This page contains the list of all SWIFT messages types for all the categories including the category 0. Use the search feature above the table to find specific information. You can input “MT 0” (type in the quotation marks too) if you are looking for all MT 0xx messages. Or you can input MT 110 to find information about that message specifically. Back to the payment messages page.
| Message Type | Description | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Category 1 Messages | Customer Payments and Cheques | |
| MT 101 | Request for Transfer | Requests to debit a customer's account held at the receiver or at another institution. |
| MT 102 | Multiple Customer Credit Transfer | Conveys multiple payment instructions between financial institutions. |
| MT 102+(STP) | Multiple Customer Credit Transfer (STP) | Conveys multiple payment instructions between financial institutions (Straight-Through Processing). |
| MT 103 | Single Customer Credit Transfer | Instructs a funds transfer. |
| MT 103+ (REMIT) | Single Customer Credit Transfer (REMIT) | Instructs a funds transfer with Extended REMITtance Information. |
| MT 103+ (STP) | Single Customer Credit Transfer (STP) | Instructs a funds transfer (Straight-Through Processing). |
| MT 104 | Direct Debit and Request for Debit Transfer Message (STP) | Conveys direct debit instructions and requests for direct debits between financial institutions (Straight-Through Processing). |
| MT 105 | EDIFACT Envelope | An envelope which conveys a 2k EDIFACT message. |
| MT 106 | EDIFACT Envelope | An envelope which conveys a 2k EDIFACT message. |
| MT 107 | General Direct Debit Message | Conveys direct debit instructions between financial institutions. |
| MT 110 | Advice of Cheque(s) | Advises or confirms the issuance of a cheque to the drawee bank. |
| MT 111 | Request for Stop Payment of a Cheque | Requests the drawee bank to stop payment of a cheque. |
| MT 112 | Status of a Request for Stop Payment of a Cheque | Indicates action(s) taken in attempting to stop payment of a cheque. |
| MT 121 | Multiple Interbank Funds Transfer (EDIFACT FINPAY Message) | Conveys multiple payment instructions between financial institutions in EDIFACT format. |
| MT 190 | Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments | Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments. |
| MT 191 | Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses | Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses. |
| MT 192 | Request for Cancellation | Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request. |
| MT 195 | Queries | Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message. |
| MT 196 | Answers | Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or other message where no specific message type has been provided for a response. |
| MT 198 | Proprietary Message | Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live. |
| MT 199 | Free Format Message | Contains information for which no other message type has been defined. |
| Category 2 Messages | Financial Institution Transfers | |
| MT 200 | Financial Institution Transfer for its Own Account | Requests the movement of the sender's funds to its account at another financial institution. |
| MT 201 | Multiple Financial Institution Transfer for its Own Account | Multiple of the MT 200. |
| MT 202 | General Financial Institution Transfer | Requests the movement of funds between financial institutions except if the transfer is related to an underlying customer credit transfer that was sent with the cover method, in which case the MT 202 COV must be used. |
| MT 202 COV | General Financial Institution Transfer | Requests the movement of funds between financial institutions, related to an underlying customer credit transfer that was sent with the cover method. |
| MT 203 | Multiple General Financial Institution Transfer | Multiple of the MT 202. |
| MT 204 | Financial Markets Direct Debit Message | Claims funds from SWIFT member banks. |
| MT 205 | Financial Institution Transfer Execution | Further transmits a transfer request domestically except if the transfer is related to an underlying customer credit transfer that was sent with the cover method, in which case the MT 205 COV must be used. |
| MT 205 COV | Financial Institution Transfer Execution | Further transmits a transfer request domestically, related to an underlying customer credit transfer that was sent with the cover method. |
| MT 206 | Cheque Truncation Message | |
| MT 207 | Request for Financial Institution Transfer | Requests to debit an ordering financial institution's account held at the receiving financial institution or the account servicing financial institution |
