Swift Standards Infopaper

Standards
Standards MT November 2015
Updated High-Level Information

This document is an updated version of the High-Level Information document that was published on www.swift.com
on 29 August 2014. All the expected or requested changes described in that document were validated by a
maintenance working group and were either approved or rejected. Country user groups voted on the approved
requests and the Board must ratify those that were accepted. This document describes the outcome of the
maintenance working groups and the results of the country voting. It also includes other technical changes that are
foreseen for implementation at the same time as the Standards MT Release. The purpose of this document is to help
technical implementers and operational users of the Standards MT messages to evaluate the impact of changes on
interfaces and applications.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ...............................................................................................................................2
Preface .................................................................................................................................................3
1
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................4
Schedule for SR 2015 ...............................................................................................................5
Impact Levels of the Change Requests .................................................................................6
Evaluation of the Impact on Interfaces and Applications ....................................................7
Overview of Changes per Category .......................................................................................8

5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
Impact on Category 0 FIN System Messages ........................................................................8

Other Technical Changes .......................................................................................................9
Impact on Category 1 Customer Payments and Cheques ...................................................10
Impact on Category 2 Financial Institution Transfers ...........................................................12
Impact on Category 3 Treasury Markets...............................................................................14
Impact on Category 4 Collections and Cash Letters ............................................................17
Impact on Category 5 Securities Markets .............................................................................18
5.7.1 Trade Initiation and Confirmation ..................................................................................... 18
5.7.2 Settlement and Reconciliation .......................................................................................... 18
5.7.3 Corporate Action............................................................................................................... 19
5.7.4 Collateral Management .................................................................................................... 19
5.7.5 Other Category 5 Changes ............................................................................................... 20
5.8 Impact on Category 6 Treasury Markets-Commodities and Syndications ............................21
5.9 Impact on Category 7 Documentary Credits and Guarantees ..............................................22
5.10 Impact on Category 8 Travellers Cheques ...........................................................................23
5.11 Impact on Category 9 Cash Management and Customer Status .........................................24
5.12 Impact on Category n Common Group Messages ...............................................................26
Change Requests Postponed to a Later Standards Release ............................................27
Rejected and Withdrawn Change Requests ........................................................................36
Legal Notices ....................................................................................................................................42
Preface
Preface
Purpose of this document
This document gives an overview of all MT change requests received by SWIFT Standards for
the next Standards MT Release. The purpose of this document is to provide the SWIFT
community with an update to the initial high-level information that was published in August 2014.
Technical implementers and operational users of the MT messages can use this document to
evaluate the impact on interfaces and applications.
This document is not intended to be final. After the MWG review of the change requests, user
group chairpersons of all countries were invited to discuss the change requests in their user
group and to vote on the acceptance or rejection of individual change requests. The SWIFT
Board must ratify the outcome of the country vote.
Intended audience
This document is for the following audience:
Technical implementers of the Standards MT messages
Operational users of the Standards MT messages
All other interested SWIFT users
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Introduction
Warning This document describes changes that have been validated by a maintenance
working group and approved by Board business committees. The changes have been
accepted by country user group votes and the Board will ratify the voting results at its
December 2014 meeting.
The Updated High-Level Information document is part of the normal standards development and
implementation procedures. This document describes the expected or requested changes for
Standards MT Release 2015 (SR 2015). SWIFT distributes this document 12 months before the
standards release live date.
This document also includes other technical changes that are foreseen for implementation at the
same time as the Standards Release, for example, changes to system messages.
The sole purpose of this document is to help technical implementers and operational users of the
SWIFT messages to evaluate the impact of changes on interfaces and applications.
Consequently, implementers and users can plan resources and budget allocations for the SR
2015 implementation.
As a guide for implementers, a note has been added to each change request to indicate whether
a change is mandatory or optional. Each institution must assess their own applications and
business needs when implementing these changes.
The Standards MT Release Guide 2015, which SWIFT will publish in December 2014, will fully
describe the SR 2015. Approved changes will be effective as of 22 November 2015, the release
date on FIN.
Note
This publication is supplied for information purposes only, and shall not be binding
nor shall it be construed as constituting any obligation, representation or warranty on
the part of SWIFT. The information in this publication is the latest available at the date
of its production, and may change.
Schedule for SR 2015
Schedule for SR 2015

This timeline describes the schedule for development and implementation of SR 2015.
SR 2015 Timeline
Note
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This publication provides details of the changes that are approved by the country
voting process. While this provides a good overview of all the expected changes for
the next release, the only official source for information about a standards release is
the Standards Release Guide that is published in December.
Impact Levels of the Change Requests

All change requests contain an evaluation of their impact on interfaces and applications
expressed as a number in the range [0 - 3] with or without a plus (+) or minus (-) sign as in the
following table.
Index of impact levels
Level 0
This is a minor change that does not impact the format of the message. For
example, the scope of the message is updated, which may have an impact on some
automated applications.
Level 1
This change relates to the use of the message format but does not affect the
message structure or the FIN validation, for example, a definition or a usage rule is
changed.
Level 1+
An existing message type is removed from the network
Level 2-
The change has a small effect on the message structure and the FIN validation, for
example, field formats, qualifiers or codes are added or deleted.
Level 2+
The message layout or the FIN validation or both are significantly impacted, for
example, optional fields or sequences are added or deleted.
Level 3-
A new message type is created for use in a message user group (MUG) or the use
of an existing message type is changed from use in a MUG to general use, that is,
all users must be able to receive and process the new message.
Level 3
A new message type is created for general use, that is, all users must be able to receive
and process the new message.
Evaluation of the Impact on Interfaces and Applications
Evaluation of the Impact on Interfaces and

