diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7af04bd49..012efa429 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Prowide Core - CHANGELOG
 
+#### 9.3.19-SNAPSHOT
+  * Added default methods for sender, receiver, and identifier extraction to the MessageExtractionStrategy.
+
 #### 9.3.18 - September 2023
   * Added support for an optional `pw-swift-core.properties` to customize the behavior of the SafeXmlUtils class
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/MessageMetadataStrategy.java b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/MessageMetadataStrategy.java
index fc33a357a..3d23040e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/MessageMetadataStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/MessageMetadataStrategy.java
@@ -48,4 +48,31 @@ public interface MessageMetadataStrategy {
      * Extracts the message trade date (only meaningful for some types of messages)
      */
     Optional<Calendar> tradeDate(AbstractMessage message);
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the sender information from the message.
+     * This default implementation returns empty.
+     * @since 9.3.18
+     */
+    default Optional<String> sender(AbstractMessage message) {
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the receiver information from the message.
+     * This default implementation returns empty.
+     * @since 9.3.18
+     */
+    default Optional<String> receiver(AbstractMessage message) {
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the identifier from the message.
+     * This default implementation returns empty.
+     * @since 9.3.18
+     */
+    default Optional<String> identifier(AbstractMessage message) {
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/MtSwiftMessage.java b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/MtSwiftMessage.java
index efaaec069..c7b5b2f60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/MtSwiftMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/MtSwiftMessage.java
@@ -282,12 +282,15 @@ private void updateAttributes(final SwiftMessage model, final MessageMetadataStr
         } else {
             // any other case we just update the metadata from the received message
             extractMetadata(model, metadataStrategy);
-            if (model.getMtId() != null) {
-                setIdentifier(model.getMtId().id());
-            }
+            Optional<String> identifier = metadataStrategy.identifier(model.toMT());
+            identifier.ifPresent(this::setIdentifier);
         }
+
         setFileFormat(FileFormat.FIN);
-        setSender(bic11(model.getSender()));
+
+        Optional<String> sender = metadataStrategy.sender(model.toMT());
+        sender.ifPresent(s -> setSender(bic11(s)));
+
         setChecksum(SwiftMessageUtils.calculateChecksum(model));
         setChecksumBody(SwiftMessageUtils.calculateChecksum(model.getBlock4()));
         setLastModified(Calendar.getInstance());
@@ -295,7 +298,9 @@ private void updateAttributes(final SwiftMessage model, final MessageMetadataStr
     }
 
     private void extractMetadata(final SwiftMessage model, final MessageMetadataStrategy metadataStrategy) {
-        setReceiver(bic11(model.getReceiver()));
+
+        Optional<String> receiver = metadataStrategy.receiver(model.toMT());
+        receiver.ifPresent(r -> setReceiver(bic11(r)));
         setDirection(model.getDirection());
 
