MT 900 Field Specifications

2. Field 21: Related Reference

FORMAT

16x

PRESENCE

Mandatory

DEFINITION

This field contains the reference number of the transaction which resulted in this message, for example, the field 20 Transaction Reference Number of the SWIFT payment instruction.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

This field must not start or end with a slash '/' and must not contain two consecutive slashes '//' (Error code(s): T26).