12.4.1.4 MT 769 Advice of Reduce/Release of Guarantee/Standby

The Advice of Guarantee / Standby LC Reduction or Release message is sent by a bank which has received a guarantee to the bank which has issued the guarantee. It may also be sent by a bank which has been requested to issue a guarantee to the bank which requested the issuance of the guarantee.

This message is also used for Standby Letters of Credit. It is used to advise the Receiver that it has been released of all liability for the amount specified. The Sender's charges is also accounted for this message.

Maximum Length: 10000

Format Specifications
Field Tag Field Name Format Mandatory/ Optional
20 Transaction Reference Number 16x M
21 Related Reference 16x M
25 Account Identification 35x O
30 Date of Message Being Acknowledged 6!n O
32a Amount of Charges B or D O
33B Amount Reduced or Released 3!a15d O
34B Amount Outstanding 3!a15d O
39C Amount Specification 4*35x O
57a Account With Bank A, B, or D O
71B Details of Charges 6*35x O
72 Sender to Receiver Information 6*35x O
Length validations,Format validations and character validations is supported for the below FFTs.
Field Tag
SND2RECMT769
23XFILEIDENT
57ACWITHBANK