TREASURY SERVICES

SWIFT FIN Payment

Formatting Guide for
Financial Institutions
with
Accounts in Europe

Version 7.0
Last Updated: 20 January 2010

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
General principles applying
to all message types.................................. 2
MT103 Customer Transfer message .......... 2
MT103+ (when used for
Regulated Euro Payments)........................4
MT202 Financial
Institution Payments.................................6
MT202 COV Cover Payments ..................... 7
SWIFT for Corporates
(MT101) Payments .....................................9
Bankers Draft ......................................... 12
AUTO FX .................................................. 13
Example 1
Example 2
Formatting an MT103 for AutoFX

Appendix A: Field 72 Codewords ............. 17

1) Euro RTGS request
2) Secure Payment Confirmation
3) J.P. Morgan priority payments
4) Timed Payments
5) Euro Priority Payments
6) Beneficiary information /BNF/
7) INS

The purpose of this document is to provide a non-legally binding

description of our guidelines for cash payment instructions delivered
via SWIFT FIN across accounts in EMEA. It is designed to assist
clients to improve their straight through processing rates. The
document is intended to be used in conjunction with the standards
detailed in the SWIFT User Handbook and only used when formatting
SWIFT messages sent to J.P. Morgan.
Regional variation may occur for accounts outside of this region and
therefore the relevant guide should be consulted (where available).
Intra EU/EEA payments refers to payments where the ordering
institution (first bank) and account with institution (last bank) in the
payment chain are located within the EU/EEA. As we expand our
network new branches may be added which may require regional
variations.
We will endeavour to update this guide as appropriate. To ensure
that you have the most up to date version of the guide, or if you
wish to clarify whether this guide applies to your account or for any
other questions relating to this guide, please contact your
J.P. Morgan Customer Service Representative.
For information on the SWIFT organisation please refer to
www.swift.com.

Appendix B: Field 23 Codewords ............. 18

For more information, please contact your

J.P. Morgan Treasury Services representative
or visit jpmorgan.com/ts
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General principles applying

to all message types

Use of an 8 digit BIC is recommended, for the Sender BIC and fields 50 59 in preference to

an 11 digit BIC, unless you are routing the payment to a specific branch of the BIC owning
entity where an 11 digit BIC has to be used.
If you have multiple accounts in the same currency with same branch of J.P. Morgan, (linked

to the same SWIFT BIC address), an account number should be quoted in Field 53 to
determine the correct account to debit.

MT103 Customer
Transfer message

An MT103 is sent by a financial institution on behalf of itself or its ordering customer directly
or via intermediary banks, to the final beneficiarys financial institution. The ordering customer
or beneficiary customer, or both, are non-financial institutions from the perspective of the
Ordering Institution.
The MT103 message can also be used in combination with an MT202 cover [MT202 COV]1
message to advise the beneficiary institution directly of a future receipt of funds.
Status

Tag

20

Field Name

J.P. Morgan STP Guidance

Senders transaction
reference number

13C

Time Indication

23B

Bank Operation Code

CRED recommended

23E

Instruction Code

Please refer to options in Appendix B

26T

Transaction Type Code

32A

Value Date, Currency

Use value dates which are not in the past for STP

Code and Amount

processing. A value date which falls on a weekend will

be adjusted to the following business day. The value
date should not fall on a bank holiday in the
country/currency you are paying, otherwise a repair
would be required.

33B

Currency and
Instructed Amount

36

Exchange Rate

50a

Ordering Customer

For payments intra EU/EEA- include the Ordering

Customers account number.
For payments destined for accounts outside the
EU/EEA- include complete Ordering Customer
information including the name, address and account
number of the Ordering Customer.
Note: If the Ordering Customer holds their account
with J.P. Morgan, J.P. Morgan will (where possible) add
the address, linked to the account number in the first
line of your message, on our records to the message.
If the Sender is also the Ordering Customer, the BIC
address in field 50 should match the SWIFT BIC of the
Sender.
We recommend the use of IBAN (International Bank
Account Numbers) where available.2

51A

Sending Institution

Use A Tag if not blank

MT202 COV replaces MT202 messages for cover payments from November 2009
For more details on Ordering Customer information requirements and BIC/IBAN see:
Treasury Services Client Clearing Information Website
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Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan STP Guidance

52a

Ordering Institution

Option A is the preferred option if populated. If left

blank the Sender is assumed to be the Ordering
Institution (some exceptions apply).

