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Message D03A/AUTHOR

Authorization message

An Authorization Message is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer) or by a third party having authority on the Ordering Customer's payments to the Ordered Bank, to authorize the Ordered Bank to execute a given financial transaction. This financial transaction might relate to both multiple messages like PAYMUL and DIRDEB, and single instruction messages like PAYORD and PAYEXT. An Authorization Message could also be sent from the Ordered Bank to the Ordering Customer or its Authorization Authority to request authorization for a given financial transaction. Throughout this document the term 'Original Message' refers to the message to be authorized.

Message description

UNH M(1) : Message header

A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Authorization message is AUTHOR. Note: Authorization messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009: Data element 0065 AUTHOR 0052 D 0054 03A 0051 UN

BGM M(1) : Beginning of message

A segment for unique identification of the Authorization message, its type and number and its function, i.e., specifying if it is an authorization or request for authorization.

DTM C(1) : Date/time/period

A segment containing the creation date of the Authorization Message.

BUS C(1) : Business function

A segment providing information for routing of the message.

SG1 C(2) : RFF-DTM

A group of segments identifying the message to be authorized and possibly the request for an authorization which has been previously sent.

RFF M(1) : Reference

A segment referring to the message that has to be authorized or to a previously-sent request for authorization.

DTM C(1) : Date/time/period

A segment indicating the date and time of creation of the message referenced in the RFF segment or possibly the payment date.

SG2 C(5) : FII-CTA-COM

A group of segments identifying the financial institutions involved in the Authorization message.

FII M(1) : Financial institution information

A segment identifying the Ordered Bank acting for the Ordering Customer and/or Payor and the relevant account number and currency.

CTA C(1) : Contact information

A segment identifying a person or department for the financial institution specified in the FII segment and to whom communication should be directed.

COM C(5) : Communication contact

A segment providing communication numbers for the financial institution identified in the FII segment and optionally for the contact identified in the associated CTA segment.

SG3 C(3) : NAD-CTA-COM

A group of segments identifying the parties involved in the exchange of the message.

NAD M(1) : Name and address

A segment identifying the name and address of the non- financial parties involved in the exchange of this message. (Sender and Recipient).

CTA C(1) : Contact information

A segment identifying a person or department for the party specified in the NAD segment and to whom communication should be directed.

COM C(5) : Communication contact

A segment providing communication numbers for the party identified in the NAD segment and optionally for the contact identified in the associated CTA segment.

SG4 M(9999) : LIN-SG5-SG6-SG7-SG8

A group of segments identifying a message or a group of transactions in a message or a specific transaction in a multiple message.

LIN M(1) : Line item

A segment specifying the beginning of details referring to the message/transaction to be authorized.

SG5 C(5) : RFF-DTM

A groups of segments specifying reference numbers, dates and/or times needed to identify a referenced message or transaction.

RFF M(1) : Reference

A segment indicating reference number(s) for the message or transaction to be authorized.

DTM C(1) : Date/time/period

A segment specifying the date/time of the referenced message or transaction.

SG6 C(9999) : SEQ-GEI-DTM-MOA-DOC

A group of segments identifying the authorization of the message/transaction.

SEQ M(1) : Sequence details

A segment identifying the beginning of the details needed to give the authorization.

GEI M(1) : Processing information

A segment specifying the kind of authorization given to the referenced message/transaction in a coded form.

DTM C(2) : Date/time/period

A segment identifying dates related to the referenced message/transaction.

MOA C(1) : Monetary amount

A segment giving the amount of the referenced message/transaction.

DOC C(5) : Document/message details

A segment identifying referenced numbers of the referenced message/transaction.

SG7 C(2) : FII-CTA-COM

A group of segments identifying the financial institutions associated with the referenced message/transaction.

FII M(1) : Financial institution information

A segment identifying a financial institution related to the referenced message/transaction.

CTA C(1) : Contact information

A segment identifying a person or department for the party specified in the FII segment and to whom communication should be directed.

COM C(5) : Communication contact

A segment providing communication numbers for the party identified in the FII segment and optionally for the contact identified in the associated CTA segment.

SG8 C(2) : NAD-CTA-COM

A group of segments identifying the name and address of non- financial parties associated with the referenced message/transaction.

NAD M(1) : Name and address

A segment identifying a non-financial party related to the referenced message/transaction.

CTA C(1) : Contact information

A segment identifying a person or a department for the party identified in the NAD segment and to whom communication should be directed.

COM C(5) : Communication contact

A segment identifying communications types and numbers for the persons or departments specified in the associated CTA segment.

CNT C(5) : Control total

A segment identifying the type of control checks and totals.

SG9 C(5) : AUT-DTM

A segment group identifying the authentication procedures used.

AUT M(1) : Authentication result

A segment specifying the details of any authentication (validation) procedure applied to the Authorisation message.

DTM C(1) : Date/time/period

A segment defining the validation date/time.

UNT M(1) : Message trailer

A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UNH & UNT) and the control reference number of the message.

Message structure

UNH, Message header                           M        1
BGM, Beginning of message                     M        1
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1
BUS, Business function                        C        1

--- Segment Group 1 ------------------------- C        2 -------+
RFF, Reference                                M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 2 ------------------------- C        5 -------+
FII, Financial institution information        M        1        |
CTA, Contact information                      C        1        |
COM, Communication contact                    C        5        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 3 ------------------------- C        3 -------+
NAD, Name and address                         M        1        |
CTA, Contact information                      C        1        |
COM, Communication contact                    C        5        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+

--- Segment Group 4 ------------------------- M     9999 -------+
LIN, Line item                                M        1        |
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 5 ------------------------- C        5 ------+|
RFF, Reference                                M        1       ||
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------+|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 6 ------------------------- C     9999 ------+|
SEQ, Sequence details                         M        1       ||
GEI, Processing information                   M        1       ||
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        2       ||
MOA, Monetary amount                          C        1       ||
DOC, Document/message details                 C        5       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------+|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 7 ------------------------- C        2 ------+|
FII, Financial institution information        M        1       ||
CTA, Contact information                      C        1       ||
COM, Communication contact                    C        5       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------+|
                                                                |
--- Segment Group 8 ------------------------- C        2 ------+|
NAD, Name and address                         M        1       ||
CTA, Contact information                      C        1       ||
COM, Communication contact                    C        5       ||
---- ----------------------------------------------------------++
CNT, Control total                            C        5

--- Segment Group 9 ------------------------- C        5 -------+
AUT, Authentication result                    M        1        |
DTM, Date/time/period                         C        1        |
---- -----------------------------------------------------------+
UNT, Message trailer                          M        1