| MT 210 | Notice to Receive | Notifies the receiver that it will receive funds for the sender's account. |
| MT 256 | Advice of Non-Payment of Cheques | |
| MT 290 | Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments | Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments. |
| MT 291 | Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses | Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses. |
| MT 292 | Request for Cancellation | Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request. |
| MT 295 | Queries | Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message. |
| MT 296 | Answers | Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or other message where no specific message type has been provided for a response. |
| MT 298 | Proprietary Message | Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live. |
| MT 299 | Free Format Message | Contains information for which no other message type has been defined. |
| Category 3 Messages | Treasury markets – foreign exchange, money markets and derivatives | |
| MT 300 | Foreign Exchange Confirmation | Confirms information agreed to in the buying/selling of two currencies. |
| MT 303 | Forex/Currency Option Allocation Instruction | Instructs the allocation of a block trade (forex or currency option) |
| MT 304 | Advice/Instruction of a Third Party Deal | Advises of or instructs settlement of a third party foreign exchange deal. |
| MT 305 | Foreign Currency Option Confirmation | Confirms information agreed to in the buying and selling of vanilla options on currencies. |
| MT 306 | Foreign Currency Option Confirmation | Confirms information agreed to in the buying and selling of exotic options on currencies. |
| MT 307 | Advice/Instruction of a Third Party FX Deal | Advises of or instructs settlement of a third party foreign exchange deal |
| MT 308 | Instruction for Gross/Net Settlement of Third Party FX Deals | |
| MT 320 | Fixed Loan/Deposit Confirmation | Confirms the terms of a contract relative to a fixed loan/deposit transaction. |
| MT 321 | Instruction to Settle a Third Party Loan/Deposit | Advises the trade details and instructs the settlement of a fixed term loan/deposit done with a third party financial institution. |
| MT 330 | Call/Notice Loan/Deposit Confirmation | Confirms the terms of a contract relative to a call/notice loan/deposit transaction. |
| MT 340 | Forward Rate Agreement Confirmation | Confirms the details of a forward rate agreement. |
| MT 341 | Forward Rate Agreement Settlement Confirmation | Confirms the settlement details of a forward rate agreement. |
| MT 350 | Advice of Loan/Deposit Interest Payment | Advises of a loan/deposit interest payment. |
| MT 360 | Single Currency Interest Rate Derivative Confirmation | Confirms the details of a single currency interest rate derivative swap, cap, collar or floor. |
| MT 361 | Cross Currency Interest Rate Swap Confirmation | Confirms the details of a cross currency interest rate swap transaction. |
| MT 362 | Interest Rate Reset/Advice of Payment | Confirms or advises the reset rates of the floating interest rate(s) in a single or cross-currency interest rate derivative transaction and/or the payment of interest at the end of an interest period. |
| MT 364 | Single Currency Interest Rate Derivative Termination/Recouponing Confirmation | Confirms the details of the partial or full termination or recouponing of a single currency interest rate swap, cap, collar, or floor. |
| MT 365 | Single Currency Interest Rate Swap Termination/Recouponing Confirmation | Confirms the details of the partial or full termination or recouponing of a cross currency interest rate swap. |
| MT 380 | Foreign Exchange Order | Advises the netting position of a currency |
| MT 381 | Foreign Exchange Order Confirmation | Orders to purchase or sell a specific amount of a certain currency. |
| MT 390 | Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments | Confirms the execution of an FX order previously sent. |
| MT 391 | Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses | Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses. |
| MT 392 | Request for Cancellation | Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request. |
| MT 395 | Queries | Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message. |
| MT 396 | Answers | Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or other message where no specific message type has been provided for a response. |
| MT 398 | Proprietary Message | Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live. |
| MT 399 | Free Format Message | Contains information for which no other message type has been defined. |