53a

Sender's

Options A or B are the preferred options if populated.

Correspondent

If left blank our system will debit the account linked to

the currency and Sender SWIFT BIC.
If you have multiple accounts in the same currency,
linked to the same SWIFT BIC address, an account
number should be quoted in this field to ensure that
the correct account is debited.

54a

Receiver's

This field should be left blank

Correspondent
O

55a

Third Reimbursement

This field should be left blank

Institution
O

56a

Intermediary

Option A is the preferred option and we would

Institution

recommend populating this field where possible. If

this field is left blank, and the Account with Institution
is not directly reachable, our system will attempt to
derive the correspondent details.

57a

Account With

Option A is the preferred option and must be

Institution

populated unless the Beneficiary customer also has

their account with the same branch of J.P. Morgan.
The use of a valid SWIFT BIC in this field (using the A
tag option) is becoming increasingly standard
throughout the EEA. Therefore it is highly
recommended for STP.
For domestic Sterling payments:
Include key word //SC followed by the 6 consecutive
numbers of the Sort Code and the SWIFT BIC Code of
the bank where available.

59a

Beneficiary Customer

Must contain the account number or the BIC/BEI of the

final beneficiary.
For intra EEA payments in Euro or Swedish kronor of
50K or less in value and covered by Regulation
924/2009 an IBAN account number should be quoted
in this field. IBAN should also be used where
required/available in other IBAN countries and
currencies.3
For all other currency payments into the EU/EEA the
use of the IBAN account number in Field 59 is highly
recommended.

70

Remittance

This field should only contain information for the

Information

Beneficiary Customer. It should not be populated with

routing or credit party information.

For more details on Ordering Customer information requirements and BIC/IBAN see:
Treasury Services Client Clearing Information Website

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Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan STP Guidance

71A

Charges option

BEN charges to be borne by the beneficiary

customer though deductions to the principal amount.
OUR charges to be borne by the remitting customer.
SHA charges on the Senders side to be borne by the
ordering customer; transaction charges on the
receivers side are to be borne by the beneficiary
customer.
Note: For intra EEA payments in Euro or Swedish
kronor of 50K or less in value and covered by
Regulation 924/2009 or in EEA currency and
regulated by the Payment Services Directive SHA is
the recommended charges option. J.P. Morgan will
change the charging indicator to SHA on any payment
we identify as regulated.

71F

Sender's Charges

71G

Receiver's Charges

This field should be left blank

72

Sender to Receiver

Blank or see Appendix A for recognised keywords.

Information

This field should not be used to identify routing/credit

party information.
Note: Use of /REC/ will prevent STP.

77B

Regulatory Reporting

77T

Envelope Contents

Not supported

M = Mandatory, O = Optional

MT103+
(when used for Regulated Payments)

An MT103+ is an MT103 message with a restricted set of fields and format options which
support straight through processing of regulated payments . Regulated payments are
generally payments in euro or Swedish kronor between two accounts in the European
Economic Area (EEA), which are under 50,000 in value and exempt from interbank charges
under EU Regulation 924/2009. STP is a necessary precondition for ensuring the payment is
charged at the same rate as a domestic transfer and free of interbank charges and deductions.
Note: MT 103+ format validation is triggered by the inclusion of the code STP in the validation
flag field 119 ({3:{119: STP}}) of the user header of the message (block 3).
Status

Tag

Field Name

20

Senders Transaction

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

Reference Number
O

13C

Time Indication

23B

Bank Operation Code

CRED recommended

23E

Instruction Code

Restricted to SDVA, INTC and CORT (see Appendix B).

26T

Transaction Type Code

Should not be used

32A

Value Date, Currency

Use value dates which are not in the past for STP

Code and Amount

processing. A value date which falls on a weekend will

be adjusted to the following business day. The value
date should not fall on a bank holiday in the
country/currency you are paying, otherwise a repair
would be required.

