SWIFT Handbook Pages 30
SWIFT Handbook Pages 30
SWIFT Handbook Pages 30
A participant prescribes a value date (SWIFT 32A) for outgoing payments; the
SIC/euroSIC system, on the other hand, uses the "Target value date" 2 and
"Settlement date" 3 fields.
The contents of these fields may be different, for details please see the SIC/euroSIC
User Manual, section B1, paragraph "Setting the settlement date".
When a settled payment is being delivered to the beneficiary bank, the following
therefore applies to all SWIFT messages:
Field Comment/content
User Header in FIN, The settlement date and settlement time are shown using the
Message User following code words:
Reference; Feld 108 Settlement date = Code “A“ plus date in the form (YYMMDD)
(Optional Message Settlement time = Code “T“ plus time in the form (HHMMSS)
User Reference)
32A The required value date from the original message is transferred into
SWIFT field 32A.
Banks can send cover payments via SWIFT MT202COV/B12 to SIC and euroSIC.
These messages are also sent out as MT202COV/B12 to those banks that are con-
nected via SWIFT. For SIC/euroSIC Interface banks, they are sent out as MT B12
"Extended covering funds (cover payment)" (see also SIC/euroSIC User Manual).
2
SIC field 16; the value date required by the sender bank
3
SIC field 92A; the clearing day on which the transaction was actually settled
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