| Category 4 Messages | Collections and Cash Letters | |
| MT 400 | Advice of Payment | Advises of a payment under a collection or part thereof. It also handles the settlement of proceeds. |
| MT 405 | Clean Collection | |
| MT 410 | Acknowledgment | Acknowledges receipt of a collection. It also specifies if the collecting bank does not intend to act in accordance with the collection instruction. |
| MT 412 | Advice of Acceptance | Informs the remitting bank of the acceptance of one or more drafts under one collection instruction. |
| MT 416 | Advice of Non-Payment/Non-Acceptance | Advises of the non-payment or non-acceptance under a previously received collection. |
| MT 420 | Tracer | Enquires about documents sent for collection. |
| MT 422 | Advice of Fate and Request for Instructions | Advises the remitting bank of the fate of one or more collection documents; usually accompanied by one or more questions or requests. |
| MT 430 | Amendment of Instructions | Amends collection instructions. |
| MT 450 | Cash Letter Credit Advice | Confirms that the face amount of cash letter(s) received has been credited under usual reserve (subject to final payment). |
| MT 455 | Cash Letter Credit Adjustment Advice | Advises the account owner of adjustments made to its account (related to a previous credit for a cash letter). |
| MT 456 | Advice of Dishonor | Advises the account owner that financial document(s) included in the cash letter have been dishonoured for reasons specified in the advice. |
| MT 490 | Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments | Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments. |
| MT 491 | Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses | Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses. |
| MT 492 | Request for Cancellation | Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request. |
| MT 495 | Queries | Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message. |
| MT 496 | Answers | Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or other message where no specific message type has been provided for a response. |
| MT 498 | Proprietary Message | Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live. |
| MT 499 | Free Format Message | Contains information for which no other message type has been defined. |
| Category 5 Messages | Securities Markets | |
| MT 500 | Instruction to Register | Instructs the registration, deregistration or reregistration of a financial instrument at the registration provider. |
| MT 501 | Confirmation of Registration or Modification | Confirms the registration, deregistration or reregistration of a beneficial owner or shareholder with the registration provider. |
| MT 502 | Order to Buy or Sell | Instructs the purchase or sale of a given quantity of a specified financial instrument under specified conditions. |
| MT 502 (FUNDS) | Order to Buy or Sell (FUNDS) | |
| MT 503 | Collateral Claim | Requests new or additional collateral, or the return or recall of collateral. |
| MT 504 | Collateral Proposal | Proposes new or additional collateral. |
| MT 505 | Collateral Substitution | Proposes or requests the substitution of collateral held. |
| MT 506 | Collateral and Exposure Statement | Provides the details of the valuation of both the collateral and the exposure. |
| MT 507 | Collateral Status and Processing Advice | Advises the status of a collateral claim, a collateral proposal, or a proposal/request for collateral substitution. |
| MT 508 | Intra-Position Advice | Reports on the movement of securities within the holding. |
| MT 509 | Trade Status Message | Provides information about the status of a previously executed trade. |
| MT 509 (FUNDS) | Trade Status Message (FUNDS) | |
| MT 510 | Registration Status and Processing Advice | Advises the status of a registration instruction or modification. |
| MT 513 | Client Advice of Execution | Provides brief and early information about a securities deal, for example, a block trade that is to be allocated before final confirmation. |
| MT 514 | Trade Allocation Instruction | Instructs the allocation of a block trade. |
| MT 515 | Client Confirmation of Purchase or Sale | Provides a detailed accounting of financial instruments purchased or sold by the sender on behalf of the receiver or its client. It may also convey the payment details of the purchase or sale. It may also be sent by, or via an ETC service provider. |
| MT 515 (FUNDS) | Client Confirmation of Purchase or Sale (FUNDS) | |
| MT 516 | Securities Loan Confirmation | Confirms the details of a securities loan, including collateral arrangements. It may also confirm the details of a partial recall or return of securities previously out on loan. |
