ISO 20022

Plain definition. ISO 20022 is a name tied to financial messaging and to a migration that the Bank for International Settlements calls a journey in its brief on financial messaging’s future.

Technical definition. The Bank for International Settlements places ISO 20022 within financial messaging, in a brief titled “The future of financial messaging: navigating the ISO 20022 migration journey.” The brief’s title treats moving to ISO 20022 as a migration that has to be navigated.

On this site

On this site, ISO 20022 comes up in Is XRP replacing SWIFT, or could they work together?, What is Swift’s blockchain ledger, and is it live? and Is XRP “ISO 20022 compliant,” and does it matter?.

Source

The future of financial messaging: navigating the ISO 20022 migration journey (bis.org), read October 2, 2026.

Pages that cover ISO 20022

• Is XRP "ISO 20022 compliant," and does it matter?
• Is XRP replacing SWIFT, or could they work together?
• What is Swift's blockchain ledger, and is it live?