MT940 Format Specifications.v4
MT940 Format Specifications.v4
MT 940
Format Specification Document
Transaction Banking
Table of Contents
Terminology
Term Definition
D Debit
C Credit
SC Service Charge
15 Amount Amount
3 35 Beneficiary/Remitter Name
6 35 Beneficiary/Remitter Address 1
6 Cheque Number
9 Exchange Rate
11 Payment Detail 1
12 Payment Detail 2
13 Payment Detail 3
14 Payment Detail 4
16 Intermediary Bank
If the length of the value shown under Annexure 1 is more than the length of the SWIFT
field, the value will be truncated.
Annexure 3
In case of multiple messages in a single statement file following combination will work.
o First message in the statement will have field 60F (First Opening Balance) and field
62M (Intermediate Opening Balance)
o Additional statement messages for the same statement period will contain field 60M
(intermediate opening balance)
o When several messages are transmitted for the same statement period, all
messages except the last message will contain field 62M (intermediate closing
balance).The last message of the statement will contain field 62F
o Field 28C will have incremented sequence number based on the number messages
in a statement
o New message will be created after the character limit of 2000 for block 4
o Frequency is daily for sending MT940
o File Naming Convention: MT940-Outgoing_[Unique RefNo].txt i.e. MT940-
Outgoing_46932.txt
o Encrypted MT940 file can be delivered to H2H folder provided latest H2H utility is
used
o Multiple messages will be available in a single file with $ separator sign