Applications
Impact on interfaces
All changes can have a direct impact on interfaces. This also applies to level 0 and level 1
changes, which may require an update to input screens or help screens or both.
Impact on applications
Level 0 changes should have no to minimum impact on applications.
Higher level changes will normally have an impact on applications, although the impact may be
different for applications sending the message than for applications receiving the message.
Some changes apply to message types (to be) implemented in a Message User Group (MUG). In
case of non-registration to the MUG, users can not send or receive message of this type. The
impact on any application depends directly on the need or desire to support these message
types.
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Overview of Changes per Category

When a change description is not clear without further explanation, a brief business context is
sometimes provided to help the readers better understand the reasoning behind the change.
Changes that are implemented differently from the original request are indicated in a blue font.
As a guide for implementers, a note has been added, in red, to each change request to indicate
whether a change is mandatory or optional for users that are sending the messages. All users
must be able to receive messages with the changes. The change request numbers (CR 000nnn)
are present to enable the submitters to easily track their requests.
5.1
Impact on Category 0 FIN System Messages

The following changes are scheduled for implementation in SR 2015.
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 066
MT 082
MT 083
MT 074
MT 094
Short description of the modification

CR 000917
Impact
level
MUG
2-
NA
2-
NA
Add a report generation date and time field.

To indicate the date and time, local to the receiver, at which the report
is generated.
CR 000921
Add a code to the MT 074 and MT 094.
To allow for the distribution of Securities SSIs.
5.2
Other Technical Changes

There are no changes for implementation in SR 2015.
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5.3
Impact on Category 1 Customer Payments and

Cheques
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 101
MT 102
MT 102
STP
MT 103
MT 103
REMIT
MT 103
STP
MT 101
MT 102
MT 102
STP
MT 103
MT 103
REMIT
MT 103
STP
Impact
level

CR 000760
MUG
2+
Yes
Except
MT 102
STP
MT 103
MT 103
STP
2+
Yes
Except
MT 102
STP
MT 103
MT 103
STP
2-
Yes
Except
MT 103
MT 103
STP
MT 102
STP
Add a network validated rule to prevent the use of commodities

codes XAU (gold), XAG (silver), XPD (palladium) and XPT
(platinum) in currency fields and subfields.
To stop the misuse of Payments messages to settle commodities when
specific category 6 messages are available for this purpose, for
example, the MT 604 Commodity Transfer/Delivery Order.
This change will only impact users that today misuse the Payments
messages for the settlement of commodities.
CR 000653
PART 1: Add letter option F to field 59a, Beneficiary Customer, in
Payments messages.
PART 2: In a later release, remove the free format options from
field 50a Ordering Customer and field 59a Beneficiary Customer.
To provide a structured implementation of name and address
information and to facilitate filtering, for example on country code, for
regulatory reporting.
Part 1 will be implemented in SR 2015.
Part 2 will be implemented in a later release. The release date will be
decided after the community has had time to do a full impact analysis.
All users must be able to receive and process Payments messages
with this new letter option in field 59. The impact will be high.
MT 101
MT 102
MT 102
STP
MT 103
MT 103
REMIT
MT 103
STP
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CR 000758
Align the existing documentation for field 50F Ordering Customer
with the published advanced information for field 59F Beneficiary
Customer, regarding information that covers similar business
functionality.
To increase consistency within the Payments messages.
Only senders who wish to use the new features will be impacted but all
users must be able to receive and to process messages that contain
these changes.
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 102
STP
MT 103
STP

CR 000751
Impact
level
MUG
2-
No
NA
No
Except
MT 101
MT 102
MT 103
REMIT
MT 104
MT 107
Yes
Except
MT 103
Add country code HR (Croatia) to the network validated rule that

validates the IBAN format and syntax validation in field 59a
Beneficiary Customer, subfield Account.
To improve STP for messages exchanged between European and
Croatian banks. IBAN is the only allowed account identification in
Croatian Banks since 1st of June 2014.
This change only impacts messages exchanged between the countries

listed in the network validated rule.
Cat 1
CR 000759
Delay until SR 2018, at the earliest, the implementation of PART 2
of CR 000653, which is to remove the free format options from
To allow banks time to analyse the full impact on back offices and on
the business and to follow up on the finalisation of regulation regarding
formatting of ordering customer and beneficiary customer in payments
messages.
This request has no impact on users for SR 2015. It is linked to CR

000653 and the change will be implemented in a later release, the date
of which is still to be determined.
MT 101
MT 102
MT 102
STP
MT 103
MT 103
REMIT
MT 103
STP
MT 104
MT 107
MT 110
MT 111
MT 112
MT 103
MT 103
REMIT
CR 000750
Add the Chinese CNAPS clearing code in existing lists of clearing
codes.
To improve STP for the increasing number of RMB payments and to
make sure that the MT messages can be easily mapped to CNAPS
messages.
This change will facilitate automation of Payments to China but it is not

mandatory for senders to use this new code. All banks in China must
be able to receive and process messages received with this new
clearing code.
CR 000752
Add a usage rule and clarify the use of the code word INS, when
there were multiple previous instructing institutions involved in
earlier phases of the payment chain.
To ensure transparency and, in the event of a regulatory enquiry, to
help meet requirements to indicate the complete end to end payment
chain.
This change is optional but all users must be able to receive and to
process messages with multiple occurrences of code INS in field 72.
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5.4
Impact on Category 2 Financial Institution