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Status

Tag

Field Name

33B

Currency and

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

Instructed Amount
O

36

Exchange Rate

50a

Ordering Customer

For payments intra EU/EEA- include the Ordering

Customers account number.
For payments destined for accounts outside the
EU/EEA- include complete Ordering Customer
information including the name, address and account
number of the Ordering Customer.
Note: If the Ordering Customer holds their account
with J.P. Morgan, J.P. Morgan will (where possible) add
the address, linked to the account number in the first
line of your message, on our records to the message.
If the Sender is also the Ordering Customer, the BIC
address in field 50 should match the SWIFT BIC of the
Sender.
We recommend the use of IBAN (International Bank
Account Numbers) where available.4

52A

Ordering Institution

Option A is the only option allowed if populated. If left

blank the Sender is assumed to be the Ordering
Institution (some exceptions apply).

53a

Sender's

Options A or B are the only options allowed if

Correspondent

populated. If left blank our system will debit the

account linked to the currency and Sender SWIFT BIC.
If you have multiple accounts in the same currency,
linked to the same SWIFT BIC address, an account
number should be quoted in this field to ensure that
the correct account is debited.

54A

Receiver's

This field should be left blank

Correspondent
O

55A

Third Reimbursement

This field should be left blank

Institution
O

56A

Intermediary

Option A is the only option allowed and we would

Institution

recommend populating this field where possible. If

this field is left blank, and the Account with Institution
is not directly reachable, our system will attempt to
derive the correspondent details.

57A

Account With

Option A is the only option allowed and must be

Institution

populated unless the Beneficiary customer also has

their account with the same branch of J.P. Morgan.
For domestic Sterling payments:
Include key word //SC followed by the 6 consecutive
numbers of the Sort Code and the SWIFT BIC Code of
the bank where available.

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Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

59a

Beneficiary Customer

Should contain the IBAN5 or BIC/BEI of the final

beneficiary.

70

Remittance

This field should only contain information for the

Information

Beneficiary Customer it should not be populated with

routing or credit party information.

71A

Charges Option

For intra EEA payments in Euro or Swedish kronor of

50K or less in value and covered by Regulation
924/2009 or in EEA currency and regulated by the
Payment Services Directive SHA is the recommended
charges option. J.P. Morgan will change the charging
indicator to SHA on any payment we identify as
regulated.

71F

Sender's Charges

71G

Receiver's Charges

This field should be left blank

72

Sender to Receiver

Blank or see Appendix A for recognised keywords

Information

This field should not be used to identify routing/credit

party information. Must not include ERI information.
INS, if used, must be followed by a valid BIC.
Note: Use of /REC/ will prevent STP.

77B

Regulatory Reporting

M = Mandatory, O = Optional

MT202 Financial
Institution Payments

The MT202 is sent by a financial institution directly or via intermediary banks to the final
beneficiary institution. An MT202COV message (see below) should be used instead of an
MT202 when sent in combination with an MT103.
This message may also be sent to a financial institution servicing multiple accounts for the
Sender to transfer funds between these accounts. In addition it can be sent to a financial
institution to debit an account of the Sender serviced by the Receiver and to credit an account,
owned by the Sender at an institution specified in field 57A.
Status

Tag

20

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

Senders Transaction
Reference Number

21

Related Reference

13C

Time Indication

32A

Value Date, Currency

Use value dates which are not in the past for STP

Code and Amount

processing. A value date which falls on a weekend will

be adjusted to the following business day. The value
date should not fall on a bank holiday in the
country/currency you are paying, otherwise a repair
would be required.

52a

Ordering Institution

Option A is the preferred option if populated. If left

blank the Sender is assumed to be the Ordering
Institution (some exceptions apply).

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Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

53a

Sender's

Options A or B are the preferred options if populated.

Correspondent

If left blank our system will debit the account linked to

the currency and Sender SWIFT BIC.
If you have multiple accounts in the same currency,
linked to the same SWIFT BIC address, an account
number should be quoted in this field to ensure that
the correct account is debited.

54a

Receiver's

Use A tag and a valid SWIFT BIC if not blank.

Correspondent
O

56a

Intermediary

Option A is the preferred option and we would

recommend populating this field where possible. If
this field is left blank, and the Account with Institution
is not directly reachable, our system will attempt to
derive the correspondent details.

57a

Account With

Option A is the preferred option and must be

Institution

populated unless the Beneficiary customer also has

their account with the same branch of J.P. Morgan.
The use of a valid SWIFT BIC in this field (using the A
tag option) is becoming increasingly standard
throughout the EEA. Therefore it is highly
recommended for STP.
For domestic Sterling payments:
Include key word //SC followed by the 6 consecutive
numbers of the Sort Code and the SWIFT BIC Code of
the bank where available.

