Category 8
Category 8 MT messages: travellers cheques
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Category 8 was built for the travellers cheque business: banks and agents that sold cheques on behalf of an issuer reported sales and settled the proceeds with that issuer. With the decline of travellers cheques, most of the category has been retired; the sales advice MT801 and settlement advice MT802 remain alongside the common group messages.
The list below marks the retired types where a public source confirms it.
9 message types in the current standard (0 with a full page), 9 retired.
Category 8 messages
- MT801T/C Multiple Sales Advice
Details of travellers cheques sold, for one or more selling agents, without the settlement details.
Catalogue - MT802T/C Settlement Advice
Settlement details for multiple travellers cheque sales already reported in MT801 messages.
Catalogue - MT890Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments
Advises charges, interest or other adjustments booked to an account (travellers cheques).
Catalogue - MT891Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses
Asks another institution to pay charges, interest or expenses (travellers cheques).
Catalogue - MT892Request for Cancellation
Asks the receiver to cancel an earlier travellers cheques message.
Catalogue - MT895Queries
Asks a question about an earlier travellers cheques message.
Catalogue - MT896Answers
Answers a query or cancellation request about a travellers cheques message.
Catalogue - MT898Proprietary Message
Envelope for bilaterally agreed content (travellers cheques).
Catalogue - MT899Free Format Message
Free-format correspondence about travellers cheques.
Catalogue
Retired message types
No longer sent on the Swift network. Listed for people reading old messages or documentation.
- MT800T/C Sales and Settlement Advice [Single]
Retired. Sale and settlement details of travellers cheques from a single selling agent.
Retired - MT810T/C Refund Request
Retired. Request for a refund of travellers cheques.
Retired - MT812T/C Refund Authorization
Retired. Authorization of a travellers cheque refund.
Retired - MT813T/C Refund Confirmation
Retired. Confirmation that a travellers cheque refund was made.
Retired - MT820Request for T/C Stock
Retired. Request for a supply of travellers cheque stock.
Retired - MT821T/C Inventory Addition
Retired. Advice of an addition to travellers cheque inventory.
Retired - MT822Trust Receipt Acknowledgement
Retired. Acknowledgement of a trust receipt for travellers cheque stock.
Retired - MT823T/C Inventory Transfer
Retired. Advice of a transfer of travellers cheque inventory.
Retired - MT824T/C Inventory Destruction/Cancellation Notice
Retired. Notice of destruction or cancellation of travellers cheque stock.
Retired
Category 8 questions
- Are travellers cheque messages still used?
- Rarely. Only a few category 8 types remain in the standard, and most of the category has been retired.
- Who sends an MT801?
- A selling agent reports multiple travellers cheque sales to the issuer with an MT801.
Other categories
- Category 1: Customer payments and cheques
- Category 2: Financial institution transfers
- Category 3: Foreign exchange, money markets and derivatives
- Category 4: Collections and cash letters
- Category 5: Securities markets
- Category 6: Commodities and reference data
- Category 7: Documentary credits, guarantees and standby letters of credit
- Category 9: Cash management and customer status
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