| MT 517 | Trade Confirmation Affirmation | Positively affirms the details of a previously received confirmation/contract note. |
| MT 518 | Market-Side Securities Trade Confirmation | Confirms the details of a trade and, where necessary, its settlement to a trading counterparty. |
| MT 519 | Modification of Client Details | Instructs the modification of client details at the registration provider. |
| MT 524 | Intra-Position Instruction | Instructs the movement of securities within the holding. |
| MT 526 | General Securities Lending/Borrowing Message | Requests the borrowing of securities or notifies the return or recall of securities previously out on loan. It may also be used to list securities available for lending. |
| MT 527 | Triparty Collateral Instruction | Performs a specific action on a collateral management transaction. |
| MT 528 | ETC Client-Side Settlement Instruction | |
| MT 529 | ETC Market-Side Settlement Instruction | |
| MT 530 | Transaction Processing Command | Requests the modification of a processing indicator or other non-matching information. |
| MT 535 | Statement of Holdings | Reports at a specified time, the quantity and identification of securities and other holdings which the account servicer holds for the account owner. |
| MT 535 (FUNDS) | Statement of Holdings (FUNDS) | |
| MT 536 | Statement of Transactions | Provides details of increases and decreases of holdings which occurred during a specified period. |
| MT 537 | Statement of Pending Transactions | Provides details of pending increases and decreases of holdings at a specified time. |
| MT 538 | Statement of Intra-Position Advice | Provides details of increases and decreases in securities within the holding during a specified period. |
| MT 540 | Receive Free | Instructs a receipt of financial instruments free of payment. It may also be used to request a cancellation or pre-advise an instruction. |
| MT 541 | Receive Against Payment | Instructs a receipt of financial instruments against payment. It may also be used to request a cancellation or pre-advise an instruction. |
| MT 542 | Deliver Free | Instructs a delivery of financial instruments free of payment. It may also be used to request a cancellation or pre-advise an instruction. |
| MT 543 | Deliver Against Payment | Instructs a delivery of financial instruments against payment. It may also be used to request a cancellation or pre-advise an instruction. |
| MT 544 | Receive Free Confirmation | Confirms a receipt of financial instruments free of payment. It may also be used to cancel or reverse a confirmation. |
| MT 545 | Receive Against Payment Confirmation | Confirms a receipt of financial instruments against payment. It may also be used to cancel or reverse a confirmation. |
| MT 546 | Deliver Free Confirmation | Confirms a delivery of financial instruments free of payment. It may also be used to cancel or reverse a confirmation. |
| MT 547 | Deliver Against Payment Confirmation | Confirms a delivery of financial instruments against payment. It may also be used to cancel or reverse a confirmation. |
| MT 548 | Settlement Status and Processing Advice | Advises the status of a settlement instruction or replies to a cancellation request. |
| MT 549 | Request for Statement/Status Advice | Requests a statement or a status message. |
| MT 558 | Triparty Collateral Status and Processing Advice | Provides validation results and status advice recollateral instructions and proposed collateral movements. |
| MT 559 | Paying Agent’s Claim | Claims reimbursement of income or redemption proceeds, or a combination of both. |
| MT 564 | Corporate Action Notification | Provides an account owner with details of a corporate action event and the choices available to the account owner. It also provides the account owner with details on the impact a corporate action event will have on a safekeeping or cash account, for example, entitlement calculation. |
| MT 565 | Corporate Action Instruction | Instructs the custodian on the investment decision made by an account owner relative to a corporate action event. |
| MT 566 | Corporate Action Confirmation | Confirms to the account owner that securities and/or cash have been credited/debited to an account as a result of a corporate action event. |
| MT 567 | Corporate Action Status and Processing Advice | Indicates the status, or a change in status, of a corporate action-related transaction previously instructed by, or executed on behalf of, the account owner. |
| MT 568 | Corporate Action Narrative | Provides complex instructions or narrative details relating to a corporate action event. |
