General Financial Institution Transfer (MT 202)

On 5 January, a CLS settlement member (BANKGB2L) receives an instruction from CLS Bank to fund JPY 5,000,000 by 07.00 AM CET to CLS Bank. BANKGB2L sends an MT 202 to their JPY nostro correspondent (BANKJPJT), indicating that the funds need to be credited to CLS Bank by 07.00 AM CET.

EXAMPLE:

On 5 January, a CLS settlement member (BANKGB2L) received an instruction from CLS Bank to fund JPY 5,000,000 by 07.00 AM CET to CLS Bank. BANKGB2L sends an MT 202 to their JPY nostro correspondent (BANKJPJT), indicating that the funds need to be credited to CLS Bank by 07:00 AM CET.

MT 202:

This message is sent by or on behalf of the ordering institution directly, or through correspondent(s), to the financial institution of the beneficiary institution. All parties identified in the message must be financial institutions.

It is used to order the movement of funds to the beneficiary institution.

This message may also be sent to a financial institution servicing multiple accounts for the Sender to transfer funds between these accounts. In addition, it can be sent to a financial institution to debit an account of the Sender serviced by the Receiver and to credit an account, owned by the Sender at an institution specified in field 57a.

This message must not be used to order the movement of funds related to an underlying customer credit transfer that was sent with the cover method. For these payments, the MT 202 COV or MT 205 COV must be used.

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