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MT 102 STP Field Specifications

1. Field 20: File Reference

FORMAT

16x

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory sequence A

DEFINITION

This field specifies the reference assigned by the Sender to unambiguously identify the message.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

This field must not start or end with a slash '/' and must not contain two consecutive slashes '//' (Error code(s): T26).

USAGE RULES

This reference must be quoted in any related confirmation or statement, for example, MT 900 Confirmation of Debit and/or 950 Statement Message.

The file reference must be unique for each file and is part of the file identification and transaction identification which is used in case of queries, cancellations etc.