Transfers
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 200
MT 201
MT 202
MT 202
COV
MT 203
MT 205
MT 205
COV
MT 207
MT 210
MT 202
COV
MT 205
COV
Impact
level

CR 000760
MUG
2+
No
Except
MT 207
2+
No
2-
No
Add a network validated rule to prevent the use of commodities

codes XAU (gold), XAG (silver), XPD (palladium) and XPT
(platinum) in currency fields and subfields.
To stop the misuse of Payments messages to settle commodities when
specific category 6 messages are available for this purpose, for
example, the MT 604 Commodity Transfer/Delivery Order.
This change will only impact users that today misuse the Payments
messages for the settlement of commodities.
CR 000653
PART 1: Add letter option F to field 59a, Beneficiary Customer, in
Payments messages.
PART 2: In a later release, remove the free format options from
To provide a structured implementation of name and address
information and to facilitate filtering, for example on country code, for
regulatory reporting.
Part 1 will be implemented in SR 2015.
Part 2 will be implemented in a later release. The release date will be
decided after the community has had time to do a full impact analysis.
All users must be able to receive and process Payments messages
with this new letter option in field 59. The impact will be high.
MT 202
COV
MT 205
COV
MT 210
CR 000758
functionality.
these changes.
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Message
Types
(MT)
Cat 2
CR 000759
Impact
level
MUG
NA
No
Except
MT 204
MT 207
MT 256
No

messages.

MT 200
MT 201
MT 202
MT 202
COV
MT 203
MT 204
MT 205
MT 205
COV
MT 207
MT 210
MT 256
MT 202
MT 202
COV
MT 203
MT 205
MT 205
COV
CR 000750
codes.
messages.

clearing code.
CR 000752
Add a usage rule and clarify the use of the code word INS, when
there were multiple previous instructing institutions involved in
earlier phases of the payment chain.
To ensure transparency and, in the event of a regulatory enquiry, to
help meet requirements to indicate the complete end to end payment
chain.
This change is optional but all users must be able to receive and to
process messages with multiple occurrences of code INS in field 72.
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5.5
Impact on Category 3 Treasury Markets

Message
Types
(MT)
MT 304
CR 000801
Impact
level
MUG
2+
Yes
2+
No
2+
No
2+
No
2+
No
2+
No
Add new fields for trade repository reporting.

To be able to report to the trading repositories.
This change is optional and is only needed when the message is used
for reporting to a trade repository.
MT 305
CR 000799
Add fields for deliverable vs net cash and for the floating rate.
To be able to confirm deliverable and cash settled options.
This change is optional for including a settlement rate source for vanilla
options.
MT 306
CR 000798
Make optional subsequence F1 Barrier Window Block repetitive.
To allow multiple window barrier transactions to be confirmed.
This change is optional and only required when confirming multiple

windows in barrier transactions.
MT 306
CR 000797
Make optional sequence G Trigger Block repetitive.
To allow multiple currency barrier and binary transactions to be
confirmed.
This change is optional and only required when confirming multiple

trigger transactions.
MT 306
CR 000796
Add a new optional sequence for optional early terminations.
To be able to confirm early terminations.
This change is optional and only required when confirming early

terminations.
MT 306
CR 000794
Add a new sequence for barrier and binary products.
To be able to confirm exotic barrier and binary products.
This change is optional and only required for provision of time and
location in the settlement rate source.
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 306
CR 000793
Impact
level
MUG
2+
No
2+
No
2+
No
2+
No
2+
NA
2-
No
Expand detail and repetitiveness of field 14S Settlement Rate

Source.
To allow time and location to be stipulated as well as allowing multiple
settlement rates sources.
It is mandatory for all users to be able to receive and process

messages with this updated field.
MT 306
CR 000792
Add new optional fields for averaging option transactions.
To be able to confirm averaging option products.
This change is optional and only required when confirming average rate
option transactions.
MT 306
CR 000791
Add new optional fields for averaging forward transactions.
To be able to confirm averaging forward products.
This change is optional and only required when confirming average rate
forward transactions.
MT 361
MT 362
MT 365
CR 000800
Add a new optional sequence for volatility, variance and
correlation swaps transactions.
To be able to confirm and terminate volatility, variance and correlation
swaps transactions.
This change is optional and only required when confirming volatility,

variance and correlation swaps transactions.
MT 370
CR 000786
Add two new optional party identification fields in the MT 370
Netting Position Advice.
To enable wider usage of the message.
This change is optional for further identification of the parties.

MT 306
CR 000795
Add codes to the field 22G Type of Barrier.
To be able to confirm knock in knock out and knock out knock in
options.
This change is mandatory when confirming knock-in knock-out and

knock-out knock-in barrier options.
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 300
MT 305
MT 306
MT 340
MT 341
MT 360
MT 361
MT 360
MT 361

CR 000790
Impact
level
MUG
No
No
NA
Add codes for additional reporting jurisdictions.

To improve regulatory reporting.
CR 000789
Add a new usage rule for describing a floating rate.
To align with other usage rules for floating rates.
This is a mandatory usage rule when describing a floating rate for

swaps.
MT 370
CR 000750
codes.
messages.

clearing code.
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5.6
Impact on Category 4 Collections and Cash

Letters
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5.7
Impact on Category 5 Securities Markets

5.7.1
Trade Initiation and Confirmation

MTs 502, 509, 513, 514, 515, 517, 576, (alignment in other messages possible)
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 502
MT 513
MT 514
MT 515
MT 518

CR 000914
Impact
level
MUG
No
Impact
level
MUG
2+
No
2-
No
Correct definitions of qualifiers DEI1, DEI2, REI1 and REI2.

