D18A
Message D18A/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 headerA 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 18A 0051 UN
BGM
M(1) : Beginning of messageA 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/periodA segment containing the creation date of the Authorization Message.
BUS
C(1) : Business functionA 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) : ReferenceA segment referring to the message that has to be authorized or to a previously-sent request for authorization.
DTM
C(1) : Date/time/periodA 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 informationA segment identifying the Ordered Bank acting for the Ordering Customer and/or Payor and the relevant account number and currency.
CTA
C(1) : Contact informationA 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 contactA 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 addressA 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 informationA 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 contactA 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 itemA 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) : ReferenceA segment indicating reference number(s) for the message or transaction to be authorized.
DTM
C(1) : Date/time/periodA 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 detailsA segment identifying the beginning of the details needed to give the authorization.
GEI
M(1) : Processing informationA segment specifying the kind of authorization given to the referenced message/transaction in a coded form.
DTM
C(2) : Date/time/periodA segment identifying dates related to the referenced message/transaction.
MOA
C(1) : Monetary amountA segment giving the amount of the referenced message/transaction.
DOC
C(5) : Document/message detailsA 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 informationA segment identifying a financial institution related to the referenced message/transaction.
CTA
C(1) : Contact informationA 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 contactA 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 addressA segment identifying a non-financial party related to the referenced message/transaction.
CTA
C(1) : Contact informationA 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 contactA segment identifying communications types and numbers for the persons or departments specified in the associated CTA segment.
CNT
C(5) : Control totalA segment identifying the type of control checks and totals.
SG9 C(5) : AUT-DTM
UNT
M(1) : Message trailerA 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