How to "read" a SWIFT message? [closed]

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  •  16-01-2022
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Question

"SWIFT" meaning Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

I need to read some files and insert the data in a SQL Server database table using C#.NET. The files are downloaded from a banking software (ABN Amro), and they contain (debit & credit) movements on the account.

It contains a lot of :61: and :86: "tags", it seems almost human readable, but it's not, especially when they're talking amounts, it's impossible to filter those out if you don't have the correct specs.

I'm searching like crazy but I can't find enough information, I mean a document that explains how to interprete these messages/files? Not even on swiftcommunity.net... or maybe I'm not looking on the right spot.

Does that exists, and where?

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Solution

The Swift mt940 file format has a header line, a footer line, some mandatory lines with information and then a bunch of lines meaning transactions. The lines start with a :XX: code to indicate what type of line it is.

If you google you can find the spec quite easy from a number of banks. for example:

OTHER TIPS

Maybe I am too late but I actually build an opensource library for this (http://raptorious.com/sharpmt940lib/). Maybe it can assist you?

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