To align the definitions with the description of the network validated
rules.
Definition change with very low impact on users business applications.
5.7.2
Settlement and Reconciliation

MTs 508, 524, 535-8, 540-9, 578, 586, (alignment in other messages possible)
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 535
CR 000739
To change the definition of the qualifier in field 93a::PLED and
addition of a new field 22F and new qualifiers in field 94a.
To comply with regulatory reporting requirements.
This change is optional as use of the field is linked to market practice or

to a service level agreement (SLA) between the sender and receiver.
High impact known on US users.
MT 536
MT 537
MT 540
MT 542
MT 544
MT 546
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CR 000741
Add a re-hypothecation code (RHYP) in field 22F::STCO
Settlement Transaction Condition Indicator
To improve STP for re-hypothecation agreements.

High impact known on US users.
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 536
MT 537
MT 540
MT 541
MT 542
MT 543
MT 544
MT 545
MT 546
MT 547
MT 548
MT 578
MT 586
MT 548
MT 549

CR 000914
Impact
level
MUG
No
No
No
Impact
level
MUG
Yes

rules.
CR 000748
Change the definition of status code in ISO 15022 messages to
align them with definitions in ISO 20022 messages.
To enable the use of TPRC qualifier "Processing Change Command
Status" to provide a status of other messages than the MT 530.

MT 548
MT 549
CR 000743
Change the definitions of the denied reason codes in ISO 15022
and ISO 20022 messages.
To make the definitions more generic.
5.7.3
Corporate Action
MTs 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, (alignment in other messages possible)
All Corporate Action changes are postponed to a later release.
5.7.4
Collateral Management
MTs 503-507, 527, 558, 569, (alignment in other messages possible)
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 504
MT 505
MT 507

CR 000914
rules.
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All other Collateral Management changes are postponed to a later release.
5.7.5
Other Category 5 Changes

Message
Types
(MT)
MT 559
CR 000750
Impact
level
MUG
No
Yes

codes.
messages.

clearing code.
MT 575
CR 000914
rules.
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5.8
Impact on Category 6 Treasury MarketsCommodities, Syndications, and Reference Data

Message
Types
(MT)
MT 600
MT 601
MT 604
MT 605
MT 606
MT 607
MT 608
MT 609
MT 620
MT 600
MT 601

CR 000647
Impact
level
MUG
2+
No
Except
MT 620
No
No
Introduce a network validated rule to enforce the use of unit code

GOZ for "white" metals (silver, palladium and platinum).
To prevent mismatching of white metal trades.
This change is mandatory and will impact those who trade white
metals.
CR 000790
Add codes for additional reporting jurisdictions.
To improve regulatory reporting.
MT 670
MT 671
CR 000750
codes.
messages.

clearing code.
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5.9
Impact on Category 7 Documentary Credits and

Guarantees
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 734
CR 000851
Impact
level
MUG
No
Change definition of the code word "HOLD" in field 77B Disposal

of Documents
To align with the change in the rules for the business that followed the
change from ICC UCP 500 to ICC UCP 600 in 2007.
This change should have no impact on users, as the new definition of

the code is already implemented by all users of the message.
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5.10
Impact on Category 8 Travellers Cheques

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5.11
Impact on Category 9 Cash Management and

Customer Status
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 900
MT 910

CR 000761
Impact
level
MUG
2+
No
2-
No
NA
Add a field 13D Date/Time Indication to the MT 900 Confirmation of

Debit and MT 910 Confirmation of Credit.
To facilitate intraday liquidity monitoring requirements by using the field
as a timestamp for the transaction.
This is an optional field. Account owners that wish to have better

liquidity risk-management will ask their account servicing institutions to
provide date and time details to the confirmation messages. These
account servicers will need to implement this change.
MT 910
CR 000758
functionality.
these changes.
Cat 9
CR 000759
messages.

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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 900
MT 910

CR 000750
Impact
level
MUG
No

codes.
messages.

clearing code.
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5.12
Impact on Category n Common Group Messages

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Change Requests Postponed to a Later Standards Release
Change Requests Postponed to a Later

Standards Release
The changes in this section are held over for a future release. The release will be decided at a
later date.
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 502
MT 509
MT 515

CR 000912
Impact
level
MUG
2+
No
2-
No
2-
No
Delete codes SUBS, REDM, CROF, CROT, SWIF, SWIT and DIVR
from field 22H, qualifier BUSE.
This is to support the community decision to migrate to a single
standard for Funds order processing by the removal the tactical ISO
15022 solutions for funds. This change is the completion of an 8 year
community driven migration programme validated and confirmed by the
industry in 2011.
MT 564
MT 565
MT 566
MT 568
CR 000772
Add optional, repetitive qualifier CETI Certification/Breakdown
narrative in field 70E Narrative in sequence F Additional
Information in MT 564 Corporate Action Notification.
Add optional, repetitive qualifier CETI Certification / Breakdown
narrative and qualifier TXNR Narrative Version in field 70a
Narrative in sequence C Additional Information in MT 568
Corporate Action Narrative.
To harmonise the presence of the "certification/breakdown" and
"narrative version" narrative qualifiers between the corporate action
notification and the narrative messages.

Medium impact on users business applications.
MT 564
MT 566
CR 000780
Add two indicator codes NREF Non-Refunded Security and REFU
Refunded Security to qualifier NSIS New Securities Issuance
Indicator in field 22F Indicator, in sequence E1 Securities
Movement of MT 564 Corporate Action Notification and in
sequence D1 Securities movement of MT 566 Corporate Action
Confirmation.
To be able to differentiate between the refunded and non-refunded
securities for partial pre-refunding (PDEF) events.

