PM61835: UPDATE TO CURRENCY CODE VND FOR VIET NAM

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Update to currency code for Vietnamese Dong (VND)
  As per ISO 4217 email sent on 18 October 2011, the currency of
  Viet Nam (Dong / VND / 704) now has a minor unit of 0. The
  effective date of this change (from 2 to 0) was on 01 January
  2004. The MA for ISO 4217 has never sent an amendment for this
  change. In 2009 they received a message from the Central Bank
  of Viet Nam, therefore they changed the Minor Unit for VND from
  2 to 0 but no information was sent to their subscribers.
  After a customer highlighted the difference between SWIFT
  and ISO, SWIFT updated its Network in November 2011. But some
  customers did encounter problems with "nacked" messages, so we
  decided to implement a workaround that allowed both decimals 0
  and 2 for a certain period of time.
  As of 03 March 2012 the decimal 2 is no more authorized on the
  SWIFT Network and VND is now exactly reflecting the ISO format:
   CURRENCY CODE: VND
   CURRENCY NAME: DONG
   FRACTIONAL DIGIT: 0
   NUMERIC CODE: 704
  The currency table on the SWIFT network has been updated last
  weekend on 03 March 2012.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All MERVA ESA users using the SWIFT currency *
  *                 table.                                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: As per ISO 4217, the currency of        *
  *                      Viet Nam (Dong/VND/704) has now a       *
  *                      minor unit of 0.                        *
  *                      On 3 March 2012 the decimal 2 is no     *
  *                      more authorized on the SWIFT Network    *
  *                      and VND is now exactly reflecting       *
  *                      the ISO format:                         *
  *                      - Currency code: VND                    *
  *                      - Currency name: DONG                   *
  *                      - Fractional digit:0                    *
  *                      - Numeric code : 704                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The currency of Viet Nam (Dong/VND/704) has now a minor unit
  of 0.
  The currency table has been updated to reflect this change.
  

Problem conclusion

• Currency of Viet Nam (DONG/VND/704) has now a minor unit of 0.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UK77719

Modules/Macros

• DWSCURT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MERVA ESA 4.1.0

• Fixed component ID

  5648B2900

Applicable component levels

• R410 PSY UK77719

     UP12/04/06 P F204

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