MT 456 Field Specifications

6. Field 32a: Date and Face Amount of Financial Document

FORMAT

Option A	6!n3!a15d	(Date) (Currency) (Amount)
Option B	3!a15d	(Currency) (Amount)

PRESENCE

Mandatory

DEFINITION

This field specifies the currency code and amount of the item being dishonoured.

If the date of the financial document is known, it should be indicated in this field, using option A.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

In option A, Date must be a valid date expressed in YYMMDD format (Error code(s): T50).

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

The integer part of Amount must contain at least one digit. The 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).

Currency must be the same as the currency code in field 33D (Error code(s): C02).