Low impact on users business applications.
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 564
MT 566

CR 000779
Impact
level
MUG
2-
No
2-
No
2-
No
Add codes FPRE Full Pre-Refunding and PPRE Partial PreRefunding to qualifier CAEV Corporate Action Event Indicator in
field 22F Indicator, in sequence A General Information of all MT
56X Corporate Action messages.
Amend the definition of indicator code PDEF in qualifier CAEV
Corporate Action Event Indicator in field 22F Indicator, in
sequence A General Information of all MT56X Corporate Action
messages.
To be able to distinguish between the three different partial
defeasance/pre-funding scenarios in the US market. Currently there is
a single event type covering those three scenarios in the messages.
The MWG agreed to create two new codes, FPRE and PPRE, in
Additional Business Process Indicator :22F::ADDB, in sequence D of
MT 564 and in sequence C of MT 566.
MT 564
MT 566
CR 000920
(Previously CR 000777) Add the new codes MPUT Mandatory Put
Redemption and PPUT Partial Mandatory Put Redemption to
qualifier CAEV Corporate Action Event Indicator in field 22F
Indicator, in sequence A General Information of all MT 56X
Corporate Action messages.
To be able to distinguish the three put redemption scenarios that exist
in the US, while only one put redemption event BPUT is present in the
messages.
The MWG agreed to create one new code, PPUT, in Additional
Business Process Indicator :22F::ADDB in sequence D of MT 564 and
in sequence C of MT 566.
MT 564
CR 000775
Add optional, non-repetitive qualifier BPRD Buyer Protection
Response Deadline in field 98a Date/Time, in sequence D
Corporate Action Details of MT 564 Corporate Action Notification.
To enable the account servicers/CSDs to provide a client response
deadline prior to the buyer protection deadline.
The MWG agreed to add an optional, non-repeatable qualifier ECRD
Election To Counterparty Response Deadline to field :98a::Date/Time in
sequence D of MT 564 and to rename the existing element Election to
Counterparty Deadline to Election to Counterparty Market Deadline.
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 564
CR 000778
Impact
level
MUG
2-
No
2-
No
2-
No
Make qualifier DIVI Dividend Type Indicator repeatable in field 22F

Indicator, in sequence D Corporate Action Details of MT 564
Corporate Action Notification.
To make it possible to mention more than one non-mutually-exclusive
type of dividend.
The MWG agreed to add a new code, SPRE, in field :22F::DIVI
Dividend Type Indicator, in sequence D of MT 564.
MT 564
CR 000771
Add code REAC Required Action to qualifier ADDB Additional
Business Process Indicator, in field 22F Indicator, in sequence D
Corporate Action Details of MT 564 Corporate Action Notification.
Add optional, non-repetitive qualifier APLI Applied Option Flag to
field 17B Flag, in sequence E Corporate Action Options, in MT 564
Corporate Action Notification.
To enable an account owner to distinguish between common
mandatory events (MAND) and mandatory events that require an action
on its side, in order to receive the entitlement/proceeds.

MT 564
CR 000776
Add subsequence E3 Borrower Stock Lending Deadline in MT 564
Corporate Action Notification with new, mandatory, nonrepeatable qualifier BORD Stock Lending Deadline in field 98a
Date/Time and with new, mandatory, non-repeatable qualifier
BORW Borrower in field 95a.
Delete optional qualifier BORD Stock Lending Deadline Date/Time
in field 98a Date/Time, in sequence E Corporate Action Option of
MT 564 Corporate Action Notification.
To enable the custodians to provide one stock lending deadline per
borrower, when there is more than one borrower.
The MWG agreed to make the qualifier BORD Stock Lending Deadline
Date/Time repeatable in field :98a: Date/Time, in sequence E of MT
564 and to create two new format options, G and H, in the same field in
order to associate a date and time with a party either as a BIC or as a
proprietary identification
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 566
CR 000770
Impact
level
MUG
2-
No
2-
No
2+
No
No
No
Add format option M to qualifiers SOFE Solicitation Fee Rate and

ESOF Early Solicitation Fee Rate in field 92a Rate, in sequence D2
Cash Movement of MT 566 Corporate Action Confirmation.
To have consistent format options for solicitation fee and early
solicitation fee rates between the corporate action notification and the
corporate action confirmation messages.

MT 700
MT 701
MT 705
MT 710
MT 711
MT 720
MT 721
MT 700
MT 701
MT 710
MT 711
MT 720
MT 721
MT 700
MT 701
MT 710
MT 711
MT 720
MT 721
MT 700
MT 701
MT 710
MT 711
MT 720
MT 721
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CR 000812
Use z character set in field 45A Description of Goods and /or
Services
The X character set lacks some commonly used characters for example
%, @, &. Current workarounds are not satisfactory.
CR 000830
Add two new fields: Special Payment Instructions for
Beneficiary/Receiving Bank
These two fields will provide a place for information that is now put in
other free format fields. The first field specifies special payment
conditions applicable to the beneficiary, for example, post-financing
request/conditions for Beneficiary. The second field specifies special
payment conditions applicable to the receiving bank, for example, postfinancing request/conditions for Receiving bank only.
CR 000832
Change usage rule about number of continuation messages.
The limit of 3 continuation messages is too low and many institutions
send more than 3, as this is not a network-validated rule. This change
aligns the usage rule with the market practice.
CR 000831
Change usage rule in fields 45a Description of Goods and/or
Services, 46a Documents Required, 47a Additional Conditions
The rule about the number of occurrences of these fields is too
restrictive and many institutions are forced to bypass it, as this is not a
network-validated rule. This change aligns the usage rule with the
market practice.
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 700
MT 705
MT 707
MT 710
MT 720
MT 730
MT 732
MT 740
MT 742
MT 747
MT 750
MT 752
MT 754
MT 756
MT 768
MT 769
MT 700
MT 705
MT 707
MT 710
MT 720
MT 740
MT 700
MT 705
MT 710
MT 720
MT 700
MT 705
MT 710
MT 720
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CR 000814
Impact
level
MUG
2-
No
2-
No
2-
No
2-
No
Use z character set in field 72 Sender to Receiver Information

