Going into operation for new participants Handbook for payments via SWIFT
A.3.12 Bank clearing mutation circular
Upon successful completion of the test procedure, SIX Interbank Clearing will include the financial institution in the next bank clearing mutation circular. This is sent out to the system participants on the 20th of each month, informing them about the new remoteGATE participant joining from the first of the following month. Inclusion in the bank clearing mutation circular is confirmed by SIX Interbank Clearing by the 10th of the preceding month. A financial institution cannot be included in a bank clearing mutation circular without having successfully completed the acceptance testing.
A.3.13 Start of production
Once the bank has been included in the bank clearing mutation circular, the financial institution is obliged to start production on the date in question. It is not possible to start production without being published in the bank clearing muta- tion circular.
A.3.14 Example of the procedure for customer connection
A.3.14.1 Responsibilities of SIX Interbank Clearing
7 weeks before 5 weeks before 3 weeks before Start of
production production production production Phase 0: Phase 1: Phase 2: Phase 3: Phase 4: Customer Administration Individual test Administration Production decides on for the test phase for the for the produc- participation system financial institu- tion system tion Documents sent Registration in SWIFT RMA for Notification re- Operations to new partici- the SWIFT test system ceived from the Center available pant CUG/MUG Operations financial institu- for customer Production and Center available tion of successful queries dispatch of the for customer testing authentication queries during Operations media testing Center author- Administration of izes date for start the SIC/euroSIC of production test system Inclusion in bank Administration of clearing mutation online access circular SWIFT RMA for production sys- tem Administration of SIC/euroSIC production sys- tem
