0.    INTRODUCTION

       This specification provides the definition of the Banking
       status message (BANSTA) to be used in Electronic Data
       Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in
       administration, commerce and transport.

1.    SCOPE

1.1   Functional Definition

       A BANSTA message is sent by a financial institution to its
       customer and/or vice versa and among financial institutions. It
       is used for all kind of enquiries, answers and status
       information at application level.

1.2   Field of Application

       This message may be applied for both national and international
       transactions. It is based on universal practice and is not
       dependent on the type of business or industry.

1.3   Principles

       A BANSTA message must always refer to a specific
       previously-sent message.
       
       - A BANSTA message may cover the response given to any
       previously-sent message, such as a commercial or payment
       instruction, a request for information, etc. This message
       provides a means to report on errors and inconsistencies found
       in the original message at application level.
       
       - It is not intended to report on syntactical errors or to
       provide a non-repudiation response.
       
       - This message may provide status information about execution
       on original multi-instruction messages such as the Multiple
       Payment Order message (PAYMUL) or a multiple Direct Debit
       message in a positive and/or negative way.
       
       - This message does not apply to responses given to payment
       instructions, when another message type is necessary. This
       message could be used for any response to a previously-sent
       message when such response is needed and/or requested.

2.    REFERENCES

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
       Section 1.

3.    TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
       Section 2.

4.    MESSAGE DEFINITION

4.1   Data Segment Clarification

       This section should be read in conjunction with the Branching
       Diagram and the Segment Table which indicate mandatory,
       conditional and repeating requirements.
       
       The following semantic principles apply to the message and are
       intended to facilitate the understanding and implementation of
       the message:
       
       The Banking Status message is structured in three levels: A, B
       and C.
       
       -   Level A Segment Groups 1, 2, 3 and 9 contains general data
       related to the whole message.
       
       -   Level B Segment Groups 4 and 5 refers to the
       previously-sent message and, if necessary, identifies a single
       transaction within a multiple message.
       
       -   Level C Segment Groups 6 to 8 provides the reason and
       details for the status of message/transaction.
       
       -   The structure of the message is designed to allow several B
       and C levels, each level B being followed by at least one or
       several C levels.
       
       -   Where a choice of code or text is given only the code
       element should be used wherever possible.

   UNH, Message header
       A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
       The message type code for the Banking status message is BANSTA.
       
       Note: Banking status messages conforming to this document must
       contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:

       Data element  0065 BANSTA
                     0052 D
                     0054 96B
                     0051 UN

   BGM, Beginning of message
       A segment by means of which the sender must uniquely identify
       the BANSTA message using its type and number and its function
       (e.g. response, enquiry, status etc.).

   DTM, Date/time/period
       A segment specifying the date and, if required, the time the
       message is created.

   BUS, Business function
       A segment identifying certain characteristics of the Banking
       Status message, such as its business function.


   Segment group 1: RFF-DTM
       A group of segments identifying a previously-sent message,
       and/or customer to customer reference and related dates.

      RFF, Reference
          A segment specifying the reference of the previously-sent
          message.

      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment identifying the creation date of the referenced
          message.


   Segment group 2: FII-CTA-COM
       A group of segments identifying the financial institutions
       involved in the Banking Status message, routing functions and
       contacts.

      FII, Financial institution information
          A segment identifying the financial institution(s)
          associated with the transaction, in coded or uncoded form
          and their function.

      CTA, Contact information
          A segment identifying a person or a department for the party
          specified in the leading FII segment to whom communication
          should be directed.

      COM, Communication contact
          A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of
          person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA
          segment.


   Segment group 3: NAD-CTA-COM
       A group of segments identifying the name(s) and adress(es) of
       non-financial parties involved in the transaction, their
       function and their contacts.

      NAD, Name and address
          A segment identifying the names and addresses of the
          non-financial parties associated with the Banking Status
          message, in coded or uncoded form, and their function.

