The SWIFT MT700 format specifications as available in the SWIFT Category 7 – Message Reference Guide. Links to pages with detailed description of fields will be provided later. Back to the payment messages page.
The SWIFT MT700 format specifications you find on the table below contains the fields that are found in the Block 4 or Text block of a SWIFT message. So it is only part of the information that is exchanged between senders and receivers over the SWIFT network. Here is the link to the whole structure of a SWIFT message (Blocks 1 to 5).
Status Tag Field Name Content/Options No. M 27 Sequence of Total 1!n/1!n 1 M 40A Form of Documentary Credit 24x 2 M 20 Documentary Credit Number 16x 3 O 23 Reference to Pre-Advice 16x 4 M 31C Date of Issue 6!n 5 M 40E Applicable Rules 30x[/35x] 6 M 31D Date and Place of Expiry 6!n29x 7 O 51a Applicant Bank A or D 8 M 50 Applicant 4*35x 9 M 59 Beneficiary [/34x]
4*35x 10 M 32B Currency Code, Amount 3!a15d 11 O 39A Percentage Credit Amount Tolerance 2n/2n 12 O 39C Additional Amounts Covered 4*35x 13 M 41a Available With ... By ... A or D 14 O 42C Drafts at ... 3*35x 15 O 42a Drawee A or D 16 O 42M Mixed Payment Details 4*35x 17 O 42P Negotiation/Deferred Payment Details 4*35x 18 O 43P Partial Shipments 11x 19 O 43T Transhipment 11x 20 O 44A Place of Taking in Charge/Dispatch from .../Place of Receipt 65x 21 O 44E Port of Loading/Airport of Departure 65x 22 O 44F Port of Discharge/Airport of Destination 65x 23 O 44B Place of Final Destination/For Transportation to .../Place of Delivery 65x 24 O 44C Latest Date of Shipment 6!n 25 O 44D Shipment Period 6*65x 26 O 45A Description of Goods and/or Services 100*65z 27 O 46A Documents Required 100*65z 28 O 47A Additional Conditions 100*65z 29 O 49G Special Payment Conditions for Beneficiary 100*65z 30 O 49H Special Payment Conditions for Receiving Bank 100*65z 31 O 71D Charges 6*35z 32 O 48 Period for Presentation in Days 3n[/35x] 33 M 49 Confirmation Instructions 7!x 34 O 58a Requested Confirmation Party A or D 35 O 53a Reimbursing Bank A or D 36 O 78 Instructions to the Paying/Accepting/Negotiating Bank 12*65x 37 O 57a 'Advise Through' Bank A, B, or D 38 O 72Z Sender to Receiver Information 6*35z 39 M = Mandatory, O = Optional - Network Validated Rules may apply
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