Category 9: Cash management and customer status
MT986 Status Report
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The MT986 is a status report. A financial institution sends it to another to give general credit information, without responsibility, about an individual or an institution, usually in reply to an MT985.
- Message type
- MT986
- Category
- 9
- Status
- In the current standard
- ISO 20022
- No direct equivalent
What MT986 is used for
Field 21 quotes the reference of the enquiry, field 59 can repeat the enquired party, and the information itself is free text in field 79.
- Sent by
- A financial institution, usually the enquired party’s bank
- Sent to
- The bank that made the enquiry
MT986 format: sequences and fields
Message text (block 4)Mandatory
No sequences and no network validated rules.
| Tag | Name | Status | Format | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Transaction Reference Number | M | 16x | The sender’s reference for the report. |
| 21 | Related Reference | M | 16x | Field 20 of the MT985 enquiry being answered. |
| 59 | Enquired Party | O | [/34x] 4*35x | The person or company the information is about. |
| 79 | Narrative | M | 35*50x | The credit information, as free text. |
Format notation: n digits, a upper-case letters, c upper-case letters and digits, x any character of the Swift character set, d a decimal number with a comma, ! fixed length, [ ] optional, 4*35x up to 4 lines of 35 characters. M mandatory, O optional, C conditional (a rule decides).
ISO 20022
There is no direct ISO 20022 equivalent in general use for the status report.
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