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Category 9 Message Types

The following table lists all message types defined in category 9.

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), whether the use of the message requires registration with SWIFT for use in a message user group (Y or N), and whether value date ordering (VDO) can be requested for the message (Y/N). Value date ordering criteria are described in the Standards MT General Information.

MT MT Name Purpose Signed  (1)  Max. Length MUG VDO
900 Confirmation of Debit Advises an account owner of a debit to its account N 2,000 N N
910 Confirmation of Credit Advises an account owner of a credit to its account N 2,000 N Y
920 Request Message Requests the account servicing institution to send an MT 940, 941, 942 or 950 N 2,000 N N
935 Rate Change Advice Advises the Receiver of general rate change(s) and/or rate change(s) which applies to a specific account other than a call/notice loan/deposit account N 2,000 N N
940 Customer Statement Message Provides balance and transaction details of an account to a financial institution on behalf of the account owner N 2,000 N N
941 Balance Report Provides balance information of an account to a financial institution on behalf of the account owner N 2,000 N N
942 Interim Transaction Report Provides balance and transaction details of an account, for a specified period of time, to a financial institution on behalf of the account owner N 2,000 N N
950 Statement Message Provides balance and transaction details of an account to the account owner N 2,000 N N
970 Netting Statement Provides balance and transaction details of a netting position as recorded by a netting system N 2,000 N N
971 Netting Balance Report Provides balance information for specified netting position(s) N 2,000 N N
972 Netting Interim Statement Advises interim balance and transaction details of a netting position as recorded by a netting system N 2,000 N N
973 Netting Request Message Requests an MT 971 or 972 containing the latest available information N 2,000 N N
985 Status Enquiry Requests an MT 986 N 2,000 N N
986 Status Report Provides business related information about a customer or institution N 2,000 N N
990 Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments Advises an account owner of charges, interest or other adjustments to its account N 2,000 N N
991 Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses Requests payment of charges, interest or other expenses N 2,000 N N
992 Request for Cancellation Requests the Receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request N 2,000 N N
995 Queries Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message N 2,000 N N
996 Answers Responds to an MT 995 Queries or MT 992 Request for Cancellation or other messages where no specific message type has been provided for the response N 2,000 N N
998 Proprietary Message Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live N 10,000 N N
999 Free Format Message Contains information for which no other message type has been defined N 2,000 N 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 (Order Message User Group) through the forms available on www.swift.com > Ordering & Support > Ordering > Order Products and Services > Message User Group (MUG).

To withdraw from a MUG, use the Terminate your MUG subscription request. These forms are available at www.swift.com > Ordering & Support > Ordering > Terminate and deactivate > Message User Group (MUG).

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