MT 103+ Field Specifications

10. Field 52A: Ordering Institution

FORMAT

Option A [/1!a][/34x]
4!a2!a2!c[3!c]
(Party Identifier)
(BIC)

PRESENCE

Optional

DEFINITION

This field specifies the financial institution of the ordering customer, when different from the Sender, even if field 50a contains an IBAN.

CODES

Party Identifier may be used to indicate a national clearing system code.

The following codes may be used preceded by a double slash ('//'):

AT 5!n Austrian Bankleitzahl
AU 6!n Australian Bank State Branch (BSB) Code
BL 8!n German Bankleitzahl
CC 9!n Canadian Payments Association Payment Routing Number
ES 8..9n Spanish Domestic Interbanking Code
FW without 9 digit code Pay by Fedwire
GR 7!n HEBIC (Hellenic Bank Identification Code)
HK 3!n Bank Code of Hong Kong
IE 6!n Irish National Clearing Code (NSC)
IN 11!c Indian Financial System Code (IFSC)
IT 10!n Italian Domestic Identification Code
PL 8!n  Polish National Clearing Code (KNR)
PT 8!n  Portuguese National Clearing Code
SC 6!n UK Domestic Sort Code

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

The BIC must be a SWIFT registered address, either connected or non-connected (Error code(s): T27, T28, T29, T45).

The BIC must not be a BEI. Please refer to the latest version of the BIC Directory - Corporations for more information on BEIs. This error code applies to all types of BICs referenced in a FIN message including SWIFT BICs, non-SWIFT BICs, Masters, Synonyms, Live destinations and Test & Training destinations. (Error code(s): C05).

USAGE RULES

The coded information contained in field 52A must be meaningful to the Receiver of the message.