Our areas of expertise

SWIFT, ISO 20022 & Financial Messaging

Financial messaging built to evolve.

The evolution of ISO 20022, CBPR+, structured addresses and SWIFT releases impacts applications, data, rules and integrations across the entire value chain.

ARENA combines expertise in SWIFT, ISO 15022/20022 and financial integration to help institutions evolve their messaging, maintain traceability and reduce the impact of each new change on their existing architecture.

EVOLVING STANDARDS

Evolve financial messaging without extending change across the entire architecture

MT/MX, CBPR+ and SWIFT releases impact multiple applications and processes. The challenge is to coordinate that evolution while maintaining compatibility across systems.

INTEROPERABILITY

Connect systems and formats through a common logic

The coexistence of legacy systems, new platforms and different standards requires reusable mappings, validations and routing, avoiding the proliferation of point-to-point integrations.

DATA QUALITY

Preserve information throughout the entire flow

ISO 20022 provides greater structure and richer data, but requires completeness, consistency and traceability from the source through to the consuming system.

Our experience in financial messaging

SWIFT MT and MX

Conversion, coexistence and adaptation of consuming applications.

ISO 15022 and ISO 20022

Messaging across payments, securities, funds and corporate actions.

CBPR+

Adaptation of processes, mappings and systems to ISO 20022 cross-border messaging.

Structured addresses

Master data, validations, enrichment and exception management.

Swift Standards Release

Impact analysis, rule updates, mappings, testing and version control.

SWIFT connectivity

Adaptation of connectors and integration with financial applications and infrastructure.

How ARENA applies its capabilities

Financial integration

Transformation, validation, enrichment, routing, connectivity and versioning.

Data governance

Quality, structure, lineage, reconciliation and rules for critical fields.

Resilience and observability

Access, changes, traceability, continuity and recovery.

Regulatory transformation

Impact assessment, roadmap, testing and coordination with consuming systems.

Automation

Exception management, retries and recurring maintenance.

What changes for your institution

Less reliance on custom development

Reduces the need to modify multiple applications with every standard or release change.

Greater control over mappings and rules

Centralises transformations, validations and versions, making them easier to maintain.

Improved data quality

Helps detect incomplete or inconsistent information before it reaches the target system.

Greater traceability

Links the original message to its transformation, destination and any exceptions generated during the process.

How ARENA applies its capabilities

Smart Converter

Smart Converter can act as a specialised financial integration and messaging layer, providing mapping, transformation, validation, enrichment, routing and traceability capabilities. It facilitates the adoption of new formats and releases without transferring the full complexity to consuming systems.

USE CASES

MT/MX inventory and migration

Identification of messages, consuming systems, critical data and conversion dependencies.

Structured addresses

Review of master data, channels, validation rules and exception handling.

Swift Standards Release

Impact analysis across messages and systems, mapping updates and regression testing.

ISO 15022/20022 coexistence

Transformation, validation and traceability across formats during transition processes.

How can your financial messaging model evolve?

At ARENA, we help financial institutions evolve their SWIFT, ISO 20022 and financial integration environments, combining expertise in standards, architecture, data and operations.