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MT 103 STP Field Specifications

15. Field 57A: Account With Institution

FORMAT

Option A [/1!a][/34x]
4!a2!a2!c[3!c]
(Party Identifier)
(Identifier Code)

PRESENCE

Conditional (see rule C5)

DEFINITION

This field specifies the financial institution which services the account for the beneficiary customer. This is applicable even if field 59a 59 or 59A contains an IBAN.

CODES

Party Identifier may be used to indicate a national clearing system code.

The following codes may be used, preceded by a double slash '//':

AT 5!n Austrian Bankleitzahl
AU 6!n Australian Bank State Branch (BSB) Code
BL 8!n German Bankleitzahl
CC 9!n Canadian Payments Association Payment Routing Number
CN 12..14n China National Advanced Payment System (CNAPS) Code
ES 8..9n Spanish Domestic Interbanking Code
FW without 9 digit code Pay by Fedwire
GR 7!n HEBIC (Hellenic Bank Identification Code)
HK 3!n Bank Code of Hong Kong
IE 6!n Irish National Clearing Code (NSC)
IN 11!c Indian Financial System Code (IFSC)
IT 10!n Italian Domestic Identification Code
NZ 6!n New Zealand National Clearing Code
PL 8!n Polish National Clearing Code (KNR)
PT 8!n Portuguese National Clearing Code
RT   Pay by Real Time Gross Settlement
SC 6!n UK Domestic Sort Code

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

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).

USAGE RULES

When field 57a is not present, it means that the Receiver is also the account with institution.

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.

EXAMPLE

:57A:ABNANL2A