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trades) and cover payments. MT202 does not include origination/destination financial institution information. Particularly for cover payments, where a combination of MT103 and MT202 was used to direct funds transfers to a beneficiary account, the intermediate banks in the MT202 had no ability to
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MT202 COV was implemented in 2009 to create traceability of the origin of funds (institution and account) through to the destination of funds (institution and account). This was in response to anti-money laundering and associated banking requirements.
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