3 July 2025 - The currency RUB will no longer be supported in our "Exchange rates (VKS)" file format
No action required
The currency RUB
(Russian Ruble) will not be supported from 3 July 2025 in our “Exchange rates
(VKS)” file format in District. This means that the RUB currency will not be
delivered in these file formats after the above date.
1 May 2025 - New requirements for CHAPS payments, transition to ISO 20022 XML format recommended
Action required
From 1 May 2025, the Bank of England has introduced new Purpose Codes for property transactions made by CHAPS payments. You can find the full list of UK Purpose Codes on the Bank of England website. There will be further changes to the CHAPS payment journey over the coming months, including a full list of purpose codes and address requirements. These will be advised in due course.
What does it mean for you?
- The use of CSV/Paymul files for CHAPS payments should no longer be used from 1 May. We would encourage you to use the ISO 20022 XML file format from this date.
- Please add a purpose code to your file payments.
- To ensure the purpose code is included with the payment, we strongly recommend that you going forward use the ISO 20022 XML pain.001.001.03. format to initiate CHAPS payment.
1 May 2025 - Telepay and BBS formats no longer accepted
Action required
Danske Bank will not accept the Norwegian formats Telepay and BBS (Direct Remittance) and we recommend you to move to ISO 20022 XML formats at your earliest convenience.
You can find more information here: Moving from Telepay and BBS to ISO 20022 XML: What You Need to Know.
22 April 2025 - Danish Domestic Instant (Express) payments will be cleared via new clearing platform, TIPS
Action required
From 22 April 2025 Danish Domestic Instant (Express) payments will follow the NPC rulebook for payments.
This means
- beneficiary name will be mandatory for all Danish Domestic Instant payments - if beneficiary name is not provided, the payment will be rejected
- the ‘Message to beneficiary’ field will be limited to a maximum of 140 characters of text. Any message exceeding the limit will be cut after 140 characters.
- the ‘Text on beneficiary’s account statement’ field will not be supported for instant payments and will be ignored. To include information regarding the payment, you should use the ‘Message to beneficiary’ field instead.
You can find more information on our website or read the NPC rulebook for payments to familiarize yourself with the new ruleset and adjust your payments accordingly from 22 April 2025.
30 November 2024 - Some Danish and Irish payment formats will no longer be accepted
Action required
Danske Bank will not accept these formats anymore and we recommend you to move to ISO 20022 XML format.
- PBS-OS: Danish Payments in PBS-OS format processed by Danske Bank. (The pass-through solution with Danske Bank as data provider to MasterCard Payment Services is not affected by the change)
- KASEL - Danish payments in KaSel format
- CMIIS - Irish bulked payments in Danske Bank comma separated format
15 November 2024 - EDIsec security solution will no longer be supported
Action required
Danske Bank will stop supporting EDIsec security solution on 15 Nov 2024. We recommend you to move to the new OpenPGP solution at your earliest convenience.
If you haven't been contacted by Integration Services yet, please reach out to ints@danskebank.com
October 2024 - Swedish Domestic Instant payments will be cleared via new clearing platform, TIPS
No action required
Danske Bank will not support outgoing Swedish Domestic Instant payments for the time being.
However, you will potentially start receiving Swedish Domestic Instant payments.
Swedish Domestic Instant payments will follow the NPC rulebook for payments, meaning the payment data might look different compared to a Swedish Domestic Batch or Swedish Domestic Express payment.