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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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ISO 20022 – Expanding like no tomorrow

ACI Worldwide Blog

ISO 20022 is a messaging standard used across the financial industry. In the domestic Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)/Wire and cross-border payment spaces, transformation to the most recent ISO 20022 (HVPS+ and CBPR+) messaging standards has been ongoing since 2022.

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Bank Of England Pulls Payment Schemes Onto Same Page With ISO 20022

PYMNTS

’s payments messaging operations through the planned adoption of the ISO 20022 messaging standard, the bank announced Wednesday (June 6). Credit Message” (CCM), a messaging standard across all three payment schemes. The Bank of England is streamlining the U.K.’s

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EU Parliament Eyes New Rules On Cross-Border Payment Fees

PYMNTS

The announcement said that SIA will work closely with Payments Canada and key industry stakeholders on the next version of its Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) application solution. In Canada, Payments Canada said on Wednesday (Feb.

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Real Time Heats Up In B2B, While Blockchain Gains Traction

PYMNTS

As Canada gears up to launch its real-time payments system, the Real-Time Rail (RTR), Payments Canada , the entity at the head of the initiative, has announced that Mastercard -owned Vocalink has been chosen as the clearing and settlement solution provider for the new payment rail.

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