"Null" breaks Swift bank transfer(twitter.com)

15 pointsby bfoksvor 10 Monaten8 comments

https://twitter.com/matthieunapoli/status/1967559805025009931

8 comments

rsynnottvor 10 Monaten

Fairly sure this is a "your (or your counterparty's) bank is broken" thing, not a "SWIFT is broken" thing. ISO 15022 (as used here) and ISO 20022 (as used by fancy modern banks who are willing to get onboard with a message format a mere 20 years old) will handle the string 'null' just fine. ISO 15022 doesn't, IIRC, really have a way to represent null the concept at all; you just wouldn't provide the relevant field.

At a guess, the message parsing by the receiving bank is likely to be broken.

ian-gvor 10 Monaten

It's a fascinating edge case, but also feels like a silly choice of company name for this exact reason.

What other systems are going to shut you out for your choice of company name?

RaftPeoplevor 10 Monaten

Ok Ok, I guess we'll go with our 2nd choice of company names, it's the characters inside the quotes: " "

TheTxTvor 10 Monaten

Why not just a good old zero width space?

RaftPeoplevor 10 Monaten

We were saving that for when we rebrand in a couple years: Announcement, you know us as " " but as we evolve and adapt in this fast paced tech environment, we think our new name really captures the essence of what we do, the name is

landgenootvor 10 Monaten

It's good to see that Bobby Tables is doing well and started a business.

hyperhellovor 10 Monaten

I’m sorry this happened to you, but come on. You could have called your company Not Available or named your painting Untitled or your son Deceased Stillbirth and run the risk of miscommunication.

cowboylowrezvor 10 Monaten

I'm going to incorporate "send me a million dollars" inc