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Check and fix your pain.001 fileConvert pain.001.001.03 to .09

Validate against the official ISO 20022 schema, see every error in plain English, find addresses that fail the new structured-address rule, and fix them. All without uploading your file.

Banks are phasing out pain.001.001.03. Drop an old file and get a pain.001.001.09 file: only the structure changes, every amount, account, name and ID stays the same, and the new file is checked against the official .09 schema straight away. What changes

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Phase-out status: German banks planned to stop accepting pain.001.001.03 in November 2026 and suspended that date in September 2026. A new date will follow, and your bank may switch earlier. Details and every change from .03 to .09
Deadlines postponed: Swift and the EPC have both put back the date for rejecting unstructured addresses, and neither has set a new one yet. The rule stays: town and country must sit in their own fields. Dates and what this means for your files

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Drop a pain.001 XML file here or choose one from your computer. Checked in four steps: readable XML, the official ISO 20022 schema (versions .03 to .13), business rules (ISO code lists, IBAN check digits, control totals, and the EPC rules for SEPA payments), then the structured-address rule.

Drop a pain.001.001.03 file here or choose one from your computer. It's converted to .09 and checked straight away; then you can fix addresses and download the new file.

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What counts as ready

Address typeWhat it looks likeStatus
StructuredSeparate fields, at minimum TwnNm and Ctry; street, building and postcode in StrtNm, BldgNb, PstCd. No AdrLine.Ready
HybridTwnNm and Ctry in their own fields, plus at most 2 AdrLine of up to 70 characters each. The lines must not repeat the postcode, town or country already given in their own fields.Ready
UnstructuredEverything in free-text AdrLine fields, with no separate town and country.Fix before deadline
Agents (banks)A BIC alone is enough. Without a BIC, give the name with town and country. For domestic payments outside SEPA, the UK and the US, a clearing code such as an IFSC also identifies the bank.BIC = ready