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IFX Forum, Inc. was formed in 1997, began work in 1998 and was incorporated as a not-for-profit company in early 1999.

The first release of the IFX Business Message Specification was available in 1998 and formally approved in 1999.

2015 +Milestones: Published v2.4; BIAN Services Work Group Kicked off

October 31, 2015 IFX Forum Welcomes new members Oracle and GS1 Colombia/LOGYCA
August 31, 2015IFX Forum and nexo deliver first universal ISO 20022 ATM specification
March 3, 2015IFX Forum Publishes Version 2.4 of IFX Business Message Specification

2014 +Milestones: ISO 20022 Stand-Alone Remittance approved; SOA I/G Published

August 11, 2014IFX Forum Signs ACH Colombia and Interblocks as Newest Members
July 28, 2014IFX Forum Appoints Richard Urban to Newly Created Post of Full-time President
June 24, 2014 IFX Forum Publishes White Paper on New ISO 20022 Stand-alone Remittance Messages
May 21, 2014IFX Forum Publishes IFX Implementation Guide, Web Services Supplement
May 7, 2014IFX FORUM RE-ELECTS DIRECTORS FROM ACI WORLDWIDE, TCS, AND WELLS FARGO
April 8, 2014ISO 20022 Payment SEG Approves Standalone Remittance Messages Submitted by IFX Forum
March 2014 IFX Forum Newsletter, Early Spring 2014
February 27, 2014"The IFX Standard as a Framework for SOA Solutions" – Free Public Webcast, March 6, 10 AM EST
January 7, 2014BPAY Group and IDRBT Join the IFX Forum

2013 +Milestones: Published v2.3; IFX-BIAN Proof of Concept;

December 9, 2013IFX Forum and BIAN Publish Interoperability Proof-of-Concept White Paper
June 3, 2013IFX Forum Re-Elects Director From Microsoft; Adds New Directors From NCR and U.S. Bank
May 6, 2013IFX Forum Launches New SOA Working Group
April 2013 IFX Forum Newsletter, April 2013
April 8, 2013IFX Forum and EPASOrg Team Up to Develop ISO 20022 ATM Messages
January 16, 2013IFX Version 2.3 Now Available for Public Access

2012 +Milestones: Published v2.2, v1.9;Signed MoU with ASC.X9;

September 2012 IFX Forum Newsletter, September 2012
September 18, 2012IFX Version 1.9 Released to the Public
June 13, 2012IFX Forum Re-elects Directors from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Wincor Nixdorf; Adds New Director from FIS
June 6, 2012Bank of the West and RS2 Software Asia Join the IFX Forum
March 2012 IFX Forum Newsletter, Spring 2012
March 8, 2012IFX Forum Launches New Loans Working Group
February 28, 2012IFX Forum and ASC X9 Sign Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Extended Remittance Work
January 30, 2012IFX Version 2.2 Now Publicly Available
January 4, 2012Innovative Computer Professionals, Inc. (ICP) Joins the IFX Forum

2011 +Milestones: Launched Liaison & Interoperability WG;

September 2011 IFX Forum Newsletter, Fall 2011
August 1, 2011IFX FORUM READY TO LEAD COLLABORATION ON REMITTANCE STANDARDS
June 27, 2011IFX FORUM PRESIDENT RICHARD URBAN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL RESERVE WORKSHOP ON REMITTANCE STANDARDS
June 21, 2011NACHA JOINS THE IFX FORUM
June 7, 2011IFX FORUM AND BIAN COLLABORATE ON INTEROPERABILITY PROOF-OF-CONCEPT PROJECT
May 17, 2011IFX FORUM ADDS U.S. BANK REPRESENTATIVE TO BOARD; RE-ELECTS DIRECTORS FROM ACI WORLDWIDE, TCS AND WELLS FARGO
February 7, 2011IFX FORUM LAUNCHES LIAISON & INTEROPERABILITY WORKING GROUP
February 2011 IFX Forum Newsletter, Winter 2011

Joined Federal Reserve Remittance Coalition

2010 +Milestones: Published v2.1

November 16, 2010 ENHANCEMENT TO IFX VERSION 2 RELEASED
September 2010 IFX Forum Newsletter, Fall 2010
July 2010IFX Forum Newsletter, Summer 2010
May 20, 2010 IFX FORUM ADDS REPRESENTATIVES OF CITIGROUP AND TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO BOARD
March 16, 2010 IFX FORUM ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR APRIL 19-22 IN TEXAS; UPDATE TO IFX VERSION 2 TO BE RELEASED

2009 +Milestones: Published v2.0; Signed MoU with BIAN;

December 9, 2009 IFX FORUM AND BIAN SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
September 14, 2009 IFX FORUM PASSES MILESTONE OF 500 REGISTRANTS TO ITS BUSINESS MESSAGE SPECIFICATION
April 14, 2009 IFX FORUM RE-ELECTS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AT 2009 ANNUAL MEETING IN REDMOND, WASHINGTON, USA

