Correspondent International Payments Message Standards 
The Payments Association
JUNE 9, 2025
This is more than 'coding to the spec'; different and new software is required by originating institutions, correspondent banks, intermediate banks, and even regulators or central banks to realise the advantages." Early adopters will secure a lasting competitive advantage in this evolving landscape.
Finextra
JUNE 27, 2025
Soon, ISO 20022, a messaging standard designed to improve how payments are processed and communicated, will become the global norm. ISO 20022 was introduced in 2004 and has since been part of a long and complex journey to improve international payment messaging. The benefits are far-reaching.
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PYMNTS
AUGUST 1, 2019
Payments messaging firm SWIFT has released its first set of guidelines for financial institutions using the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard to complete cross-border transactions. ISO 20022 will modernize international and domestic payment rails, enabling right and new payment services.”
PYMNTS
AUGUST 16, 2019
Financial institutions are facing increased pressure to make cross-border payments fast and seamless as consumers grow used to instant P2P payments and such products in other sectors. Recent American Express research found that greater transparency is one of the top priorities for firms that regularly make international payments.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 1, 2019
More recently, SWIFT also announced new guidelines for financial institutions to adopt the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard, a way to streamline communication and transmission of data between service providers to facilitate cross-border transactions in a more efficient manner.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 21, 2020
Indeed, making payments across borders remains one of the biggest pain points for small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as one of the biggest opportunities for FinTechs and other FinServ providers, thanks to the continued lack of transparency and speed in traditional global payment methods that rely on the correspondent banking system.
PYMNTS
MARCH 12, 2018
To do a risk-free payment in real time, he said, is more appealing than might be seen with any other platform. That makes sense in a cross-border payments environment, where Cooke contends there are mountains of money sitting in front of institutions through the corresponding banking network, which is cumbersome and prone to fraud. “No
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