Global Address Validation for
ISO 20022 Compliance
formats without disrupting your operations.
ISO 20022-ready data
Reliable ZIP codes & address formats to ensure full ISO 20022 compliance. Accurate and up-to-date.
Standardized structure
Global address formats mapped in a unified structure that fits ISO 20022 standards.
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Trusted address validation
Keep your addresses validated and always complete with ZIP code, city and street data. Ensure they are correctly mapped into the new ISO 20022 format.
The challenges of ISO 20022 compliance
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Our advanced data pipelines capture, clean, format, and integrate new data consistently.
Our long-standing partnerships with national and international postal operators, such as USPS, guarantee the timely delivery of accurate information.
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Our address formats cover all official address names in the official local languages, foreign names, English, and transliterations into the Roman alphabet.
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Our team of experts provides support and expert guidance to ensure your address data is structured and compliant with global ISO 20022 requirements.
Our guide for ISO 20022 address compliance
What is the ISO 20022 address format, and what are the new specifications? Our guide breaks down the complexities and helps you map your existing address data to the new standards for full compliance.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The address type in ISO 20022 is defined using a standardized format that includes discrete elements for specific address information, such as StrtNm for street name, PstCd for postal code, TwnNm for the postal town, etc.
The ISO standard for addressing in general is ISO 19160, which is different from the standard described on this page and is divided into several parts, including Part 1: Conceptual model and Part 4: International postal address components and template language.
This standard defines key terms, postal address components, and rendering rules for postal addresses.
The ISO 20022 file format is a standardized XML-based schema used for exchanging financial data, including payments, account statements, and other financial messages.
It consists of structured segments such as Group Header, Payment Information, and Credit Transfer Transaction Information, ensuring global harmonization and interoperability in financial communications.
ISO 20022 is a messaging standard that creates a common language for payment data globally, enabling faster processing and improved reconciliation.
It provides richer, more structured, and standardized data using XML technology, facilitating end-to-end automation and interoperability between market infrastructures.
As such it is heavily employed on the SWIFT banking network.
In financial transactions, postal address requirements are crucial for identifying the initiating party, ultimate creditor, and ultimate debtor correctly.
This is especially significant when managing hybrid addresses and unstructured addresses, as it ensures accuracy in the payment chain and reduces risks associated with handling unstructured data.