MT 541 Field Specifications

65. Field 95a: Party

FORMAT

Option P :4!c//4!a2!a2!c[3!c] (Qualifier) (BIC/BEI)
Option R :4!c/8c/34x (Qualifier) (Data Source Scheme) (Proprietary Code)
Option S :4!c/[8c]/4!c/2!a/30x (Qualifier) (Data Source Scheme) (Type of ID) (Country Code) (Alternate ID)
Option Q :4!c//4*35x (Qualifier) (Name & Address)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in an optional sequence

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order M/O Qualifier R/N CR Options Qualifier Description
1 M ACCW N C7 P, Q, R Account With Institution
  or BENM N C7 P, Q, R Beneficiary of Money
  or PAYE N C7 P, Q, R Paying Institution
2 O ALTE N   S Alternate Identification

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

ACCW Account With Institution Financial institution that services the cash account of the beneficiary customer, if other that the Receiver.
ACCW Account With Institution Identifies the institution to which the payment is to be made in favour of the beneficiary of money, if different from the Receiver. This may be a branch or affiliate of the Receiver, or of the intermediary, or of the beneficiary institution, or an entirely different financial institution.
BENM Beneficiary of Money Identifies the party to be credited with the payment, when payment is to be made to an institution different from the Receiver and identified as account with institution.
PAYE Paying Institution Party from whose account the payment needs to be done, if different from the Sender's account. Specifies the party from whose account the payment needs to be done.
ALTE Alternate Identification Alternate identification for the party specified in this sequence.

Alternate ID specifies an alternate identification of the party identified in the same sequence.

BIC specifies the Bank Identifier Code. BEI specifies the Business Entity Identifier.

Type of ID specifies the type of alternate identification which can be used to give an alternate identification of the party identified in the sequence.

Proprietary Code specifies a local national code or market segment code identifying the party.

Country Code specifies the country for which the alternate identification is relevant.

CODES

When Data Source Scheme is not present, Type of ID must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K95):

ARNU Alien Registration Number Alien registration number.
CCPT Passport Number Passport number.
CHTY Tax Exempt Identification Number Tax exempt identification number, i.e. charity in the UK.
CORP Corporate Identification Name of the corporate, followed by a slash, '/', followed by the number of the customer in a corporation.
DRLC Driver's License Number State of issue, followed by a slash, '/', followed by the driver's license number.
FIIN Foreign Investment Identity Number Foreign Investment Identity Number (to be used when different ID than Alien Number).
TXID Tax Identification Number Tax identification number.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Country Code must be a valid ISO country code (Error code(s): T73).

The BIC/BEI must be a SWIFT registered address, either connected or non-connected (Error code(s): T27, T28, T29, T45).

If Qualifier is ACCW or PAYE, the The BIC must not be a BEI. Please refer to the latest version of the BIC Directory - Corporations for more information on BEIs. This error code applies to all types of BICs referenced in a FIN message including SWIFT BICs, non-SWIFT BICs, Masters, Synonyms, Live destinations and Test & Training destinations. (Error code(s): C05).

Proprietary code (Format Option R), Alternate ID (Format Option S) and Name & Address (Format Option Q) must not start or end with a slash '/' and not contain two consecutive slashes '//'. For field formats with more than 1 line, the rule applies for each line (Error code(s): T26).