What ISO20022 is?

International message exchange standard prepared by ISO TC68 Financial Services Technical Committee implemented by the National Bank of Ukraine the payment infrastructure of Ukraine.

The standard applies to IBAN–IBAN payments and does not concern security transactions, banking cards, trading and conversion transactions.

Payment space

To align Ukrainian payment space with the world one

Payments banking details

To supplement payments banking details with additional information

Servicing and payments efficiency

To enhance the level of servicing and payments efficiency

Payment instruments

To extend payment instruments functionality

Payments automation

To increase the level of payments automation

“Development of Ukrainian payment infrastructure” project implementation schedule

Показати ще

The new Law On Payment Services and Standard ISO20022 are approved

The whole banking system will be transferred by the NBU to the new version of Electronic Payments System (EPS) that will operate in 24/7 mode (the banks will not have to support 24/7 operation schedule; the notions of operational day and operational time will continue to apply)
Payment order, payment claim and other forms of payment documents are replaced with payment instructions, which, in addition to the sender and the beneficiary, will provide for new non-obligatory payment participants (roles) : actual sender, actual beneficiary, initiator

The field of the payment purpose is shortened from 160 to 140 symbols
Approach to payment processing changes, from now on the value date will be specified (clause 2 of Article 47 of the Law)
The NBU in 24/7 mode will define the date of the payment processing for the transition period between the calendar dates (before the date of effecting payment was considered the date of sending by the bank-sender)
Printed forms of payment documents for both cash and non-cash transactions will be changed in according to the requirements of the NBU
There are no plans from the NBU’s side to change requirements to obligatory details of personal accounts and of the customer’s statement (clause 61 of NBU Resolution No. 75)

Current situation and plans

National Bank of Ukraine provided a list of necessary updated regulations for the future implementation of the Law of Ukraine "Payment Services and the ISO20022 standard.

The NBU answers to the most frequent questions of the banks are provided here Frequently asked questions”.

Payment import file formats will be posted on the bank's website apprx. in September 2022 after testing will be completed on the bank's side.

Voice of Customer on 24/ 7 payments

Currently the payments effecting schedule in Raif is 19/7 (from 4:00 to 23:00) for legal entities, private entrepreneurs and individuals (IBAN-IBAN). This schedule allows to meet all business-needs of our customers.

But we are changing, so we will be grateful if you share your experience with us by filling out a short questionnaire.

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