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Collections Message Types

The following table lists all Collections message types defined in Category 4.

For each message type, there is a short description, an indicator whether the message type is signed (Y or N), the maximum message length on input (2,000 or 10,000 characters) and whether the use of the message requires registration with SWIFT for use in a message user group (Y or N).

MT MT Name Purpose Signed  (1)  Max. Length MUG
400 Advice of Payment Advises of a payment under a collection or part thereof. It also handles the settlement of proceeds Y 2,000 N
410 Acknowledgement Acknowledges receipt of a collection. It also specifies if the collecting bank does not intend to act in accordance with the collection instruction Y 2,000 N
412 Advice of Acceptance Informs the remitting bank of the acceptance of one or more drafts under one collection instruction Y 2,000 N
416 Advice of Non-Payment/Non-Acceptance Advises of the non-payment or non-acceptance under a previously received collection Y 10,000 Y
420 Tracer Enquires about documents sent for collection Y 2,000 N
422 Advice of Fate and Request for Instructions Advises the remitting bank of the fate of one or more collection documents; usually accompanied by one or more questions or requests Y 2,000 N
430 Amendment of Instructions Amends collection instructions Y 2,000 N

(1)  A Relationship Management Application (RMA) authorisation is required in order to sign a message.

Note: 

A Message User Group (MUG), for the purposes of this book, is a group of users who have voluntarily agreed to support the specified message type and have registered with SWIFT to send or receive the specified message type. These messages are indicated in the preceding table in the column MUG.

Registration is free of charge. To register to use one or more message types, submit a registration request (Register to a Message User Group) through the forms available on www.swift.com > Ordering > Order products and services.

To withdraw from a MUG, use the Deregister from a Message User Group request. These forms are available at www.swift.com > Ordering > Terminate and deactivate.

To get the list of other members of a particular MUG, send an MT 999 to the Customer Implementation team (SWHQBEBBCOS).