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Adjustments to addresses in payment orders

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The Swiss financial center is adapting to the international regulatory framework and will introduce an obligation to use the structured or hybrid address in accordance with the ISO 20022 standard for both international and domestic payments as of 20 November 2026.

  • The structured address will be mandatory for all payment orders.
  • As a minimum, the town name and country are mandatory.
  • PostFinance does not support hybrid addresses.
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