         setPde(model.getPDE());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/SwiftMessage.java b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/SwiftMessage.java
index e7eb1f821..61075bd83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/SwiftMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/SwiftMessage.java
@@ -1056,49 +1056,19 @@ public boolean isREMIT() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the message sender BIC from the message headers.
-     * <p>For outgoing messages this is the the logical terminal at block 1,
-     * and for incoming messages this is logical terminal at the MIR of block 2.
-     * <p>for service message (example acknowledges) always returns the logical terminal from block1
-     *
-     * @return the proper sender address or null if blocks 1 or 2 are not found or incomplete
+     * @see SwiftMessageUtils#sender(SwiftMessage)
+     * @since 9.3.18
      */
     public String getSender() {
-        try {
-            if (isServiceMessage() || getDirection() == MessageIOType.outgoing) {
-                return this.block1 == null ? null : this.block1.getLogicalTerminal();
-            } else if ((getDirection() == MessageIOType.incoming) && (this.block2 != null)) {
-                return ((SwiftBlock2Output) this.block2).getMIRLogicalTerminal();
-            }
-        } catch (final Exception e) {
-            log.severe("Exception occurred while retrieving sender's BIC from message data: " + e);
-        }
-        return null;
+        return SwiftMessageUtils.sender(this);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the message receiver BIC from the message headers.
-     * <p>For outgoing messages this is the receiver address at block 2,
-     * and for incoming messages this is logical terminal at block 1.
-     * <p>for service message (example acknowledges) always returns null
-     *
-     * @return the proper receiver address or null if blocks 1 or 2 are not found or incomplete
+     * @see SwiftMessageUtils#receiver(SwiftMessage)
+     * @since 9.3.18
      */
     public String getReceiver() {
-        try {
-            if (isServiceMessage()) {
-                return null;
-            } else if (getDirection() == MessageIOType.incoming) {
-                return this.block1.getLogicalTerminal();
-            } else if (getDirection() == MessageIOType.outgoing) {
-                return ((SwiftBlock2Input) this.block2).getReceiverAddress();
-            } else {
-                return null;
-            }
-        } catch (final Exception e) {
-            log.severe("Exception occurred while retrieving receiver's BIC from message data: " + e);
-            return null;
-        }
+        return SwiftMessageUtils.receiver(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1810,13 +1780,13 @@ public MtId getMtId() {
      */
     public BIC getCorrespondentBIC() {
         if (isOutgoing()) {
-            final String receiver = getReceiver();
+            final String receiver = SwiftMessageUtils.receiver(this);
             if (receiver != null) {
                 return new BIC(receiver);
             }
         }
         if (isIncoming()) {
-            final String sender = getSender();
+            final String sender = SwiftMessageUtils.sender(this);
             if (sender != null) {
                 return new BIC(sender);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/SwiftMessageUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/SwiftMessageUtils.java
index bf37e881f..8607188a2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/SwiftMessageUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/SwiftMessageUtils.java
@@ -287,6 +287,69 @@ public static Calendar tradeDate(final SwiftMessage m) {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the message sender BIC from the message headers.
+     * <p>For outgoing messages this is the logical terminal at block 1,
+     * and for incoming messages this is logical terminal at the MIR of block 2.
+     * <p>for service message (example acknowledges) always returns the logical terminal from block1
+     *
+     * @return the proper sender address or null if blocks 1 or 2 are not found or incomplete
+     * @since 9.3.18
+     */
+    public static String sender(final SwiftMessage m) {
+        try {
+            if (m.isServiceMessage() || m.getDirection() == MessageIOType.outgoing) {
+                return m.getBlock1() == null ? null : m.getBlock1().getLogicalTerminal();
+            } else if ((m.getDirection() == MessageIOType.incoming) && (m.getBlock2() != null)) {
+                return ((SwiftBlock2Output) m.getBlock2()).getMIRLogicalTerminal();
+            }
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            log.severe("Exception occurred while retrieving sender's BIC from message data: " + e);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the message receiver BIC from the message headers.
+     * <p>For outgoing messages this is the receiver address at block 2,
+     * and for incoming messages this is logical terminal at block 1.
+     * <p>for service message (example acknowledges) always returns null
+     *
+     * @return the proper receiver address or null if blocks 1 or 2 are not found or incomplete
+     * @since 9.3.18
+     */
+    public static String receiver(final SwiftMessage m) {
+        try {
+            if (m.isServiceMessage()) {
+                return null;
+            } else if (m.getDirection() == MessageIOType.incoming) {
+                return m.getBlock1().getLogicalTerminal();
+            } else if (m.getDirection() == MessageIOType.outgoing) {
+                return ((SwiftBlock2Input) m.getBlock2()).getReceiverAddress();
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            log.severe("Exception occurred while retrieving receiver's BIC from message data: " + e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a string in the form of businessprocess.messagetype.variant
+     *
+     * @return a string with the MT message type identification
+     * @since 9.3.18
+     */
+    public static String identifier(final SwiftMessage m) {
+        try {
+            return m.getMtId().id();
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            log.severe("Exception occurred while retrieving identifier from message data: " + e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Proprietary checksum for message integrity verification or duplicates detection.
      * <p>Please notice <strong>this is not the SWIFT trailer CHK field</strong>.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/mt/AbstractMT.java b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/mt/AbstractMT.java
index 048edd1fc..881666f56 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/mt/AbstractMT.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/mt/AbstractMT.java
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public boolean isIncoming() {
      */
     public String getSender() {
         if (getSwiftMessage() != null) {
-            return getSwiftMessage().getSender();
+            return SwiftMessageUtils.sender(getSwiftMessage());
         }
         return null;
     }
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ public void setSender(BIC bic) {
      */
     public String getReceiver() {
         if (getSwiftMessage() != null) {
-            return getSwiftMessage().getReceiver();
+            return SwiftMessageUtils.receiver(getSwiftMessage());
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/mt/DefaultMtMetadataStrategy.java b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/mt/DefaultMtMetadataStrategy.java
index cdc93efc1..e26b83750 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/mt/DefaultMtMetadataStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/prowidesoftware/swift/model/mt/DefaultMtMetadataStrategy.java
@@ -59,8 +59,32 @@ public Optional<Calendar> tradeDate(AbstractMessage message) {
         return Optional.ofNullable(SwiftMessageUtils.tradeDate(asSwiftMessage(message)));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Extracts the MT sender, if present, using {@link SwiftMessageUtils#sender(SwiftMessage)}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Optional<String> sender(AbstractMessage message) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(SwiftMessageUtils.sender(asSwiftMessage(message)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the MT receiver, if any, using {@link SwiftMessageUtils#receiver(SwiftMessage)}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Optional<String> receiver(AbstractMessage message) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(SwiftMessageUtils.receiver(asSwiftMessage(message)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the MT identifier, if any, using {@link SwiftMessageUtils#identifier(SwiftMessage)}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Optional<String> identifier(AbstractMessage message) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(SwiftMessageUtils.identifier(asSwiftMessage(message)));
+    }
+
     private SwiftMessage asSwiftMessage(AbstractMessage message) {
-        if (message.isMT()) {
+        if (message != null && message.isMT()) {
             AbstractMT mt = (AbstractMT) message;
             return mt.getSwiftMessage();
         }