IFX Forum Annual Meeting
Save the Date: April 11 - 13, 2016
Hosted by FIS in Atlanta
IFX Forum Face-to-Face Meetings
Summer 2016 - July dates TBD
Fall 2016 - October dates TBD
Read IFX President Rich Urban's article in gtnews
IFX President Rich Urban recently submitted an article entitled Making Sense of Messaging Standards in the Financial Services Industry to gtnews.
GARTNER "FIRST TAKE" ON IFX-BIAN RESEARCH
-- Analysts Mary Knox and Don Free write about the IFX-BIAN joint white paper here.
IFX-BIAN INTEROPERABILITY WHITE PAPER
-- Read this important proof-of-concept report.
REMITTANCE COALITION TECHNICAL REPORTS
-- IFX Forum is a leader in the Remittance Coalition. The Remittance Coalition has received ANSI approval for all three of its technical reports, including the Core Adjustment Reason Codes, Remittance Glossary, and Remittance Standards Inventory, now available here..
IFX Forum is a leading participant in the financial services industry and maintains active partnerships with other Standards Development Organizations. Find out more here. IFX Liaison and Partners
IFX Forum and BIAN have an important strategic alliance formalized in a Memorandum of Understanding that has been in place for several years. Visit BIAN.ORG
Take a look at the Proof of Concept report on our IFX Case Studies page.
See the webcast we conducted in January 2015 REPLAY HERE.
IFX Forum has been a regular contributor to the ISO 20022 standard since its inception. Visit ISO20022.ORG
IFX President, Rich Urban, is part of the leadership committee on the Federal Reserve sponsored Remittance Coalition. Visit the Remittance Coalition at FedPaymentsImprovement.Org
IFX and Nexo are collaborating to bring ATM/POS messages to ISO 20022. The first set of messages was approved in 2015.
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Since 1998, leading business, banking and technology professionals have gathered here to develop an open, interoperable messaging standard for exchanging financial data. IFX Forum members are leaders in the financial services industry from around the globe and the IFX Standard is designed to meet their rigorous business requirements with an SOA oriented architecture. Learn all about it here and then come join us to expand its scope and maintain its world-class standing.
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White Papers and Case Studies
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The Specification
The IFX Business Message Specification (BMS) is the industry-leading message standard for financial institutions using Service Oriented Architecture.
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