Format Specifications

12.3.38.1 Format Specifications

Field Tag	Field Name	Format	Mandatory /Optional
MT 733 Section 1 (Index)
20	Transaction Reference Number	16x	M
12	Sub-Message Type	3!n	M
77E	Proprietary Message	73z (Text) [n*78z] (Text)	M
Section 2 - Field 77E Structure
27A	Message Index/ Total	1!n/1!n (Message Index)/(Total)	M
21P	Bank Reference Number	16x	M
21S	Bank Business Reference	16x	M
20	Documentary Credit Number	16x	M
21A	Customer Reference Number	16x	O
21T	Customer Business Reference	16x	O
21R	Presentation Reference Number	16x	O
31C	Date of Issue	6!n (Date)	M
13E	Message Creation Date Time	8!n4!n (Date)(Time)	M
32B	Message Creation Date Time	3!a15d (Currency)( Amount)	O
52a	Issuing Bank	A [/1!a][/34x] (Party Identifier) 4!a2!a2!c[3!c] (Identifier Code) D [/1!a][/34x] (Party Identifier) 4*35x (Name & Address)	O
29B	Issuing Bank Contact	4*35x (Narrative)	O
58a	Nominated/Confirming Bank	A [/1!a][/34x] (Party Identifier) 4!a2!a2!c[3!c] (Identifier Code) D [/1!a][/34x] (Party Identifier) 4*35x (Name & Address)	O
29D	Nominated/Confirming Bank Contact	4*35x (Narrative)	O
72Z	Bank to Corporate Information	6*35Z (Narrative)	O
78B	Instructions from the Bank	50*65z (Narrative)	O
23X	File Identification	4!c/65x (Code)(File Name or Reference)	O
29S	Customer Identifier	4!c/35x (Code)(Party Identifier)	O
29P	Processing Bank Identifier	4!a2!a2!c[3!c] ( Identifier Code)	O
29U	Lead Bank Identifier	4!a2!a2!c[3!c] ( Identifier Code)	O
MT 734 Section 1 (Index)
20	Transaction Reference Number	16x	M
12	Sub-Message Type	3!n	M
77E	Proprietary Message	73z (Text) [n*78z] (Text)	M
MT 734 Section 2
27A	Message Index/Total	1!n/1!n (Message Index)/ (Total)	M
21P	Bank Reference Number	16x	M
	MT 734 Message		M
20	Sender's TRN	16x	M
21	Presenting Bank's Reference	16x	M
32A	Date and Amount of Utilisation	6!n3!a15d	M
73A	Charges Claimed	6*35z	O
33a	Total Amount Claimed	A 6!n3!a15d (Date)(Currency)( Amount) B 3!a15d (Currency)( Amount)	O
57a	Account with Bank	A [/1!a][/34x] (Party Identifier) 4!a2!a2!c[3!c] (Identifier Code) B [/1!a][/34x] (Party Identifier) [35x] (Location) D [/1!a][/34x] (Party Identifier) 4*35x (Name and Address)	O
72Z	Sender to Receiver Information	6*35z	O
77J	Discrepancies	70*50z Line 1 /8a/[add'l information] Code)(Narrative) Lines 2-70 [// add'l information] (Narrative) or /8a/[add'l information]	M
77B	Disposal of Documents	3*35x In addition to narrative text, the following line formats may be used: Line 1 /8c/[additional information] (Code)(Narrative) Lines 2-3 [//continuation of additional information] (Narrative)	M

Parent topic: MT (733/734) Notification of Advice of Refusal