What the format is
MT940 is a legacy SWIFT tagged statement. CAMT.053 is a structured ISO 20022 bank-to-customer statement with explicit balances, entries, dates, codes, and references.
Who uses it
ERP migration, TMS integration, bank-connectivity, data-warehouse, and testing teams replacing legacy statement feeds.
Common failure modes
- Unreconciled source balances
- Ambiguous bank-specific :86: data
- MT940 field has no direct CAMT equivalent
- Receiving system requires a different CAMT version or usage guide
Worked example
A reconciled MT940 :61: debit becomes a CAMT Ntry with DBIT, booked/value dates, proprietary MT940 transaction code, and preserved references. Missing financial fields are omitted, never invented.