58a

Beneficiary Institution

Option A is the preferred option and must be

populated.

72

Sender to Receiver
Information

Blank or see Appendix A for recognised keywords.

This field should not be used to identify routing/credit
party information.
Note: Use of /REC/ will prevent STP.

M = Mandatory, O = Optional

MT202 COV Cover Payments

Sent in combination with a direct advice to the beneficiary bank, where the ordering customer
or beneficiary customer, or both, are non-financial institutions from the perspective of the
Ordering Institution. The MT202COV cover message is sent by a financial institution to, or
through intermediary banks to, the final beneficiary institution.
The MT202 COV, which replaced the MT202 in November 2009 for the purposes of cover
payments, must contain ordering customer and beneficiary customer information (from the
associated MT103) in Sequence B, where the beneficiary and originating customer information
are required by the intermediary banks for sanctions screening/Anti Money laundering checks.
MT 202 COV format validation is triggered by the inclusion of the code COV in the validation
flag field 119 ({3:{119: COV}}) of the user header of the message (block 3).
Status

Tag

20

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

Senders Transaction
Reference Number

21

Related Reference

The COV message related reference must be the same

as the Tag20 of the related MT103 direct message.

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Status

Tag

Field Name

13C

Time Indication

32A

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

Value Date, Currency

Use value dates which are not in the past for STP

Code and Amount

processing. A value date which falls on a weekend will

be adjusted to the following business day. The value
date should not fall on a bank holiday in the
country/currency you are paying, otherwise a repair
would be required.

52a

Ordering Institution

Option A is the preferred option if populated. If left

blank the Sender is assumed to be the Ordering
Institution (some exceptions apply).

53a

Sender's

Options A or B are the preferred options if populated.

Correspondent

If left blank our system will debit the account linked to

the currency and Sender SWIFT BIC.
If you have multiple accounts in the same currency,
linked to the same SWIFT BIC address, an account
number should be quoted in this field to ensure that
the correct account is debited.

54a

Receiver's

Use A tag if not blank. Must contain a valid BIC.

Correspondent
O

56a

Intermediary

Option A is the preferred option and we would

recommend populating this field where possible. If
this field is left blank, and the Account with Institution
is not directly reachable, our system will attempt to
derive the correspondent details.

57a

Account With

Option A is the preferred option and must be

Institution

populated unless the Beneficiary customer also has

their account with the same branch of J.P. Morgan.
The use of a valid SWIFT BIC in this field (using the A
tag option) is becoming increasingly standard
throughout the EEA. Therefore it is highly
recommended for STP.
For domestic Sterling payments:
Include key word //SC followed by the 6 consecutive
numbers of the Sort Code and the SWIFT BIC Code of
the bank where available.

58a

Beneficiary Institution

Option A is the preferred option and must be

populated.

72

Sender to Receiver
Information

Blank or see Appendix A for recognised keywords.

This field should not be used to identify routing/credit
party information.
Note: Use of /REC/ will prevent STP.
Sequence B

50a

Ordering Customer

Should match the information and

formatting of the supporting MT103.

52a

Ordering Institution

Should match the information and

formatting of the supporting MT103.

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Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

56a

Intermediary

Should match the information and

Institution

formatting of the supporting MT103.

Account With

Should match the information and

Institution

formatting of the supporting MT103.

Beneficiary Customer

Should match the information and

57a

59a

formatting of the supporting MT103.

O

70

72

33B

Remittance

Should match the information and

Information

formatting of the supporting MT103.

Sender to Receiver

Should match the information and formatting

Information

of the Sender to Receiver Information above.

Currency and

Should match the information and

Instructed Amount

formatting of the supporting MT103.

M = Mandatory, O = Optional

SWIFT for Corporates

(MT101) Payments

The following describes the format which can be used by a Corporate client, initiating a
payment from an account with J.P. Morgan using an MT101 message.
Status

Tag

Field Name

20

Sender's Reference

21R

Customer Specified

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

Reference
M

28D

Message Index/Total

J.P. Morgan only accepts one occurrence of Sequence

B with each occurrence of Sequence A. Tag 28D must
always contain 1/1.

