MT 103 Field Specifications

10. Field 51A: Sending Institution

FORMAT

Option A

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(Party Identifier) (Identifier Code)

PRESENCE

Optional

DEFINITION

This field identifies the Sender of the message.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Field 51A is only valid in FileAct (Error code(s): D63).

USAGE RULES

At least the first 8 characters of the BIC in this field must be identical to the originator of this FileAct message.

The content of field 20, Sender's reference together with the content of this field provides the message identification which is to be used in case of queries, cancellations etc.