Non-Delivery Warning Non-Delivery Warning

MT 011 Delivery Notification Delivery Notification

MT 012 Sender Notification Sender Notification

MT 015 Delayed NAK Delayed NAK

MT 019 Abort Notification Abort Notification

MT 020 Retrieval Request (Text and History) Retrieval Request (Text and History)

Retrieved Message (Text and

MT 021 Retrieved Message (Text and History)
History)

MT 022 Retrieval Request (History) Retrieval Request (History)

MT 023 Retrieved Message (History) Retrieved Message (History)

MT 028 FIN Copy Message Status Request FIN Copy Message Status Request

MT 029 FIN Copy Message Status Report FIN Copy Message Status Report

MT 031 Session History Request Session History Request

MT 032 Delivery Subset Status Request Delivery Subset Status Request

MT 035 Delivery Instruction Request Delivery Instruction Request

MT 036 LT History Request LT History Request

MT 037 Time Zone Status Request Time Zone Status Request

MT 041 Select Status Request for FIN Select Status Request for FIN

MT 042 Cut-off Times List Request Cut-off Times List Request

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 Category 0 Messages: FIN System Messages

Message Type Description Purpose

MT 043 Non-Banking Days List Request Non-Banking Days List Request

Undelivered Report Rules

MT 044 Undelivered Report Rules Redefinition
Redefinition

MT 045 Daily Check Time Change Request Daily Check Time Change Request

Undelivered Message Report

MT 046 Undelivered Message Report Request
Request

Delivery Instructions Redefinition

MT 047 Delivery Instructions Redefinition Request
Request

MT 048 Undelivered Report Rules Request Undelivered Report Rules Request

MT 049 Daily Check Report Time Query Daily Check Report Time Query

MT 051 Session History Report Session History Report

MT 052 Delivery Subset Status Report Delivery Subset Status Report

MT 055 Delivery Instructions Report Delivery Instructions Report

MT 056 LT History Report LT History Report

MT 057 Time Zone Status Report Time Zone Status Report

MT 061 Select Status Report for FIN Select Status Report for FIN

MT 062 Cut-off Time List Report Cut-off Time List Report

MT 063 Non-Banking Days List Report Non-Banking Days List Report

Undelivered Report Rules Change

MT 064 Undelivered Report Rules Change Report
Report

Time Change Report for Daily Check

MT 065 Time Change Report for Daily Check Report
Report

Solicited Undelivered Message

MT 066 Solicited Undelivered Message Report
Report

Delivery Instructions Redefinition

MT 067 Delivery Instructions Redefinition Report
Report

MT 068 Undelivered Report Rules Undelivered Report Rules

MT 069 Daily Check Report Time Status Daily Check Report Time Status

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 Category 0 Messages: FIN System Messages

Message Type Description Purpose

MT 072 Test Mode Selection Test Mode Selection

MT 073 Message Sample Request Message Sample Request

MT 074 Broadcast Request Broadcast Request

MT 075 Certification Request Certification Request

MT 076 Certification Error Certification Error

MT 077 Additional Selection Criteria for FIN Additional Selection Criteria for FIN

MT 081 Daily Check Report Daily Check Report

Undelivered Message Report at a

MT 082 Undelivered Message Report at a Fixed Hour
Fixed Hour

Undelivered Message Report at Cut-

MT 083 Undelivered Message Report at Cut-off Time
off Time

MT 085 ICC Delivery Information ICC Delivery Information

MT 087 Certification Response Certification Response

MT 090 User-to-SWIFT Message User-to-SWIFT Message

MT 092 SWIFT-to-User Message SWIFT-to-User Message

MT 094 Broadcast Broadcast

FIN Copy to Central Institution

MT 096 FIN Copy to Central Institution Message
Message

FIN Copy Message

MT 097 FIN Copy Message Authorization/Refusal Notification
Authorization/Refusal Notification

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