50a

Instructing Party

50a

Ordering Customer

H Option only accepted.

Line 1: debit account at J.P. Morgan prefixed by a /.
Line 2 4: Name and address information of the
ordering party.
Note: if the Ordering Customers account is with
J.P. Morgan lines 2 4 are overwritten by the address
on our records.

52a

Account Servicing

Option A is the preferred option if populated

Institution
O

51A

30

Sending Institution
Requested Execution

Use value dates which are not in the past for STP

Date

processing. A value date which falls on a weekend will

be adjusted to the following business day. The value
date should not fall on a bank holiday in the
country/currency you are paying, otherwise a repair
would be required.

25

Authorisation

21

Transaction Reference

21F

F/X Deal Reference

23E

Instruction Code

See Appendix B for J.P. Morgan value added service

codes that can be used in this field.

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Status

Tag

Field Name

32B

Currency/Transaction

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

Amount
O

50a

Instructing Party

50a

Ordering Customer

For payments intra EU/EEA- include the Ordering

Customers account number.
For payments destined for accounts outside the
EU/EEA- include complete Ordering Customer
information including the name, address and account
number of the Ordering Customer.
Note: If the Ordering Customer holds their account
with J.P. Morgan, J.P. Morgan will (where possible) add
the address, linked to the account number in the first
line of your message, on our records to the message.
If the Sender is also the Ordering Customer, the BIC
address in field 50 should match the SWIFT BIC of the
Sender.
We recommend the use of IBAN (International Bank
Account Numbers) where available.6

52a

Account Servicing

Option A is the preferred option if populated. If left

Institution

blank the Sender is assumed to be the Ordering

Institution (some exceptions apply).

56a

Intermediary

Option A is the preferred option and we would

recommend populating this field where possible. If
this field is left blank, and the Account with Institution
is not directly reachable, our system will attempt to
derive the correspondent details.

57a

Account With

Option A is the preferred option and must be

Institution

populated unless the Beneficiary customer also has

their account with the same branch of J.P. Morgan.
The use of a valid SWIFT BIC in this field (using the A
tag option) is becoming increasingly standard
throughout the EEA. Therefore it is highly
recommended for STP.
For domestic Sterling payments:
Include key word //SC followed by the 6 consecutive
numbers of the Sort Code and the SWIFT BIC Code of
the bank where available.

For more details on Ordering Customer information requirements and BIC/IBAN see:
Treasury Services Client Clearing Information Website

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Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

59a

Beneficiary

The ultimate beneficiary of the transaction.

For intra EEA payments in Euro or Swedish kronor of
50K or less in value and covered by Regulation
924/2009 an IBAN account number should be quoted
in this field. IBAN should also be used where
required/available in other IBAN countries and
currencies.7
For all other currency payments into the EU/EEA the
use of the IBAN account number in Field 59 is highly
recommended.
Option A Line 1 IBAN/Account number prefixed with
a /, Line 2 should be a valid SWIFT BIC or BEI address.
No letter option Line 1 IBAN/Account number
prefixed with a /, Line 2 4 can be used to supply an
address.

70

Remittance
Information

This field should only contain information for the

Beneficiary Customer. It should not be populated with
routing or credit party information.

77B

Regulatory Reporting

33B

Currency/Original

Used only in combination with keyword EQUI in

Ordered Amount

Tag23E

Details of Charges

BEN charges to be borne by the beneficiary

71A

customer.
OUR charges to be borne by the remitting customer.
SHA charges on the Senders side to be borne by the
ordering customer; transaction charges on the
receivers side are to be borne by the beneficiary
customer.
Note: For intra EEA payments in Euro or Swedish
kronor of 50K or less in value and covered by
Regulation 924/2009 or in EEA currency and
regulated by the Payment Services Directive SHA is
the recommended charges option. J.P. Morgan will
change the charging indicator to SHA on any payment
we identify as regulated.
O

25A

Charges Account

36

Exchange Rate

Used only in combination with keyword EQUI in

Tag23E.

M = Mandatory, O = Optional

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Bankers Draft

The MT103 message type must be used when requesting J.P. Morgan to issue a Draft on your
behalf.
The Payee name and address must be quoted in Field 59.

The Payee name to be quoted on the draft should be populated in the first line ONLY.

The remaining lines should be populated with the address to which the draft should be
mailed.