| MT 569 | Triparty Collateral and Exposure Statement | Provides the details of the valuation of both the collateral and the exposure. |
| MT 574 (IRSLST) | IRS 1441 NRA (Beneficial Owners’ List) | |
| MT 574 (W8BENO) | IRS 1441 NRA (Beneficial Owner Withholding Statement) | |
| MT 575 | Report of Combined Activity | Reports on all securities and cash activity for a given combination of safekeeping and cash accounts. |
| MT 576 | Statement of Open Orders | Provides details of orders to buy or to sell financial instruments, as at a specified date, which have been accepted by the sender, but which have not yet been executed. |
| MT 577 | Statement of Numbers | Provides certificate numbers of securities |
| MT 578 | Statement of Allegement | Advises the account owner that a counterparty has alleged a settlement instruction on the account owner's account. |
| MT 579 | Certificate Numbers | Replaces or supplements the 'certificate numbers' field in a primary message, for example, MT 577 |
| MT 581 | Collateral Adjustment Message | Claims or notifies a change in the amount of collateral held against securities out on loan or for other reasons. |
| MT 582 | Reimbursement Claim or Advice | |
| MT 584 | Statement of ETC Pending Trades | |
| MT 586 | Statement of Settlement Allegements | Provides details of pending settlement allegements. |
| MT 587 | Depositary Receipt Instruction | |
| MT 588 | Depositary Receipt Confirmation | |
| MT 589 | Depositary Receipt Status and Processing Advice | |
| MT 590 | Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments | Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments. |
| MT 591 | Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses | Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses. |
| MT 592 | Request for Cancellation | Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request. |
| MT 595 | Queries | Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message. |
| MT 596 | Answers | Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or other message where no specific message type has been provided for a response. |
| MT 598 | Proprietary Message | Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live. |
| MT 599 | Free Format Message | Contains information for which no other message type has been defined. |
| Category 6 Messages | Treasury markets – precious markets and syndications | |
| MT 600 | Precious Metal Trade Confirmation | Confirms the details of a commodity trade and its settlement. |
| MT 601 | Precious Metal Option Confirmation | Confirms the details of a commodity option contract. |
| MT 604 | Precious Metal Transfer/Delivery Order | Instructs the receiver to transfer by book-entry, or physically deliver, a specified type and quantity of commodity to a specified party. |
| MT 605 | Precious Metal Notice to Receive | Notifies the receiver of an impending book-entry transfer or physical delivery of a specified type and quantity of commodity. |
| MT 606 | Precious Metal Debit Advice | Advises the receiver of a debit entry to a specified commodity account. |
| MT 607 | Precious Metal Credit Advice | Advises the receiver of a credit entry to a specified commodity account. |
| MT 608 | Statement of a Metal Account | Provides the details of all bookings to a commodity account. |
| MT 609 | Statement of Metal Contracts | Identifies all outstanding commodity contracts, as at a specified date for which confirmations have been exchanged |
| MT 620 | Metal Fixed Loan/Deposit Confirmation | Confirms a commodity fixed term loan/deposit contract. |
| MT 643 | Notice of Drawdown/Renewal | Provides notice of the Borrower(s) request for drawdown(s)/renewal(s) on a given date |
| MT 644 | Advice of Rate and Amount Fixing | Specifies the interest rate and, if applicable, the exchange rate, for the next interest period |
| MT 645 | Notice of Fee Due | |
| MT 646 | Payment of Principal and/or Interest | Advises of payments and/or prepayments of principal and/or of interest with the same value date, but not related to any subsequent drawing or renewal |
| MT 649 | General Syndicated Facility Message | Advises of payments and/or prepayments of principal and/or of interest with the same value date, but not related to any subsequent drawing or renewal |
| MT 670 | Standing Settlement Instruction Update Notification | Requests SWIFT to create the MT 671 from the MT 670 and send to financial institutions. |
| MT 671 | Standing Settlement Instruction Update Notification Request | Specifies standing settlement instructions for one or more currencies. |
| MT 690 | Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments | Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments. |
