Dear Valued Customer
From November 2018, SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)is implementing new standards for SWIFT messaging in the 2018 Standards Release (SR2018)
to improve information about international trade transactions related to the Letter of Credit(MT7XX Series). We have updated our systems to accommodate the changes and facilitatesmooth and efficient trade transactions.
To get a Letter of Credit from us, you can make a request at our Business Centers or via
Bualuang iTrade as usual. You will find some changes in the messaging of the L/C issuance orL/C amendment as well as Advise L/C on the SWIFT copies that comply with the new standards.
Thank you for using the trade finance services of Bangkok Bank. We are committed to continually
improving our service as your ‘Trade Expert Partner’ and providing advice to help you achieve
your business goal.
For more information please call Trade Finance Call Center tel. 02-680-9559
Yours sincerely
Bangkok Bank PCL.

Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited Registration No. 0107536000374
333 Silom Road Bangrak Bangkok 10500 Thailand Tel. (662) 231-4333 Fax (662) 231-4890 www.bangkokbank.com

Message Types
Message

MT NamePurpose

MT 700Issue of a Documentary Credit

This message is sent by the issuing bank to the advisingbank. It is used to indicate the terms and conditions of adocumentary credit that has been originated by theSender (issuing bank).

MT 701

Issue of a Documentary Credit(continuation)

MT 707

Amendment to a DocumentaryCredit

This message is sent in addition to an MT 700 Issue of a
Documentary Credit, when the information in the
documentary credit exceeds the maximum input message
length of the MT 700.
This message is sent by the issuing bank to the advisingbank. It may also be sent by an advising bank to anotheradvising bank or by a transferring bank to an advisingbank.
It is used to inform the Receiver about amendments to theterms and conditions of a documentary credit issued by
the Sender or by a third bank.
The amendment is to be considered as part of thedocumentary credit, unless the MT 707 is used to convey
only brief details of the amendment, details of which areto follow.

MT 708

Amendment to a DocumentaryCredit (continuation)

This message is sent in conjunction with the MT 707
message by the party that issues the amendment andspecifies the wording of the amendment.

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Message

MT NamePurpose

MT 710

Advice of a Third Bank'sDocumentary Credit

This message is sent by an advising bank, which hasreceived a documentary credit from the issuing bank or
the non-bank issuer, to the bank advising the beneficiaryor another advising bank.
It is used to advise the Receiver about the terms andconditions of a documentary credit.

MT 711

Advice of a Third Bank's
Documentary Credit(continuation)

This message is sent in addition to an MT 710 Advice of a
Third Bank's or a Non-Bank's Documentary Credit, when
the information in the documentary credit exceeds themaximum input message length of the MT 710.

MT 720Transfer of a Documentary
CreditWhen a beneficiary has requested the transfer of adocumentary credit – originally issued by a bank or a nonbank – to a second beneficiary, this message is sent by
the bank authorized to advise the transfer of thedocumentary credit to the bank advising the second
beneficiary.

MT 721

Transfer of a DocumentaryCredit (continuation)

It is used to advise the Receiver about the terms andconditions of the transferred documentary credit, or partthereof.
This message is sent in addition to an MT 720 Transfer ofa Documentary Credit, when the information in thedocumentary credit exceeds the maximum input message
length of the MT 720.

Notes
 New “Z” character set includes the following characters (the new permitted are characters arehighlighted in yellow):o abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
o ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
o 0123456789
o .,-()/='+:?!“%&*<>;{o @#_o CrLf Space
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 Message Type Number (MT 7XX) and name are provided at the top of each table.
 Status indicates if the field iso M = Mandatoryo O = Optional Tag is the field identification.
 Field Name is the detailed name of the tag for a particular message type.

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