MT 330 Field Specifications

21. Field 34E: Currency and Interest Amount

FORMAT

Option E [N]3!a15d (Sign) (Currency) (Amount)

PRESENCE

Conditional (C5)

DEFINITION

This field specifies the interest amount to be settled at the date specified in field 30X.

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).

Sign must not be used when Amount is equal to '0' (Error code(s): T14).

USAGE RULES

If the interest amount has to be paid by Party A, Sign must not be present; if the interest amount has to be received by Party A, Amount is negative and Sign must be present.

When a change of interest rate (field 22B = CINT) or of principal is confirmed , if the trade agreement specifies that an interest payment has to be done at the same time as that change, this field should be used.

If no interest is settled, this field should not be used.

At settlement (22B = SETT), this amount is settled separately only when the principal and the interests are paid to a different financial institution (sequence E or F is present).