CR 000818
Change format in field 59 Beneficiary
Name and address fields are too short and need to be increased to 6
lines. Prefixes are also needed to identify name, address and country
lines. Automatic extraction of country code is needed for compliance
reasons.
CR 000817
Change format of field 50 Applicant
reasons.
CR 000824
Delete all codes that relate to revocable documentary credits from
field 40A.
In practice, revocable instruments no longer exist. These codes are
therefore obsolete and must be removed.
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 700
MT 705
MT 710
MT 720
MT 730
MT 734
MT 740
MT 742
MT 750
MT 752
MT 754
MT 756
MT 768
MT 769
MT 700
MT 705
MT 710
MT 720
MT 740
MT 700
MT 707
MT 710
MT 752
MT 760
MT 767
MT 700
MT 710
MT 720

CR 000820
Impact
level
MUG
2-
No
2-
No
2-
No
2+
No
2-
No
Change format of party fields which identify banks.

reasons.
CR 000819
Change format of field 41D Available With By
reasons.
CR 000650
Add network validation for codes in field 23 of MT 700, 707, 710,
752, 760 and 767.
To improve STP by checking that the appropriate codes are used.
CR 000823
Add new field for Requested Confirmation Party after field 49
Confirmation Instructions
In some scenarios, it is not always clear which bank is requested to add
its confirmation, this field is therefore required to specify it.
MT 700
MT 710
MT 720
CR 000825
Change the format of field 43P Partial Shipment and introduce
codes.
To make the field more precise and more structured, to allow for
automation.
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 700
MT 710
MT 720

CR 000826
Impact
level
MUG
2-
No
2-
No
No
No
2-
No
No
Change the format of field 43T Transshipment and introduce

codes.
To make the field more precise and more structured, and to allow for
automation.
MT 700
MT 710
MT 720
MT 700
MT 710
MT 720
CR 000828
Change format and definition of field 48 Period for Presentation
To make the field more precise and more structured, and to allow for
automation.
CR 000827
Rename field 48 Period for Presentation to "Period for
Presentation in days"
Clarify field name in line with the format change.
MT 700
MT 710
MT 720
MT 700
MT 710
MT 720
MT 730
MT 740
MT 742
MT 750
MT 752
MT 754
MT 768
MT 769
MT 700
MT 710
MT 720
MT 740
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CR 000829
Change definition in field 49 Confirmation Instructions
Clarify the definition.
CR 000813
Use z character set in all charges fields.
CR 000822
Rename field 42P Deferred Payment Details to
"Negotiation/Deferred Payment Details"
Clarify the field name as the field can also be used for negotiation
details.
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 707
CR 000833
Impact
level
MUG
No
No
2+
No
2+
No
No
2-
No
Create new extension message MT 708

The redesign of the MT 707 Amendment to a Documentary Credit calls
for a new extension message, which is this MT 708.
MT 707
CR 000848
Redesigned MT 707 Amendment to a Documentary Credit
The MT 707 has been completely redesigned to be a mirror image of
the MT 700 Issue of a Documentary Credit. This way, any field present
in the MT 700 can be amended using the MT 707. Codes have been
added to specify which changes are being made in free format fields.
MT 707
CR 000340
Add field 45A, 46A and 47A as optional fields in MT 707, and add
Sequence Of Total, so that multiple MT 707 messages can be sent
for one amendment.
As part of an amendment, allow full replacement text to be provided for
the fields 45A Description of Goods and/or Services, 46A Documents
Required and 47A Additional Conditions.
MT 730
MT 752
CR 000821
Add field 79 Narrative in MT 730 Acknowledgement and MT 752
Authorisation to Pay, Accept or Negotiate
To accommodate information that does not fit in the structured fields of
this message.
MT 734
CR 000651
Strictly align the codes and definitions in field 77B Disposal of
Documents with UCP 600.
Align field with UCP 600.
MT 734
MT 750
MT 754
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CR 000815
Use z character set in field 73 Charges
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 734
MT 750
MT 754

CR 000816
Impact
level
MUG
2-
No
No
No
No
2+
No
Use z character set in fields 77J Discrepancies, 77B Disposal of

Documents and
77A Narrative
MT 760
CR 000847
Create a new message MT 761 Demand Guarantee/Standby Letter
of Credit Issuance Extension
This message is sent in addition to an MT 760 Guarantee/Standby
Letter of Credit message, when the information in the undertaking
exceeds the maximum message size of the MT 760.
This message may specify the terms and conditions of the undertaking
and for a counter-undertaking and may specify the requested terms and
conditions of the local undertaking. Up to eight MT 761 messages may
be sent in addition to the MT 760.
MT 760
CR 000849
Redesigned MT 760 Guarantee/Standby Letter of Credit
The MT 760 was a free format message and, over the years, the
community has asked for this message to be completely redesigned to
provide structured fields, for better automation, STP, limit controls etc.
MT 767
CR 000850
Redesigned MT 767 Guarantee/Standby Letter of Credit
Amendment
The MT 767 Amendment needed to be completely redesigned, given
the redesign of the base message MT 760.
MT 768
MT 769
CR 000852
Add new field, File Identification, to identify location of
attachments
For guarantees and standbys, there is often a need to transmit other
documents (letter of guarantee, cover letter, etc.), these can be sent by
another channel, but a reference is needed in the message. This new
field is the same as the one present in the MT 798 trade messages for
corporate to bank communication.
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Rejected and Withdrawn Change Requests

