MT 103 Field Specifications

18. Field 70: Remittance Information

FORMAT

4*35x (Narrative)

PRESENCE

Conditional (C14)

DEFINITION

This field specifies either the details of the individual transaction or a reference to another message containing the details which are to be transmitted to the beneficiary customer.

CODES

One of the following codes may be used, placed between slashes ('/'):

INV Invoice (followed by the date, reference and details of the invoice).
IPI Unique reference identifying a related International Payment Instruction
(followed by up to 20 characters).
RFB Reference for the beneficiary customer (followed by up to 16 characters).
ROC Ordering customer's reference.

USAGE RULES

For national clearing purposes, the Sender must check with the Receiver regarding length restrictions of field 70.

The information specified in this field is intended only for the beneficiary customer, ie, this information only needs to be conveyed by the Receiver.

Multiple references can be used, if separated with a double slash, '//'. Code must not be repeated between two references of the same kind.