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Support for PAIN file format for foreign currency payments

  • 10 April 2022
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Topic was raised on behalf of LCS case G2325223

 

 BTL91 file format will no longer be accepted from 1st September 2022.  It is being replaced with the new standard PAIN file format - PAIN.001.001.09.  Please provide support for the new PAIN file format in IFS

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Best answer by EntLihinP 10 April 2022, 07:44

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Hi @Janith Bandara 

BTL91 was introduced in 1991 to initiate foreign payments. The BTL91 standard is based on old SWIFT standards, which has not met current expectations. The whole payment landscape is in transition to new formats based on ISO. This is the main reason for cancelling the BTL91 format and replacing it with the new ISO20022.

Currently in the IFS application ISO20022 payment initiation is supported with PAIN.001.001.03 version. According to my understanding, the main differences between BTL91 and IFS supported ISO20022 payment initiation are as follows.

 

BTL91

ISO20022

Output type

File

XML

Multiple batches in one file

No

Yes

Status update messages pain 002

No

Yes

Character set

ASCII

UTF-8

 

Furthermore, ISO20022 payment initiation has been developed in the IFS application to support both SEPA and Non SEPA payments.

 

Regards,

Lihini.

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Thank you.  Just to clarify... 

  • ISO2022 provides support for PAIN.001.001.003.
  • If we want PAIN.001.001.009, then we will need to request it as a chargeable consulting service.

Are both of my statements correct?

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Secondly, can you tell me the plans to bring version PAIN.001.001.009 into standard IFS?  Do you have an expected release date?

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Hi @Tony_Stewart

Currently the IFS application supports PAIN.001.001.003 version in the standard application. I hope it will be possible to request the new version, may be as a customization.

I would like to know if there is any bank that is currently using the new version? If you know, please update me.

Furthermore, I am not aware of implementation or release of PAIN.001.001.009 in the standard IFS application.

Regards,

Lihini.

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Hi Lihini, thank you for the confirmation.  We have been informed by ABN Amro that they already support PAIN.001.001.009.

https://www.abnamro.nl/en/commercialbanking/products/digital-banking/btl91-stops/index.html

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Hi Tony,

Thanks for the information.

Regards,

Lihini.

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