MT 202 COV Format Specifications

The MT 202 COV consists of two sequences:

• Sequence A General Information is a single occurrence sequence and contains information on the financial institution transfer between the ordering institution and beneficiary institution.

• Sequence B Underlying Customer Credit Transfer Details is a single occurrence sequence and is used to provide details on an individual underlying customer credit transfer that was sent with the cover method.

MT 202 COV General Financial Institution Transfer

Status	Tag	Field Name	Content/Options	No.
Mandatory Sequence A General Information
M	20	Transaction Reference Number	16x	1
M	21	Related Reference	16x	2
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O	13C	Time Indication	/8c/4!n1!x4!n	3
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M	32A	Value Date, Currency Code, Amount	6!n3!a15d	4
O	52a	Ordering Institution	A or D	5
O	53a	Sender's Correspondent	A, B, or D	6
O	54a	Receiver's Correspondent	A, B, or D	7
O	56a	Intermediary	A or D	8
O	57a	Account With Institution	A, B, or D	9
M	58a	Beneficiary Institution	A or D	10
O	72	Sender to Receiver Information	6*35x	11
End of Sequence A General Information
Mandatory Sequence B Underlying Customer Credit Transfer Details
M	50a	Ordering Customer	A, F, or K	12
O	52a	Ordering Institution	A or D	13
O	56a	Intermediary Institution	A, C, or D	14
O	57a	Account With Institution	A, B, C, or D	15
M	59a	Beneficiary Customer	No letter option, A, or F option or A	16
O	70	Remittance Information	4*35x	17
O	72	Sender to Receiver Information	6*35x	18
O	33B	Currency/Instructed Amount	3!a15d	19
End of Sequence B Underlying Customer Credit Transfer Details
M = Mandatory, O = Optional