A SWIFT MESSAGE TYPE 103 IS A INTERBANK MESSAGE USED BETWEEN TWO BANKS TO TRANSMIT THE VALUE OF A BOND ENGAGING BOTH BANKS
Can MT103-23 be discounted?
What is MT100 and MT103
The postings and replies on this board concerning MT103 continue to be a source of amusement. Swift is a closed, private telecoms network whose subscribers are banks, merchant banks, securities houses and other qualified financial institutions. Banks send messages to one another on the Swift system using formats known as MTs (Message Types) numbered from MT100 to MT999, each for a different purpose. MT103 is the format banks use when they effect what is known to a layman as a wire transfer, cable transfer, telegraphic transfer or Swift transfer. Suppose A has an account with Bank X and he needs to transfer money to B whose account is with Bank Y in another country. A goes to Bank X, fills out a remittance form with all particulars. Bank X debits A's account and sends a Swift MT103 to Bank Y. Bank Y debits Bank X and credits B's account and advises B that it has received a remittance. That is all there is to MT103. Nobody who does not work in the telex room of a bank needs to know any more than that. MT103 is a definite, authenticated, unconditional transfer of funds. In the above example Bank Y must credit B's account, nothing more nothing less. There is no such thing as a Conditional MT103.It's another brokerspeak MT 199 Free Format Message Scope: This message type is normally used by financial institutions to send information for which another message type is not applicable. Usage: It can be used as a status message to report reasons for a transaction instruction not being executed or as a message to reject a transaction. FOR FUTHER INFO, PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING LINKS: http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=61084 http://managementdiscovery.com/199.html .
Can MT103-23 be discounted?
MT103 and MT760 are international financial transaction code numbers. The code, MT103 SWIFT message is the most commonly used.
An MT103 is a SWIFT message sent to make a transfer of funds. It is commonly known as a 'wire transfer' because the payment is made electronically (over a wire). There is no 'conditional' to an MT103. It will happen and is, by definition, unconditional.
The MT103/23 does NOT exist any longer. If you are being asked to use it it is a joke. MT103 is a NON-CONDITIONAL payment method. You CANNOT add conditions to it because it would effect the "pass-through" of the MT103. No bank will even accept it they just ignore it and pay the funds out as directed by the MT103 not the field 23 which is no longer in use. If you are being offered an MT103/23 option I would advise you to run. It is usually a sign that someone in the chain does not realise it is a scam or they hope that you do not as it used to be in use but not for this purpose. Why request a format that is no longer used and would be ignored even if you tried.
MT103 is a Single Customer Payment between the two customer accounts across the banks. Its a cross border payments.
A client wants to transfer funds from one country to another via ktt mt103 followed by mt202 cash transfer. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
MT103 is a payment order
meaning of KTT account
Telegraphic Transfer Form.
MT103 is a payment order
The MT103 is used to send remittance order to the bank of the payee. MT202 on the other hand is used to send position information on the remitting bank's corresponding .
MT103/23 is still TT (Tested Telex) but with condition to release money to your account, let say your buyer made MT103/23 and state that upon the presentation of POP or Invoice or BL, and that's it. It's not scam but you need to know what is that and what you have to deal with