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Successful Migration of the Kenya Electronic Payment and Settlement System to the ISO20022 Global Messaging Standard

Fintech Finance

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announces that the Kenya Electronic Payment and Settlement System (KEPSS) has been successfully migrated to the ISO20022 Global Messaging Standard (“ISO20022 Standard”). It is the backbone of Kenya’s domestic and regional payment transactions.

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Technology necessitates change in the ISO 20022 messaging standard

Payments Source

As technology advances for business-to-business or cross-border transactions, the accompanying messaging standard must evolve at the same rapid pace.

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63% of US Businesses Will Use ISO 20022. Financial Institutions are Not Ready to Meet Demand

Fintech Finance

The survey results highlight the immediate market opportunity for FIs to capitalize on existing customer demand for intelligent payment routing and embedded banking services enabled by ISO 20022 messaging standards.

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Swift, Lloyds deliver real-time cross-border payments in U.K. through GPI Instant

Payments Source

After tests with several banks that established Swift's ability to connect its Global Payments Initiative faster payments rail to domestic networks, the financial and messaging standards organization is activating the service in the U.K.

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Swift hires Pérez-Tasso as new CEO

Payments Source

Javier Pérez-Tasso has been named the new CEO of payments messaging standards provider Swift, replacing Gottfried Leibbrandt, who steps down from the post at the end of June.

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Global Data Reporting Pioneer Kani Payments Gets Ready for ISO 20022

Fintech Finance

Kani Payments , the disruptive global data reconciliation and reporting pioneer, today announces it is ready to support the ISO 20022 global messaging standard ahead of the November 2025 implementation date.

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Three Years On, Open Banking Broadens For Business Banking

PYMNTS

Citi is accelerating its migration to the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard and has tapped a third-party FinTech to aid in the process. Citi is using Volante’s VolPay for ISO 20022 Migration technology to build out its core ISO 20022 capability, which will allow the bank to send and receive messages that use the standard.

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