/CHEQUE/ must be quoted in Field 72 so that our payment system will derive the

appropriate payment method requested.

Status

Tag

Field Name

20

Senders Transaction

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

Reference Number
O

13C

Time Indication

23B

Bank Operation Code

23E

Instruction Code

CRED recommended
See Appendix B for J.P. Morgan value added service
codes that can be used in this field (note: not all of the
codes that can be used will be relevant to this service).

26T

32A

Transaction Type Code

Value Date, Currency

Use value dates which are not in the past for STP

Code and Amount

processing. A value date which falls on a weekend will

be adjusted to the following business day. The value
date should not fall on a bank holiday in the
country/currency you are paying, otherwise a repair
would be required.

33B

Currency and
Instructed Amount

36

Exchange Rate

50a

Ordering Customer

For payments intra EU/EEA- include the Ordering

Customers account number.
For payments destined for accounts outside the
EU/EEA-include complete Ordering Customer
information including the name, address and account
number of the Ordering Customer.
Note: If the Ordering Customer holds their account
with J.P. Morgan, J.P. Morgan will (where possible) add
the address, linked to the account number in the first
line of your message, on our records to the message.
If the Sender is also the Ordering Customer, the BIC
address in field 50 should match the SWIFT BIC of the
Sender.
We recommend the use of IBAN (International Bank
Account Numbers) where available.8

51A

Sending Institution

Use A Tag if not blank

52A

Ordering Institution

Option A is the preferred option if populated. If left

blank the Sender is assumed to be the Ordering
Institution (some exceptions apply).

For more details on Ordering Customer information requirements and BIC/IBAN see:
Treasury Services Client Clearing Information Website

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Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

53a

Sender's

Options A or B are the preferred options if populated.

Correspondent

If left blank our system will debit the account linked to

the currency and Sender SWIFT BIC.
If you have multiple accounts in the same currency,
linked to the same SWIFT BIC address, an account
number should be quoted in this field to ensure that
the correct account is debited.

54a

Receiver's

This field should be left blank

Correspondent
O

55A

Third Reimbursement

This field should be left blank

Institution
O

56A

Intermediary

This field should be left blank

Institution
O

57A

Account With

This field should be left blank

Institution
M

59a

Beneficiary Customer

Payee name to be quoted on the draft should be

quoted in the first line of this field.
The remaining lines should be used for the mailing
address.

70

Remittance
Information

This field should only contain information for the

Beneficiary Customer. It should not be populated with
routing or credit party information.

71A

Charges Option

BEN charges to be borne by the beneficiary

customer though deductions to the principal amount
OUR charges to be borne by the remitting customer
SHA charges on the Senders side to be borne by the
ordering customer; transaction charges on the
receivers side are to be borne by the beneficiary
customer.

71F

Sender's Charges

71G

Receiver's Charges

This field should be left blank

72

Sender to Receiver

/CHEQUE/ must be quoted

Information
O

77B

Regulatory Reporting

M = Mandatory, O = Optional

AUTO FX

J.P. Morgan systems enable clients to debit an account in one currency but pay away in
another, e.g. paying Hong Kong dollars from a euro denominated account.
Where such instructions are received, a foreign exchange transaction is initiated at
J.P. Morgan. Referred to as Auto FX (as the currency conversion is processed automatically),
these transactions are processed via a direct link to the J.P. Morgan FX dealing room and
according to the market rates for the transaction.
The currency being paid must be different to that being debited.
There are two types of foreign exchange, which can be effected.
1. Where the pay amount is known and the debit amount is not.
2. Where the debit amount is known but the pay amount is not (an FX equivalent transaction)

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Example 1 where the pay amount is known

Where a specific amount of a currency is to be paid, the details are entered using either the
message type MT103 or MT202.
The amount debited will only be known after the foreign exchange transaction has been
completed and the amount reported via normal transaction reporting methods.
E.g. Debit a Euro account to pay HKD 120,000.00. The amount of Euros debited will not be
known until it is reported upon completion of FX.
32A 030505

HKD

120000,

53B 12345678

(EURO A/C)

56A (correspondent BIC if required)

57A (beneficiary / pay bank BIC)
59 12463987 (Ultimate beneficiary a/c and name)
70 Reference details

Example 2 where the debit amount is known.

