12.2.8 MT 598 Proprietary Message

This message type is used by financial institutions, with their own offices, and/or with other financial institutions with which they have established bilateral agreements.

It is used as an envelope for a specified message included in it.

It allows for the definition of a unique format for which another message type is not available or applicable.

It also allows financial institutions to use message types which are awaiting live implementation on the SWIFT system.

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