12.4.2.16 MT (762/760/761) - Notification of Draft or Issue of Guarantee/ Standby Letter of Credit/ Undertaking

The Notification of Draft or Issue of Guarantee / Standby LC / Undertaking is sent to the corporate by its bank and comprises at least two MT 798 messages. This comprises of at least two MT798 messages. The first sub message is identified by the sub message type 762. The second MT 798 message identified with a sub-message type of 760 and enveloping one MT 760 message. The existing bank-to-bank MT 760 message specification is used. In addition, up to a maximum of seven MT 798 messages may optionally be included, each identified with a sub-message type of 761 and enveloping one MT 761 message. The existing bank-to-bank MT 761 message specification is used.

It is used in the following scenarios:
  • Notifying the applicant about Guarantee / Standby Letter of Credit/ Undertaking issued.
  • Notifying the applicant about a request to a third bank for the issuance of a Guarantee / Standby Letter of Credit/ Undertaking initiation.
Maximum Length: 10000

Format Specifications for Index Message (MT 762)

MT798<762> - Notification of Guarantee / Standby LC / Undertaking Index

Field Tag Field Name Format Mandatory /Optional
Section 1 - MT 798 Structure
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
21A Customer Reference Number 16x M
21T Customer Business Reference 16x M
21P Bank Reference Number 16x M
21S Bank Business Reference 16x M
20 Undertaking Number 16x O
25F Text Purpose 5!c M
12K Draft Text Version 2!n (Number) O
13E Message Creation Date Time 8!n4!n (Date)(Time) M
49Z Special Agreements 50*65z (Narrative) O
29B Bank Contact 4*35x (Narrative) O
72Z Bank to Corporate Information 6*35z (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
MT798<760> - Notification of Guarantee / Standby LC / Undertaking Details
Field Tag Field Name Format Optional/ Mandatory
Section 1 - MT 798 Structure
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 [MT 760]
27A Message Index/Total

1!n/1!n

(Message Index)/

(Total)

M
21P Bank Reference Number 16x M
MT 760 Message M
22D Form of Undertaking 4!c
MT798<761> - Notification of Guarantee / Standby LC / Undertaking Extension
Field Tag Field Name Format Optional/ Mandatory
Section 1 - MT 798 Structure
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 [MT 761]
27A Message Index/Total

1!n/1!n

(Message Index)/

(Total)

M
21P Bank Reference Number 16x M
MT 761 Message M