| MT 691 | Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses | Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses. |
| MT 692 | Request for Cancellation | Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request. |
| MT 695 | Queries | Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message. |
| MT 696 | Answers | Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or other message where no specific message type has been provided for a response. |
| MT 698 | Proprietary Message | Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live. |
| MT 699 | Free Format Message | Contains information for which no other message type has been defined. |
| Category 7 Messages | Documentary Credits and Guarantees / Standby Letters of Credit | |
| MT 700 | Issue of a Documentary Credit | Indicates the terms and conditions of a documentary credit. |
| MT 701 | Issue of a Documentary Credit | Continuation of an MT 700 for fields 45a, 46a, and 47a. |
| MT 705 | Pre-Advice of a Documentary Credit | Provides brief advice of a documentary credit for which full details will follow. |
| MT 707 | Amendment to a Documentary Credit | Informs the receiver of amendments to the terms and conditions of a documentary credit. |
| MT 710 | Advice of a Third Bank’s Documentary Credit | Advises the receiver of the terms and conditions of a documentary credit. |
| MT 711 | Advice of a Third Bank’s Documentary Credit | Continuation of an MT 710 for fields 45a, 46a, and 47a. |
| MT 720 | Transfer of a Documentary Credit | Advises the transfer of a documentary credit, or part thereof, to the bank advising the second beneficiary. |
| MT 721 | Transfer of a Documentary Credit | Continuation of an MT 720 for fields 45a, 46a, and 47a. |
| MT 730 | Acknowledgment | Acknowledges the receipt of a documentary credit message and may indicate that the message has been forwarded according to instructions. It may also be used to account for bank charges or to advise of acceptance or rejection of an amendment of a documentary credit. |
| MT 732 | Advice of Discharge | Advises that documents received with discrepancies have been taken up. |
| MT 734 | Advice of Refusal | Advises the refusal of documents that are not in accordance with the terms and conditions of a documentary credit. |
| MT 740 | Authorization to Reimburse | Requests the receiver to honour claims for reimbursement of payment(s) or negotiation(s) under a documentary credit. |
| MT 742 | Reimbursement Claim | Provides a reimbursement claim to the bank authorised to reimburse the sender or its branch for its payments/ negotiations. |
| MT 747 | Amendment to an Authorization to Reimburse | Informs the reimbursing bank of amendments to the terms and conditions of a documentary credit, relative to the authorisation to reimburse. |
| MT 750 | Advice of Discrepancy | Advises of discrepancies and requests authorisation to honour documents presented that are not in accordance with the terms and conditions of the documentary credit. |
| MT 752 | Authorization to Pay, Accept or Negotiate | Advises a bank which has requested authorisation to pay, accept, negotiate, or incur a deferred payment undertaking that the presentation of the documents may be honoured, notwithstanding the discrepancies, provided they are otherwise in order. |
| MT 754 | Advice of Payment/Acceptance/Negotiation | Advises that documents have been presented in accordance with the terms of a documentary credit and are being forwarded as instructed. This message type also handles the payment/ negotiation. |
| MT 756 | Advice of Reimbursement or Payment | Advises of the reimbursement or payment for a drawing under a documentary credit in which no specific reimbursement instructions or payment provisions were given. |
| MT 760 | Guarantee | Issues or requests the issue of a guarantee. |
| MT 767 | Guarantee Amendment | Amends a guarantee which has been previously issued or requests the amendment of a guarantee which the sender has previously requested to be issued. |
| MT 768 | Acknowledgment of a Guarantee Message | Acknowledges the receipt of a guarantee message and may indicate that action has been taken according to instructions. |
| MT 769 | Advice of Reduction or Release | Advises that a bank has been released of its liability for a specified amount under its guarantee. |
| MT 790 | Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments | Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments. |
| MT 791 | Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses | Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses. |
| MT 792 | Request for Cancellation | Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request. |
