ISO 20022 CBPR+ compliance for providers
Swift’s Partner Programme helps customers make well-informed purchasing and implementation decisions, and providers differentiate their offerings in a thriving marketplace. You can find all the information you need on how to join here: Swift’s Partner Programme.
Swift is working closely with the partner community to provide access to necessary information, specifications, tools and test services to support the industry in their journey to adopt ISO 20022, on-time and to the right standard.
Which payment applications are CBPR+ ready?
Access the list of payment applications that have confirmed and shared their commitment to support the CBPR+ message collection, in addition to equivalent MTs.
CBPR+ ready payment applications
Swift maintains a “CBPR+ ready listing” of payment applications that enables Swift customers to identify which payment applications and their corresponding versions support initiating, receiving, relaying and/or processing CBPR+ payment messages. This CBPR+ ready listing is published on this swift.com page.
Providers of the applications listed have confirmed and shared their commitment to support the CBPR+ message collection, in addition to the equivalent MTs.
The list of CBPR+ ready payment applications with their corresponding versions, is achieved through one of the two accreditation approaches, each requiring different levels of evidence from the application provider.
The two approaches of accreditation are as follows:
Obtain the Swift Compatible Application - Payments label
The Swift Compatible Application label means an application complies with carefully defined requirements for Swift standards, messaging and connectivity - helping customers to choose with confidence.
The applications with this accreditation level are displayed on top of the list on the CBPR+ ready webpage, marked with a label as “Payments”.
Find out more about the Swift Compatible Application Programme to apply for a label for your, application or browse our directory of Swift Certified Applications for the solution that fits your business.
Complete CBPR+ self-attestation
The providers self-attest i.e., declare, under their own responsibility, that their payment application with the corresponding version complies with the defined requirements, to enable financial institutions to make informed choices when making purchasing decisions.
Find out more about the CBPR+ self-attestation to apply for your application to be listed as CBPR+ ready.
Testing
Currently there are three options available for Partners and Registered Providers to test their payment applications.
Enterprise Testing Solution
The Enterprise Testing Solution (ETS) provides a stable and rich environment for Swift partners to test and qualify their products against our messaging and cloud services. The Integration Test Bed (ITB) environment – see below – ensures the compatibility of the message flow with SwiftNet central processing systems, while ETS allows for true end-to-end message flow testing (with Tracker and Transaction Manager), which is an important improvement for CBPR+.
The ETS is currently available to Registered Providers who:
- Have an active membership to Swift’s Partner Programme
- Have a payments application (back-end, core banking, etc.)
- Are supporting clients on-boarding gpi services
- Are providing on-boarding to Swift Business Connect product
Swift partners can reach out to provider.readiness@swift.com to register their interest and apply for testing access.
Integration Test Bed (ITB)
Swift provides the swift.finplus!xpf service on the Integration TestBed (ITB).
Alliance Access must be used to provide the direct connectivity to the ITB and to the messaging services. The ITB setup includes SWIFTNet Link, VPN Box, RMA security, and HSM box. More information can be found in the Developer Resource Centre on swift.com.
Registered Providers can find information on the FINplus service and instructions on how to subscribe by following this link to FINplus ordering on Swift.com. A Knowledge Base article has been created to give more details.
In addition, Registered Providers may apply for a Swift Compatible Application label to validate the compliance of their payments application. The requirements and process are published in the Knowledge Centre.
Vendor Readiness Portal on MyStandards
The Vendor Readiness Portal (VRP) on MyStandards allows Registered Providers to test the validity of messages from their applications against the CBPR+ Usage Guidelines.
To get access to the Vendor Readiness Portal, please reach out to provider.readiness@swift.com.
How can we help?
We are committed to making this transition as easy as possible for our community and provide consulting services to support you.
To support your operating environment in its adoption of ISO 20022, we have a comprehensive portfolio of flexible and customisable support and care services.
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