It is possible to specify an equivalent rate transaction where a currency amount equivalent
to the debit currency is being sought.
E.g. where a client wishes to pay away Hong Kong dollars to the equivalent of 45,000.00
Euros. In the example below, account 12345678 (Euro account) is debited an amount of
45,000 Euros.
The amount paid will not be known until the transaction is received by the back office and the
FX transaction completed, details of which, including the FX rate, are reported in the normal
manner.
The keyword FXEQUIV must be entered into Field 72 in order to initiate this kind of
processing. Omitting this keyword will cause the transaction to be processed as example 1
above.
32A 030505

HKD

45000,

53B 12345678

(EURO A/C)

56A (correspondent BIC if required)

57A (beneficiary / pay bank BIC)
59 12463987 (Ultimate beneficiary a/c and name)
70 Reference details
72 /FXEQUIV/

Formatting an MT103 for AutoFX

Status

Tag

20

Field Name

J.P. Morgan STP Guidance

Senders transaction
reference number

13C

Time Indication

23B

Bank Operation Code

CRED recommended

23E

Instruction Code

Please refer to options in Appendix B

26T

Transaction Type
Code

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Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan STP Guidance

32A

Value Date, Currency

Use value dates which are not in the past for STP

Code and Amount

processing. A value date which falls on a weekend will

be adjusted to the following business day. The value
date should not fall on a bank holiday in the
country/currency you are paying, otherwise a repair
would be required.

33B

Currency and
Instructed Amount

36

Exchange Rate

50a

Ordering Customer

For payments intra EU/EEA- include the Ordering

Customers account number.
For payments destined for accounts outside the
EU/EEA-include complete Ordering Customer
information including the name, address and account
number of the Ordering Customer.
Note: If the Ordering Customer holds their account
with J.P. Morgan, J.P. Morgan will (where possible) add
the address, linked to the account number in the first
line of your message, on our records to the message.
If the Sender is also the Ordering Customer, the BIC
address in field 50 should match the SWIFT BIC of the
Sender.
We recommend the use of IBAN (International Bank
Account Numbers) where available.9

51A

Sending Institution

52a

Ordering Institution

Use A Tag if not blank

Option A is the preferred option if populated. If left
blank the Sender is assumed to be the Ordering
Institution (some exceptions apply).

53a

Sender's

Options A or B are the preferred options if populated.

Correspondent

If left blank our system will debit the account linked to

the currency and Sender SWIFT BIC.
If you have multiple accounts in the same currency,
linked to the same SWIFT BIC address, an account
number should be quoted in this field to ensure that
the correct account is debited.

54a

Receiver's

This field should be left blank

Correspondent
O

55a

Third Reimbursement

This field should be left blank

Institution
O

56a

Intermediary

Option A is the preferred option and we would

Institution

recommend populating this field where possible. If

this field is left blank, and the Account with Institution
is not directly reachable, our system will attempt to
derive the correspondent details.

For more details on Ordering Customer information requirements and BIC/IBAN see:
Treasury Services Client Clearing Information Website

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Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan STP Guidance

57a

Account With

Option A is the preferred option and must be

Institution

populated unless the Beneficiary customer also has

their account with the same branch of J.P. Morgan.
The use of a valid SWIFT BIC in this field (using the A
tag option) is becoming increasingly standard
throughout the EEA. Therefore it is highly
recommended for STP.
For domestic Sterling payments:
Include key word //SC followed by the 6 consecutive
numbers of the Sort Code and the SWIFT BIC Code of
the bank where available.

59a

Beneficiary Customer

Must contain the account number or the BIC/BEI of the

final beneficiary.
For intra EEA payments in Euro or Swedish kronor of
50K or less in value and covered by Regulation
924/2009 an IBAN account number should be quoted
in this field. IBAN should also be used where
required/available in other IBAN countries and
currencies.10
For all other currency payments into the EU/EEA the
use of the IBAN account number in Field 59 is highly
recommended.

70

Remittance

This field should only contain information for the

Information

Beneficiary Customer. It should not be populated with

routing or credit party information.

71A

Charges option

BEN charges to be borne by the beneficiary

customer though deductions to the principal amount
OUR charges to be borne by the remitting customer
SHA charges on the Senders side to be borne by the
ordering customer; transaction charges on the
receivers side are to be borne by the beneficiary
customer.