| MT 795 | Queries | Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message. |
| MT 796 | Answers | Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or other message where no specific message type has been provided for a response. |
| MT 798 | Proprietary Message | Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live. |
| MT 799 | Free Format Message | Contains information for which no other message type has been defined. |
| Category 8 Messages | Travellers Cheques | |
| MT 800 | T/C Sales and Settlement Advice [Single] | Provides the sale and settlement details for the sale of travellers cheques by a single selling agent. |
| MT 801 | T/C Multiple Sales Advice | Provides the details (excluding the settlement details) of the sales of travellers cheques in cases where the data is lengthy or includes data from several selling agents. |
| MT 802 | T/C Settlement Advice | Provides the settlement details of multiple sales of travellers cheques. |
| MT 810 | T/C Refund Request | |
| MT 812 | T/C Refund Authorization | |
| MT 813 | T/C Refund Confirmation | |
| MT 820 | Request for T/C Stock | |
| MT 821 | T/C Inventory Addition | |
| MT 822 | Trust Receipt Acknowledgment | |
| MT 823 | T/C Inventory Transfer | |
| MT 824 | T/C Inventory Destruction/Cancellation Notice | Notifies the issuer of the destruction/cancellation of travellers cheque inventory held by the selling agent. It may also request a selling agent to destroy/cancel travellers cheque inventory. |
| MT 890 | Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments | Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments. |
| MT 891 | Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses | Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses. |
| MT 892 | Request for Cancellation | Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request. |
| MT 895 | Queries | Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message. |
| MT 896 | Answers | Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or other message where no specific message type has been provided for a response. |
| MT 898 | Proprietary Message | Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live. |
| MT 899 | Free Format Message | Contains information for which no other message type has been defined. |
| Category 9 Messages | Cash Management and Customer Status | |
| MT 900 | Confirmation of Debit | Advises an account owner of a debit to its account. |
| MT 910 | Confirmation of Credit | Advises an account owner of a credit to its account. |
| MT 920 | Request Message | Requests the account servicing institution to send an MT 940, 941, 942, or 950. |
| MT 935 | Rate Change Advice | Advises the receiver of general rate change(s) and/or rate change(s) which applies to a specific account other than a call/notice loan/deposit account. |
| MT 940 | Customer Statement Message | Provides balance and transaction details of an account to a financial institution on behalf of the account owner. |
| MT 941 | Balance Report | Provides balance information of an account to a financial institution on behalf of the account owner. |
| MT 942 | Interim Transaction Report | Provides balance and transaction details of an account, for a specified period of time, to a financial institution on behalf of the account owner. |
| MT 950 | Statement Message | Provides balance and transaction details of an account to the account owner. |
| MT 970 | Netting Statement | Provides balance and transaction details of a netting position as recorded by a netting system. |
| MT 971 | Netting Balance Report | Provides balance information for specified netting position(s). |
| MT 972 | Netting Interim Statement | Advises interim balance and transaction details of a netting position as recorded by a netting system. |
| MT 973 | Netting Request Message | Requests an MT 971 or 972 containing the latest available information. |
| MT 985 | Status Inquiry | Requests an MT 986. |
| MT 986 | Status Report | Provides business-related information about a customer or institution. |
| MT 990 | Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments | Advises an account owner of charges, interest, and other adjustments to its account. |
| MT 991 | Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses | Requests payment of charges, interest, or other expenses. |
| MT 992 | Request for Cancellation | Requests the receiver to consider cancellation of the message identified in the request. |
| MT 995 | Queries | Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message. |
| MT 996 | Answers | Responds to an MT 195 Query or MT 192 Request for Cancellation or other message where no specific message type has been provided for a response. |