These changes were rejected by a maintenance working group or withdrawn by the submitter.
Message
Types
(MT)
Cat 1
Cat 2
Cat 9

CR 000754
Impact
level
MUG
2+
NA
2+
No
Except
MT 103
REMIT
MT 102
2-
Yes
Except
MT 103
MT 103
STP
MT 102
STP
Reverse the decision reflected in CR 000653 PART 2, to remove

the free format options from field 50a Ordering Customer and field
59a Beneficiary Customer.
In order to meet the requirements of the Russian legislation, the
Russian banking community worked out a fixed structure for fields 50K
and 59 no letter option, which helps to automate the processing of
Russian Rouble MTs 103. For compliance and cost-efficiency reasons,
this structure must stay.
MT 102
MT 102
STP
MT 103
MT 103
REMIT
MT 103
STP
MT 102
MT 102
STP
MT 103
MT 103
REMIT
MT 103
STP
MT 104
MT 107
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CR 000755
Add a third mandatory subfield to field 71F Senders Charges to
hold the BIC of the party that took the charges indicated in this
field.
To increase transparency in the payment chain and to show which
party deducted each of the charges. It will also decrease the number of
inquiries initiated in respect of unknown/unrecognisable charges.
CR 000767
Add an optional code word to identify consumer credit transfers.
To accommodate the US Dodd Frank 1073 regulation and to be able to
indicate that a payment is a consumer credit transfer.
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 102
MT 102
STP
MT 103
MT 103
REMIT
MT 103
STP
MT 202
MT 202
COV
MT 205
MT 205
COV
CR 000757
MT 102
MT 103
MT 103
REMIT
MT 104
MT 107
MT 110
MT 195
MT 199
MT 200
MT 201
MT 202
MT 202
COV
MT 203
MT 204
MT 205
MT 205
COV
MT 295
MT 299
CR 000756
MT 103
MT 202
COV
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Impact
level
1
No
Except
MT 102
MT 103
REMIT
2+
No
Except
MT 104
MT 107
MT 204
MT 102
MT 103
REMIT
2+
No
Add codes to field 13C Time Indication in Payments messages.

To align the documentation with well-known business implementations
and to be able to incorporate these codes in the 'like for like'
implementation of ISO 20022 messages for high value payments.
Change the format and validation of reason codes in Payment

Reject/Return Guidelines.
To support coexistence and migration by allowing the use of the ISO
20022 external code list for return reason codes.
CR 000753
MUG
Make field 70 Remittance Information mandatory.

To comply with regulatory AML requirements that mandate the
presence of remittance information and increase transparency.
37
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 202
MT 203
MT 205

CR 000762
Impact
level
MUG
2+
No
2+
No
2+
No
No
2+
No
Add an optional field to the interbank payment transfer messages

to indicate the details of the charges contained/settled in the
message.
To provide details of the amount settled, as a result of an MT 191
request, in the Payment transfer messages without creating new nonSTP claims.
MT 300
CR 000788
Add a network validated rule for non-deliverable forwards.
To enhance usage rules for non-deliverable forwards.
MT 300
MT 305
CR 000787
Make field 77H Type, Date, Version of the Agreement mandatory in
the MT 300 Foreign Exchange Confirmation and MT 305 Foreign
Currency Option Confirmation.
To be consistent with ISDA recommendations.
MT 502
MT 509
MT 515
CR 000811
Update the documentation of the code "SUBS" for qualifier
"BUSE" of the field 22a "Indicator".
To clarify the use and the definitions of the "Buy/Sell" qualifier.
MT 535
MT 536
MT 537
MT 540
MT 541
MT 542
MT 543
MT 544
MT 545
MT 546
MT 547
MT 548
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CR 000742
Add a collateral pledge in field 22F, qualifier STCO Settlement
Transaction Condition Indicator, that should be used with either
22F::SETR//COLI (broker owned) or 22F::SETR//COLO (client
owned) collateral code words.
To allow "hard" collateral pledge and to satisfy CCPs' regulatory
requirements for segregating collateral.
Message
Types
(MT)
MT 536
MT 537
MT 540
MT 541
MT 542
MT 543
MT 544
MT 545
MT 546
MT 547
MT 548
MT 578
MT 540
MT 541
MT 542
MT 543

CR 000738
Impact
level
MUG
No
Except
sese.038
sese.039
No
2+
No
2+
Yes
2+
No
Add codes for registration basis in direct holding countries, in

field 22F, qualifier SETR (Type of Settlement Transaction
Indicator).
To comply with regulatory requirements.
CR 000737
In field 20C Reference, ASFR Account Servicer Reference, add the
missing reference qualifiers MITI Market Infrastructure
Identification and PCTI Processor Transaction Identification.
To improve STP in the context of T2S.
MT 540
MT 541
MT 542
MT 543
MT 544
MT 545
MT 546
MT 547
MT 558
CR 000740
Add a new sequence "Reporting Information".
To comply with regulatory reporting requirements.
CR 000809
Add a new qualifier ACDR to field 19A Amount in sequence A
General Information.
To be able to report the status of DBV transactions back to the
instructing party.
MT 564
MT 566
CR 000766
Add optional, non-repetitive qualifier SRCI Country of Income
Source in the new 94C Place field, in sequence E2 Cash Movement
of MT 564 Corporate Action Notification and in sequence D2 Cash
Movement of MT 566 Corporate Action Confirmation.
To make it possible to indicate a source country for cash payment so as
to be able break out the payment rates per source country instead of
indicating this in narrative fields.
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 564
CR 000769
Impact
level
MUG
2-
No
2-
No
2+
No
Add eight indicator codes to qualifier INFO Information Type

