MT 330 Field Specifications

18. Field 32B: Currency and Balance

FORMAT

Option B

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(Currency) (Amount)

PRESENCE

Conditional (C3)

DEFINITION

This field specifies the balance on which interests in the following interest period will be 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).

USAGE RULES

If compounding applies, the balance includes the compounded interest from the previous interest calculation period.