MTN95 Scope
This message type is:
sent by a financial institution to another financial institution.
sent by a corporate customer to a financial institution.
sent by a financial institution to a corporate customer.
It is used to request information or clarification relating to a previous SWIFT or non-SWIFT message or to one or more transactions contained therein.
A query may also be sent to request that an amendment be made to a previous message, except in those cases where a specific message, or facility within a message, has been provided for this purpose in the related category, for example, MT 707, AMEND in field 22 of the MT 300.
The category digit of the MT n95 Queries must be:
If related to a SWIFT message, the category digit of the related message.
If not related to a SWIFT message, the category digit which best describes the business purpose of the message.
For use of messages in the corporate-to-bank environment, see the MT message implementation guide and the message matrix for corporate customers available on www.swift.com.
MTN95 Format Specifications
| Status | Tag | Field Name | Content/Options | No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
20 |
16x |
1 |
|
M |
21 |
16x |
2 |
|
M |
75 |
6*35x |
3 |
|
O |
77A |
20*35x |
4 |
|
O |
11a |
R or S |
5 |
|
O |
79 |
Narrative Description of the Message to Which the Query Relates |
35*50x |
6 |
O |
|
Copy of at least the Mandatory Fields of the Original Message |
Copy of fields |
7 |
MTN95 Network Validated Rules
C1 Either field 79 or a 'Copy of at least the mandatory fields of the message to which the query relates', but not both, may be present in the message.
MTN95 Usage Rules
The MT n95 should not be used to enquire about the fate of documents sent for collection. The MT 420 is intended for this purpose.
All queries that relate to the same initial message, should refer to that initial message in field 21 of this message.
The message to which the MT n95 Queries is related may be quoted in part or in full.
The MT n95 Queries always requires a response, preferably by an MT n96 Answers.
The use of the MT n95 in association with the MT 105 EDIFACT Envelope must be in accordance with the specific guidelines detailed in the appropriate volume of the EDIFACT Message Implementation Guides (MIGs).
When the original message contained a Unique End-to-end Transaction Reference (UETR), this UETR may be copied in field 121 in the user header block of the MT 195, MT 295, or MT 995 query message.
