Category 3 messages

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT)

SWIFT Category 3 messages relate to treasury markets and include:

• Foreign exchange;
• Money markets; and
• Derivatives.

Changes to SWIFT messages

"Members using SWIFT Category 3 messages to report and confirm forex transactions and OTC derivatives were recommended to seek further information from SWIFT or their electronic trading platform suppliers, to ensure they were able to format messages by the November [2017 changes] implementation date."

The Treasurer magazine, March 2017, p13 - Technical briefing.

See also

• Derivative instrument
• Foreign exchange (forex)
• MT940
• Over the counter (OTC)
• Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT)
• SWIFTNet