MT 205 COV Format Specifications

The MT 205 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 205 COV Financial Institution Transfer Execution

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
M	52a	Ordering Institution	A or D	5
O	53a	Sender's Correspondent	A, B, or D	6
O	56a	Intermediary	A or D	7
O	57a	Account With Institution	A, B, or D	8
M	58a	Beneficiary Institution	A or D	9
O	72	Sender to Receiver Information	6*35x	10
End of Sequence A General Information
Mandatory Sequence B Underlying Customer Credit Transfer Details
M	50a	Ordering Customer	A, F, or K	11
O	52a	Ordering Institution	A or D	12
O	56a	Intermediary Institution	A, C, or D	13
O	57a	Account With Institution	A, B, C, or D	14
M	59a	Beneficiary Customer	No letter option, A, or F option or A	15
O	70	Remittance Information	4*35x	16
O	72	Sender to Receiver Information	6*35x	17
O	33B	Currency/Instructed Amount	3!a15d	18
End of Sequence B Underlying Customer Credit Transfer Details
M = Mandatory, O = Optional