      CTA, 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, Communication contact
          A segment identifying communication type(s) and number(s) of
          person(s) or department(s) specified in the associated CTA
          segment.


   Segment group 4: LIN-SG5-SG6
       A group of segments identifying a message or transaction and
       the status of the referred message/transaction, as well as any
       reasons clarifying the status.

      LIN, Line item
          A segment identifying the beginning of the details related
          to the previously-sent message by a sequential line number.


      Segment group 5: RFF-DTM
          A group of segments specifying reference number(s), date/or
          time needed in order to identify a referenced message or
          transaction.

         RFF, Reference
             A segment providing references of the message/transaction
             to be referred to.

         DTM, Date/time/period
             A segment identifying the date/time of the referred
             message or transaction.


      Segment group 6: SEQ-GIS-DTM-MOA-CUX-PCD-FTX-DOC-SG7-SG8
          A group of segments identifying the status, and any reasons
          clarifying this status, of the referred message/transaction.

         SEQ, Sequence details
             A segment identifying the beginning of the specification
             of the status and related details about the
             message/transaction by a sequential number.

         GIS, General indicator
             A segment specifying the processing status of a
             referenced message/transaction in a coded form. It is
             used in conjunction with one or more of the following
             segments or groups clarifying the detailed reply or
             status/information.

         DTM, Date/time/period
             A segment identifying dates and/or times related to
             information in the GIS-segment.

         MOA, Monetary amount
             A segment identifying the amount(s) associated with the
             related information in the GIS-segment.

         CUX, Currencies
             A segment identifying the currency associated with the
             related information in the GIS segment.

         PCD, Percentage details
             A segment identifying the percentage associated with the
             related information in the GIS segment.

         FTX, Free text
             A segment specifying free form data associated with the
             related information in the GIS segment.

         DOC, Document/message details
             A segment identifying the documents associated with the
             related information in the GIS segment.


         Segment group 7: FII-CTA-COM
             A group of segments identifying the financial
             institution(s) associated with the related information in
             the GIS segment.

            FII, Financial institution information
                A segment identifying the financial institution(s)
                associated with the related information in the GIS
                segment.

            CTA, Contact information
                A segment identifying a person or a department for the
                party specified in the leading FII segment to whom
                communication should be directed.

            COM, Communication contact
                A segment identifying communication type(s) and
                number(s) of person(s) or departments(s) specified in
                the associated CTA segment.


         Segment group 8: NAD-CTA-COM
             A group of segments identifying the name and address of
             non-financial parties associated with the related
             information in the GIS segment.

            NAD, Name and address
                A segment identifying names and address of
                non-financial parties associated with the related
                information in the GIS segment.

            CTA, Contact information
                A segment identifying a person or a department for the
                party specified in the leading NAD segment to whom
                communication should be directed.

            COM, Communication contact
                A segment identifying communication type(s) and
                number(s) of person(s) or departments(s) specified in
                the associated CTA segment.

   CNT, Control total
       A segment identifying the kind of control-checks and the total
       according to the coded form.


   Segment group 9: AUT-DTM
       A group of segments specifying details of any authentication
       (validation) procedures applied to the BANSTA message.

      AUT, Authentication result
          A segment specifying the details of any authentication
          (validation) procedures applied to the BANSTA message.

      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment identifying the validation date/time.

   UNT, Message trailer
       A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
       segments in the message and the control reference number of the
       message.

4.2   Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)

          AUT Authentication result
          BGM Beginning of message
          BUS Business function
          CNT Control total
          COM Communication contact
          CTA Contact information
          CUX Currencies
          DOC Document/message details
          DTM Date/time/period
          FII Financial institution information
          FTX Free text
          GIS General indicator
          LIN Line item
          MOA Monetary amount
          NAD Name and address
          PCD Percentage details
          RFF Reference
          SEQ Sequence details
          UNH Message header
          UNT Message trailer

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