Indicator in field 22F Indicator, in sequence D Corporate Action
Details of MT 564 Corporate Action Notification.
To be able to qualify precisely the type of information event that is
announced, as per the UCITS IV regulation, with regard to investment
funds instruments in the German market.
MT 567
CR 000774
Add codes DOCS Pending Documentation and VALD Pending
Validation for qualifier PEND Pending Reason in field 24B Reason
Code, in sequence A2a Reason of MT 567 Corporate Action Status
and Processing Advice.
Add code IREJ Rejected By Intermediary for qualifier REJT
Rejection Reason in field 24B Reason Code, in sequence A2a
Reason of MT 567 Corporate Action Status and Processing
Advice.
Add codes DELV Vote Cast, DISC Market Disclosure, INTA
Delivered to Third Party, INTC Delivered to CSD, INTI Delivered to
Issuer, INTR Delivered to Registrar, IPAC Accepted by
Intermediary, REGI Beneficial Owner Registration to qualifier
PACK Accepted Reason in field 24B Reason Code, in sequence
A2a Reason of MT 567 Corporate Action Status and Processing
Advice.
Or Alternatively add codes DELV, DISC, DOCS, INTA, INTC, INTI,
INTR, IPAC to qualifier IPRC Instruction Processing Status in field
25D Status Code, in subsequence A2 Status of MT 567 Corporate
Action Status and Processing Advice.
To enrich the instruction statuses for proxy voting so as to provide new
statuses such as market registration, onward delivery of the instruction
to the next market intermediary (for example, registrar, tabulator, CSD,
appointed third parties), completion stage of the vote execution
process.
MT 567
CR 000781
Add optional, non-repetitive qualifier EXER Exercise Date in new
field 98a, in sequence A2 Status of the MT 567 Corporate Action
Status and Processing Advice.
To make it possible for an account owner to know the exercise date
linked to its instruction for "au fil de l'eau" processing of events, such as
conversion or warrant events.
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Message
Types
(MT)
MT 600
CR 000648
Impact
level
MUG
2+
No
2+
No
2-
No
Add an exercise field and a fixing field for cash settled forward.
To enable cash settled transactions for commodities.
MT 900
CR 000749
Allow for non-financial institutions to be identified as a separate
party in MT 900.
To be able to identify all parties involved in the payment, particularly in
a relay scenario, where the account owner, may be different from the
receiver.
MT n99
CR 000768
Publish an optional code list for sanctions, compliance and fraud
in the optional field 113 Banking Priority, which is found in the
User Header block (block 3) of the message. Make existing codes
in field 75 Queries and field 76 Answers field specific/less generic.
To create easy 'fraud alerts' and prioritise investigations related to
regulatory inquiries/sanctions screening, which will reduce the
investigation processing time and the number of investigation
messages.
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41
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Standards MT November 2015

Updated High-Level Information

Standards MT November 2015

Schedule for SR 2015 ...............................................................................................................5

Impact Levels of the Change Requests .................................................................................6

Evaluation of the Impact on Interfaces and Applications ....................................................7

Overview of Changes per Category .......................................................................................8

Impact on Category 0 FIN System Messages ........................................................................8

Change Requests Postponed to a Later Standards Release ............................................27

Rejected and Withdrawn Change Requests ........................................................................36

Legal Notices ....................................................................................................................................42

Updated High-Level Information

Technical implementers of the Standards MT messages

Operational users of the Standards MT messages

All other interested SWIFT users

Standards MT November 2015

Updated High-Level Information

Schedule for SR 2015

Schedule for SR 2015

Standards MT November 2015

Impact Levels of the Change Requests

An existing message type is removed from the network

Updated High-Level Information

Evaluation of the Impact on Interfaces and Applications

Evaluation of the Impact on Interfaces and

Standards MT November 2015

Overview of Changes per Category

Impact on Category 0 FIN System Messages

Short description of the modification

Add a report generation date and time field.

Updated High-Level Information

Overview of Changes per Category

Other Technical Changes

Standards MT November 2015

Impact on Category 1 Customer Payments and

Short description of the modification

Add a network validated rule to prevent the use of commodities

Updated High-Level Information

Overview of Changes per Category

Short description of the modification

Add country code HR (Croatia) to the network validated rule that

This change only impacts messages exchanged between the countries

This request has no impact on users for SR 2015. It is linked to CR

This change will facilitate automation of Payments to China but it is not

Standards MT November 2015

Impact on Category 2 Financial Institution

Short description of the modification

Add a network validated rule to prevent the use of commodities

Updated High-Level Information

Overview of Changes per Category

Short description of the modification

Delay until SR 2018, at the earliest, the implementation of PART 2

This request has no impact on users for SR 2015. It is linked to CR

This change will facilitate automation of Payments to China but it is not

Standards MT November 2015

Impact on Category 3 Treasury Markets

Short description of the modification

Add new fields for trade repository reporting.

This change is optional and only required when confirming multiple