MT 320 Field Specifications

18. Field 32B: Currency and Principal Amount

FORMAT

Option B

3!a15d

(Currency) (Amount)

PRESENCE

Mandatory

DEFINITION

This field specifies the currency and contract amount, ie, the amount on which the interest specified in field 34E is calculated. For a new confirmation (22B=CONF), this amount has to be settled at value date.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Currency must be a valid ISO 4217 currency code (Error code(s): T52).

The integer part of Amount must contain at least one digit. A decimal comma is mandatory and is included in the maximum length. The number of digits following the comma must not exceed the maximum number allowed for the specified currency (Error code(s): C03, T40, T43).