| MT 998 | Proprietary Message | Contains formats defined and agreed to between users and for those messages not yet live. |
| MT 999 | Free Format Message | Contains information for which no other message type has been defined. |
| Category 0 Messages | FIN System Messages | |
| MT 008 | System Request to Quit | System Request to Quit |
| MT 009 | System Request to Logout | System Request to Logout |
| MT 010 | Non-Delivery Warning | Non-Delivery Warning |
| MT 011 | Delivery Notification | Delivery Notification |
| MT 012 | Sender Notification | Sender Notification |
| MT 015 | Delayed NAK | Delayed NAK |
| MT 019 | Abort Notification | Abort Notification |
| MT 020 | Retrieval Request (Text and History) | Retrieval Request (Text and History) |
| MT 021 | Retrieved Message (Text and History) | Retrieved Message (Text and History) |
| MT 022 | Retrieval Request (History) | Retrieval Request (History) |
| MT 023 | Retrieved Message (History) | Retrieved Message (History) |
| MT 028 | FIN Copy Message Status Request | FIN Copy Message Status Request |
| MT 029 | FIN Copy Message Status Report | FIN Copy Message Status Report |
| MT 031 | Session History Request | Session History Request |
| MT 032 | Delivery Subset Status Request | Delivery Subset Status Request |
| MT 035 | Delivery Instruction Request | Delivery Instruction Request |
| MT 036 | LT History Request | LT History Request |
| MT 037 | Time Zone Status Request | Time Zone Status Request |
| MT 041 | Select Status Request for FIN | Select Status Request for FIN |
| MT 042 | Cut-off Times List Request | Cut-off Times List Request |
| MT 043 | Non-Banking Days List Request | Non-Banking Days List Request |
| MT 044 | Undelivered Report Rules Redefinition | Undelivered Report Rules Redefinition |
| MT 045 | Daily Check Time Change Request | Daily Check Time Change Request |
| MT 046 | Undelivered Message Report Request | Undelivered Message Report Request |
| MT 047 | Delivery Instructions Redefinition Request | Delivery Instructions Redefinition Request |
| MT 048 | Undelivered Report Rules Request | Undelivered Report Rules Request |
| MT 049 | Daily Check Report Time Query | Daily Check Report Time Query |
| MT 051 | Session History Report | Session History Report |
| MT 052 | Delivery Subset Status Report | Delivery Subset Status Report |
| MT 055 | Delivery Instructions Report | Delivery Instructions Report |
| MT 056 | LT History Report | LT History Report |
| MT 057 | Time Zone Status Report | Time Zone Status Report |
| MT 061 | Select Status Report for FIN | Select Status Report for FIN |
| MT 062 | Cut-off Time List Report | Cut-off Time List Report |
| MT 063 | Non-Banking Days List Report | Non-Banking Days List Report |
| MT 064 | Undelivered Report Rules Change Report | Undelivered Report Rules Change Report |
| MT 065 | Time Change Report for Daily Check Report | Time Change Report for Daily Check Report |
| MT 066 | Solicited Undelivered Message Report | Solicited Undelivered Message Report |
| MT 067 | Delivery Instructions Redefinition Report | Delivery Instructions Redefinition Report |
| MT 068 | Undelivered Report Rules | Undelivered Report Rules |
| MT 069 | Daily Check Report Time Status | Daily Check Report Time Status |
| MT 072 | Test Mode Selection | Test Mode Selection |
| MT 073 | Message Sample Request | Message Sample Request |
| MT 074 | Broadcast Request | Broadcast Request |
| MT 075 | Certification Request | Certification Request |
| MT 076 | Certification Error | Certification Error |
| MT 077 | Additional Selection Criteria for FIN | Additional Selection Criteria for FIN |
| MT 081 | Daily Check Report | Daily Check Report |
| MT 082 | Undelivered Message Report at a Fixed Hour | Undelivered Message Report at a Fixed Hour |
| MT 083 | Undelivered Message Report at Cut-off Time | Undelivered Message Report at Cut-off Time |
| MT 085 | ICC Delivery Information | ICC Delivery Information |
| MT 087 | Certification Response | Certification Response |
| MT 090 | User-to-SWIFT Message | User-to-SWIFT Message |
| MT 092 | SWIFT-to-User Message | SWIFT-to-User Message |
| MT 094 | Broadcast | Broadcast |
| MT 096 | FIN Copy to Central Institution Message | FIN Copy to Central Institution Message |
| MT 097 | FIN Copy Message Authorization/Refusal Notification | FIN Copy Message Authorization/Refusal Notification |
The list of all the SWIFT messages types is pretty long as you can see. Some SWIFT messages types that are not part of the standards anymore have been kept for reference in case you ever come across and want to understand the meaning. Back to the payment messages page.
