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Guidance on Tag: 50

Guidance on Tag :50: (Ordering Customer)
of the SWIFT Electronic Funds Transfer Report

As per paragraphs 12(1)(b) and 12(1)(c) of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing (PCMLTF) Regulations, financial entities are required to report the sending out of Canada and the receipt from outside Canada, at the request of a client, of an electronic funds transfer (EFT) of $10,000 or more in the course of a single transaction. This report must contain, among other things, the following information on the client ordering the payment of the EFT (i.e., tag :50:) referred to in Schedules 2 and 3 of the PCMLTF Regulations:

  1. Client's full name;
  2. Client's full address;
  3. Client's account number, if applicable.

Although the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) allows its members to choose between three options to fill out tag :50:, i.e., options A, F and K, only options F and K do provide the information that is mandatory for these reports.

Given option F can also contain information that is not set out in Schedules 2 and 3, if your financial entity sends out or receives a MT 103 message in which option F was used, we recommend that you follow these guidelines when providing information to FINTRAC:

  1. When subfield 1 (Party Identifier) is used with the (Code)(Identifier) format, you should provide one of the following codes followed by the "/" character:

    ARNU
    Alien Registration Number
    CCPT
    Passport Number
    CUST
    Customer Identification Number
    DRLC
    Driver's License Number
    EMPL
    Employer Number
    IBEI
    International Business Entity Identifier (no country code allowed)
    NIDN
    National Identity Number
    SOSE
    Social Security Number
    TXID
    Tax Identification Number
    CORP
    Corporate Identification, that is, Identification Number of the Customer in a Corporation:
    OTHR
    Other identification

    However, DO NOT provide the values that follow the "/"" character. Please space-fill the remainder of the tag.

  2. For subfield 2 (Name & Address), you should only provide the following codes on the lines:

    • Name of the ordering customer

      The number followed by a slash, '/' must be followed by the name of the ordering customer (where it is recommended that the surname precedes given name(s)).

    • Address Line

      The number followed by a slash, '/' must be followed by an Address Line (Address Line can be used to provide for example, street name and number, or building name).

    • Country and Town

      The number followed by a slash, '/' must be followed by the ISO country code, a slash '/' and Town (Town can be complemented by postal code (for example zip), country subdivision (for example state, province, or county).

    DO NOT provide other codes such as:

    • Date of Birth

      The number followed by a slash, '/' must be followed by the Date of Birth in the YYYYMMDD format.

    • Place of Birth

      The number followed by a slash, '/' must be followed by the ISO country code, a slash '/' and the Place of Birth.

    • Customer Identification Number

      The number followed by a slash, '/' must be followed by the ISO country code, a slash, '/', the issuer of the number, a slash, '/' and the Customer Identification Number.

    • National Identity Number

      The number followed by a slash, '/' must be followed by the ISO country code, a slash, '/' and the National Identity Number.

    • Additional Information

      The number followed by a slash, '/' is followed by information completing the Identifier provided in subfield 1 (Party Identifier) used with the (Code)(Identifier) format.

Example 1 - Alien Registration Number

If you receive the following SWIFT message:

:50F:ARNU/XR123414
1/JOHN SMITH
2/123 MAIN STREET
4/19640829
5/DE/FRANKFURT

You should provide the aforementioned message to FINTRAC in the following format:

:50K:ARNU/
1/JOHN SMITH
2/123 MAIN STREET

Example 2 - Passport

If you receive the following SWIFT message:

:50F:CCPT/GB/123456789012345
1/JOHN SMITH
2/123 MAIN STREET
3/GB/LIVERPOOL

You should provide the aforementioned message to FINTRAC in the following format:

:50K:CCPT/
1/JOHN SMITH
2/123 MAIN STREET
3/GB/LIVERPOOL

Example 3 - National Identifier

If you receive the following SWIFT message:

:50F:NIDN/SE/1234567890124567
1/JOHN SMITH
2/123 MAIN STREET
7/SE/1234567890124567

You should provide the aforementioned message to FINTRAC in the following format:

:50K:NIDN/
1/JOHN SMITH
2/123 MAIN STREET
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