71F

Sender's Charges

71G

Receiver's Charges

This field should be left blank

72

Sender to Receiver

Use /FXEQUIV/ when the Debit amount and sell

Information

currency amount is known.

See Appendix A for recognised keywords.
This field should not be used to identify routing/credit
party information.
Note: Use of /REC/ will prevent STP

77B

Regulatory Reporting

77T

Envelope Contents

Not supported

M = Mandatory, O = Optional

10

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Treasury Services Client Clearing Information Website

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Appendix A: Field 72
Codewords

The following is additional formatting details for a number of value added services. These
codewords should be used in combination with the formatting guidelines above, where the
service is required. Note: these services may be subject to additional charges and specific
terms and conditions governing their usage. Please request details of the service from your
J.P. Morgan Relationship Managers before using these code words otherwise they may not be
acted upon or processed on an STP basis.

1) Euro RTGS Request

To request payment via an RTGS system (Target2) for a Euro payment.
Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

72

Sender to Receiver

/RTGS/

Information

Alternatively use //RT in field 56A (if present) or if blank used in field 57A.
Note the following priority services are subject to the Terms and Conditions for J.P. Morgan
Prioritised Payment, Priority Payments Scheme for Euros and TIMED Payments.

2) Secure Payment Confirmation

Can be used to initiate euro payments from Frankfurt accounts only. The service incorporates
payment via an RTGS system combined with an additional confirmation that the payment was
settled in the clearing system. The confirmation is included on your same day reporting
messages.
Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

72

Sender to Receiver

/SNR/

Information

3) J.P. Morgan Priority Payments

Prioritise specific payment instructions above other payment instructions received from your
organisation that are in a pending state. This service is available for same-day payments
initiated in euro from an account with J.P.Morgan AG, Frankfurt and in any currency offered
from an account with J.P.Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch.
Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

72

Sender to Receiver

/PRIORITY/

Information

4) Timed Payments
This service is available for payments initiated in euro from an account with J.P.Morgan AG,
Frankfurt and in euro, GB pound, US dollar and Swiss franc from an account with
J.P.Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch.
Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

72

Sender to Receiver

/TIMED/HHMM

Information

HHMM in CET

5) Euro Priority Payments

This service is available for payments initiated in euro from an account with J.P.Morgan AG,
Frankfurt and J.P.Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branchin MT103/103+ format.
For four hour end to end prioritised payments in euros, under the conditions of the EBA Euro
Priority Payments Scheme. Note: Additional scheme conditions should be met by banks

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wishing to accept or pay funds using this scheme on behalf of their customers. These
conditions include registration prior to use.
Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

72

Sender to Receiver

/SPRI/ (MT103 only)

Information

6) Beneficiary Information /BNF/

Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

72

Sender to Receiver

/BNF/ (MT202 only)

Information

7) INS
Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

72

Sender to Receiver

/INS/

Information

Note: Other codes may be accepted, or specified by J.P. Morgan, please refer to your
J.P. Morgan representative for guidance before using non-specified codes.

Appendix B: Field 23
Codewords

The following is additional formatting details for a number of value added services. These
codewords should be used in combination with the formatting guidelines above, where the
service is required. Note: these services may be subject to additional charges and specific
terms and conditions governing their usage. Please request details of the service from your
J.P. Morgan Relationship Managers before using these codewords otherwise they may not be
acted upon or processed on an STP basis.
Status

Tag

Field Name

J.P. Morgan/SWIFT standard

23

Instruction Code

CHQB Cheque processed and mailed to beneficiary

full addressee details required in T59

23

Instruction Code

CORT F/X. Copied to outbound MT103

23

Instruction Code

INTC Intra Company Payment

23

Instruction Code

RTGS to request payment via an RTGS

system (Target2) for a euro payment.

23

Instruction Code

MT101 Only
OTHR/PRIORITY J.P. Morgan Priority
see service description in Appendix A

23

Instruction Code

MT101 Only
OTHR/SPRI (MT101/103 only) Euro Priority Payment
see service description in Appendix A

23

Instruction Code

MT101 Only
OTHR/SNR Secure payment confirmation
see service description in Appendix A

23

Instruction Code

MT101 Only
OTHR/TIMED/HHMM Timed Payment
see service description in Appendix A

23

Instruction Code

MT101 Only
EQUI F/X payment specifying the amount
in the debit currency

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