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SWIFT MT940 field

MT940 field :28C: Statement Number / Sequence Number

The statement number and, after a slash, the page (sequence) number. Statements too long for one message are split into pages that share the statement number.

:28C: at a glance
:28C: (mandatory)Statement Number / Sequence Number: Statement number and, for multi-page statements, the page number.
Format5n[/5n]
MessageMT940 customer statement (also used by MT942 where the field exists there)
In camt.053Stmt/ElctrncSeqNb, StmtPgntn/PgNb

Format

The format is written in SWIFT notation: 5n[/5n]. n digits; a capital letters; c capital letters and digits; x any character of the SWIFT set; d a decimal amount with a comma; 16x up to 16 of them; 6!n exactly 6; [ ] optional; 6*65x up to 6 lines of 65.

Annotated example

From the sample MT940 the viewer opens with “Try a sample”:

MT940 · :28C:
:28C:00301/001
:28C: example, part by part
PartMeaning
:28C:The tag.
00301Statement number, up to 5 digits, counted by the bank for the account.
/001Page number, up to 5 digits (optional): page 1. Page 2 of the sample is :28C:00301/002.

Where it goes in camt.053

The MT940 Viewer and the API convert MT940 to camt.053.001.08. For this field:

:28C: to camt.053.001.08
MT940camt.053.001.08Note
:28C: Statement number / pageStmt/ElctrncSeqNb, Stmt/StmtPgntn/PgNbLastPgInd is true for :62F:, false for :62M:.

The statement number becomes Stmt/ElctrncSeqNb and the page Stmt/StmtPgntn/PgNb; LastPgInd is true when the page closes with :62F:.

The whole mapping, field by field, is in camt.053 vs MT940.

Checks the viewer runs

  • mt.field.required: Mandatory field missing (SWIFT MT940/MT942 field specifications)
  • mt.sequence: Statement numbering (:28C: statement and sequence numbers)

Worth knowing

  • The validator checks that pages follow each other (1, 2, 3 …) and that statement numbers go up; a gap means a missing page or statement.
  • Numbering conventions vary: the Dutch statement in the sample writes :28C:88/1, without leading zeros.

Read :28C: from a script or an AI agent

Scripts and AI agents can do the same without a browser: POST /api/v1/parse or the MCP tool parse_mt940 returns every statement as JSON: balances, each :61: split into its subfields and each :86: with its structured parts. No key is needed, and the file is processed in memory and never stored (API and MCP docs).

REST · curl
curl -s --data-binary @statement.sta https://iso20022-navigator.com/api/v1/parse
MCP · tools/call
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "parse_mt940",
    "arguments": {
      "content": "<the file text>"
    }
  }
}