MT 405 Field Specifications

43. Field 38B: Interest Payment Schedule

FORMAT

Option B 4!c/4!c[/2!n] (Frequency) (Timing in Period) (Day)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in an optional subsequence

DEFINITION

This field specifies the interest payment schedule, with the frequency, timing of payments within each period and, where required, the day of the month in each period.

CODES

Frequency must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): T03):

MONT Interest is paid on a monthly basis
QUAR Interest is paid on a quarterly basis
SEME Interest is paid on a semesterly basis
WEEK Interest is paid on a weekly basis
YEAR Interest is paid on a yearly basis

CODES

Timing in Period must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): T04):

BEGP Beginning of period
FBDP First banking day of period
ENDP End of period
LBDP Last banking day of period
OTHR On the day specified in Day (3rd subfield)

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Day must be present when Frequency contains the code 'MONT' and Timing in Period contains the code word 'OTHR'. It is not allowed in all other cases (Error code(s): T75).

When present, Day must contain a number between 01 and 31 (Error code(s): T05).