Option A | [/1!a][/34x] 4!a2!a2!c[3!c] |
(Party Identifier) (Identifier Code) |
Conditional (see rule C6)
This field specifies the financial institution through which the transaction must pass to reach the account with institution.
Party Identifier may be used to indicate a national clearing system code.
The following codes may be used, preceded by a double slash '//':
Identifier Code must be a registered financial institution BIC (Error code(s): T27,T28,T29,T45).
Identifier Code must be a financial institution BIC. 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).
When one of the codes //FW, //AU, //IN or //RT is used, it should appear only once and in the first of the fields 56A and 57A of the payment instruction.
When it is necessary that an incoming SWIFT payment be made to the party in this field via Fedwire, US banks require that the code //FW appears in the optional Party Identifier of field 56A or 57A.
When it is necessary that an incoming SWIFT payment be made to the intermediary or the account with institution via real-time gross settlement (RTGS), the code //RT should appear in the optional Party Identifier of field 56A or 57A.
The code //RT is binding for the Receiver. It must not be followed by any other information.
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