{"id":764,"date":"2023-10-25T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=764"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:30:39","slug":"sepa-migration-iso-20022-postponed-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/sepa-migration-iso-20022-postponed-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SEPA migration to 2019 version of ISO 20022 postponed until 17 March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">On 24 October 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu\/document-library\/press-releases\/epc-press-release-migration-sepa-payment-schemes-2019-version-iso\">the European Payments Council\u2019s (EPC) Payment Scheme Management Board (PSMB) <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> decided to postpone the migration to the 2019 version of the ISO 20022 XML standard for all SEPA payment messages until Sunday 17 March 2024. All other changes to the 2023 rulebook have also been postponed until 17 March 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/ISO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Futuristic interface with large ISO logo and icons, touched by a hand in blue digital sphere.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/ISO.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/ISO-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/ISO-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/ISO-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/ISO-832x468.jpg 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision was prompted by the fact that not all parties would be ready in time for a responsible migration this year. It was discussed extensively and was not taken lightly, as the postponement has a negative impact on many PSPs and CSMs. The PSMB stressed that such a postponement could only happen once and that everyone must now focus fully on meeting the 17 March 2024 deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EPC is fully aware of the implications of this decision and appreciates the efforts of payment service providers and CSMs that had performed well and would have been ready to proceed with the migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, the EPC\u2019s PSMB considered that the risks of an unsuccessful ISO version migration on 19 November 2023 would have affected not only the domestic SEPA transactions of the PSP communities concerned, some of which are among the largest in Europe, but also significant volumes of cross-border SEPA transactions, with potential knock-on effects throughout the SEPA area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EPC has postponed migration to the 2019 version of ISO 20022 for SEPA payment messages and all other 2023 rulebook changes until 17 March 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"btv_subject_tax":[29,19],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","btv_subject_tax-market-infrastructure","btv_subject_tax-payment-standards"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SEPA-migratie uitgesteld tot 17 maart 2024 - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Belangrijke informatie over de SEPA-migratie: de deadline is verplaatst naar 17 maart 2024. 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