MT 588 Field Specifications

44. Field 19A: Amount

FORMAT

Option A

:4!c//[N]3!a15d

(Qualifier) (Sign) (Currency Code) (Amount)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in an optional sequence

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order	M/O	Qualifier	R/N	CR	Options	Qualifier Description
1	M	CHAR	N		A	Charges/Fees
	or	PREC	N		A	Pre-Release Cash Amount
2	O	RESU	N	C2	A	Resulting Amount
3	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.
CHAR	Charges/Fees	Charges/fees applied to the transaction.
OCMT	Original Currency and Ordered Amount	Posting/settlement amount in its original currency when conversion from/into another currency euro has occurred.
PREC	Pre-Release Cash Amount	Cash required in order to pre-release.
RESU	Resulting Amount	A cash amount resulting from a foreign exchange conversion.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

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

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

USAGE RULES