MT 587 Field Specifications

39. Field 19A: Amount

FORMAT

Option A :4!c//[N]3!a15d (Qualifier) (Sign) (Currency Code) (Amount)

PRESENCE

Optional

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order M/O Qualifier R/N CR Options Qualifier Description
1 O CHAR N   A Charges/Fees
2 O OCMT N   A Original Currency and Ordered Amount

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

CHAR Charges/Fees Amount of money paid for the provision of financial services that cannot be categorised by another qualifier.
OCMT Original Currency and Ordered Amount Original currency and ordered amount.
CHAR Charges/Fees Charges/fees applied to the transaction.
OCMT Original Currency and Ordered Amount Original currency and ordered amount.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

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 allowed for the specified currency (Error code(s): C03, T40, T43).

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

When Sign is present, Amount must not be zero (Error code(s): T14).

USAGE RULES

Sign is used when the Amount is credited while the practice or the transaction type would normally imply that the Amount should be debited (or vice versa).

Sign must be present when Amount is negative.