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ISO 20022

The international XML financial messaging standard that Swiss banks fully adopted in 2022, covering payment initiation (pain.001) and account notifications (camt).

ISO 20022 is the international XML-based messaging standard for financial transactions. Swiss banks fully migrated to it in November 2022, replacing the old DTA and EZAG payment file formats. If you submit payment files to a Swiss bank, you're using ISO 20022.

The most relevant message types for invoicing:

MessageDescription
pain.001Customer credit transfer initiation
pain.002Payment status report
camt.054Credit/debit notification (booking confirmation)

eBill uses the pain.001 message structure for payment approval. Swiss banks migrated fully to ISO 20022 pain/camt messages by November 2022.

Key facts

  • Published by ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
  • Swiss implementation governed by SIX Interbank Clearing
  • Replaced legacy DTA/EZAG formats
  • Full Swiss migration: November 2022