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.” One of the biggest hurdles in efforts to promote the adoption of ISO 20022 is NACHA, which has yet to decide whether it will implement ISO 20022 for ACHpayments. Swendseid said she is confident that, once wire payments move to the ISO 20022 standard, ACHpayments will soon follow.
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