EMAIL ADDRESSES IN SWIFT MTs

QUESTION

Hello again!

May I bother you again with a quick question?

The LC requires B/L to indicate the consignee and notify party including their email addresses, e.g., ABC(AT)STANDARD.COM while the presented BL indicates [email protected]

Is this considered as a discrepancy?

Thank you for your continuous cooperation.

Muna najjar

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ANSWER

Hi,

As you may know, a number of characters are not allowed in one or more of the SWIFT character sets such as  < (less than sign), $ (Dollar), % (percent sign), # (number sign), @  (commercial AT sign)…

Every email address contains this sign @, e.g., [email protected] and when you say email address, the sign @ is pronounced AT. To comply with Swift usage rules, when an LC issued in Swift MT 700 Format requires a document to indicate an email address, AT should be used to replace @, e.g., nguyen(AT)mroldman.net.

Conclusion:

The fact that the presented BL indicates email address as [email protected] complies with the LC requirement.  No discrepancy!

Best regards,

Mr. Old Man