SWIFT ISO15022 Standard
Detail view for message MT495 - Queries
Purpose of the message MT495
Requests information relating to a previous message or amendment to a previous message
Scope of the message MT495
This message type is:
- sent by a financial institution to another financial institution.
- sent by a corporate customer to a financial institution.
- sent by a financial institution to a corporate customer.
- If related to a SWIFT message, the category digit of the related message.
- If not related to a SWIFT message, the category digit which best describes the business purpose of the message.
It is used to request information or clarification relating to a previous SWIFT or non-SWIFT message or to one or more transactions contained therein.
A query may also be sent to request that an amendment be made to a previous message, except in those cases where a specific message, or facility within a message, has been provided for this purpose in the related category, for example, MT 707, AMEND in field 22 of the MT 300.
The category digit of the MT n95 Queries must be:
Structure of the message MT495
Message fields
1
20
Transaction Reference Number
M
2
21
Related Reference
M
3
75
Queries
M
4
77A
Narrative
O
5
11a
R
MT and Date of the Original Message
O
S
6
79
Narrative Description of the Message to Which the Query Relates
C
7
Copy of at least the Mandatory Fields of the Original Message
C