MT 104 Field Specifications

6. Field 51A: Sending Institution

FORMAT

Option A

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(Party Identifier) (BIC)

PRESENCE

Optional

DEFINITION

This field identifies the Sender of the message.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Field 51A is only valid in FileAct IFT (Error code(s): D63).

USAGE RULES

At least the first eight characters of the BIC in this field must be identical to the originator of this FileAct IFT message.

The content of field 20 Sender's reference together with the content of this field provides the file identification which is to be used in the case of queries, cancellations, etc.