2008 +Milestones: Launched Public Comment period for v2.0

November 18, 2008 IFX FORUM LAUNCHES VERSION 2.0 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT; CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY
November 13, 2008 IFX FORUM SIGNS NEW MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE: FUNDTECH, INTERBLOCKS, NAUTILUS HYOSUNG AND NETINFO
November 12, 2008 IFX FORUM OFFERS SUBSCRIPTIONS TO IFX BUSINESS MESSAGE SPECIFICATION
October 20, 2008 PROGRAM DETAILS SET FOR IFX 2.0 LAUNCH IN ORLANDO, NOVEMBER 17
October 6, 2008 IFX FORUM LAUNCHES NEW WORKING GROUP FOR CARD MANAGEMENT & SERVICING
September 11, 2008 IFX FORUM TO LAUNCH IFX VERSION 2.0 AND MARK ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN ORLANDO, NOVEMBER 17
August 5, 2008 IFX FORUM PRESIDENT RICHARD URBAN PROMOTES "SERVICE-ORIENTED STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT" AT ANSI MEETING
May 20, 2008 IFX FORUM ELECTS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AT 2008 ANNUAL MEETING IN SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, USA
February 26, 2008 IFX FORUM ATTAINS STATUS AS LIAISON A ORGANIZATION TO ISO TC 68, SC7
January 15, 2008 IFX FORUM WELCOMES MORE NEW MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

2007 +Milestones: Published v1.8; Began work on v2.0

October 31, 2007 IFX FORUM ISSUES NEW VERSION OF SPECIFICATION, IFX VERSION 1.8
October 3, 2007 SCOTIABANK JOINS THE IFX FORUM
October 1, 2007 IFX FORUM PRESIDENT PRESENTS AT SIBOS EVENT IN BOSTON, OCTOBER 3 AND 4
September 26, 2007 IFX FORUM WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS FROM FOUR COUNTRIES, THREE CONTINENTS: ANZ; CASH SYSTEMS, INC.; INFOSYS, AND PASCHI DEVELOPMENT
June 26, 2007 IFX FORUM ADDS MICROSOFT TO BOARD, ELECTS OFFICERS AT 2007 ANNUAL MEETING IN PADERBORN, GERMANY
January 30, 2007 CELENT RESEARCH PREDICTING 60% GLOBAL ADOPTION OF IFX BY 2009 NOW AVAILABLE FROM IFX FORUM WEB SITE
January 25, 2007 IFX FORUM PREVIEWS DIRECTION OF VERSION 2.0

2006 +Milestones: Published Web Services I/G

November 8, 2006 FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES AND THE IFX FORUM ANNOUNCE IFX REFERENCE SITE
October 31, 2006 MISYS BANKING SYSTEMS AND LINK INTERCHANGE NETWORK JOIN THE IFX FORUM
October 25, 2006 IFX FORUM PUBLISHES WEB SERVICES MATERIAL FOR PUBLIC USE
June 14, 2006 IFX FORUM NAMES WINCOR-NIXDORF TO BOARD, ELECTS OFFICERS AT ANNUAL MEETING IN MINNEAPOLIS
May 8, 2006 SUMMIT INFORMATION SYSTEMS JOINS THE IFX FORUM
March 21, 2006 IFX FORUM ACCEPTED BY ISO AS LIAISON ORGANIZATION

2005 +Milestones: Published v1.7

December 19, 2005 IFX FORUM REPORTS PRODUCTIVE OUTREACH TO TAIWAN BANKS
November 8, 2005 SUCCESSFUL UPTAKE OF IFX IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS SENDS IFX FORUM LEADERS ON OUTREACH TO ASIA
July 19, 2005 IFX Forum expected to unveil Web services work
July 18, 2005 UK'S Nationwide Building Society and Mexico's Grupo PISA Join the IFX Forum as Members
May 23, 2005 IFX FORUM NAMES FIDELITY TO BOARD, ELECTS NEW OFFICERS AT ANNUAL MEETING IN TORONTO
April 6, 2005 IFX SPECIFICATION DRAFT VERSION 1.7 POSTED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW
March 14, 2005 IFX FORUM ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR APRIL 25-29 IN TORONTO; PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS INVITED
February 22, 2005 IFX FORUM RECAPS PRODUCTIVE 2004, LOOKS AHEAD TO NEW WEB SERVICES AND BRANCH BANKING DELIVERABLES

2004 +Milestones: Published v1.5 and 1.6; Deliver first ISO 20022 messages; Web Services WG formed

December 14, 2004 SIX IFX FORUM MEMBERS SHOWCASE INTEROPERATING ATM SYSTEM WITH NEW IFX MESSAGING FORMAT
October 5, 2004 IFX DELIVERS SUPPORT OF ISTH PAYMENT KERNEL IN VERSION 1.6
September 28, 2004 IFX FORUM LAUNCHES NEW WORKING GROUP FOR BRANCH BANKING TRANSACTIONS
August 24, 2004 IFX FORUM VOTES AT JULY MEETING TO DEVELOP VERSION 1.6 OF IFX STANDARD, INCLUDING ISTH CORE PAYMENT KERNEL
June 16, 2004 IFX FORUM TO INCORPORATE NEW ISTH CORE PAYMENT KERNEL IN NEXT RELEASE OF IFX STANDARD
June 1, 2004 IFX FORUM NAMES NEW OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS AT PRODUCTIVE ANNUAL MEETING IN LONDON
April 20, 2004 IFX FORUM ISSUES EXTENSIVE ATM/POS IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
March 17, 2004 IFX FORUM ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD IN LONDON, APRIL 26-30
January 11, 2004 IFX FORUM MEMBERS MEETING RATIFIES VERSION 1.5 OF IFX STANDARD, ISSUES WEB SERVICES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IFX
January 5, 2004 IFX FORUM WELCOMES BRIXLOGIC AS NEWEST CORPORATE MEMBER

2003 +Milestones: Signed ASC.X12 Liasion; Rich Urban named President; Published v.1.4, v1.5; Published ATM I/G

December 16, 2003 IFX FORUM MEETING, JAN. 12-15, TO FEATURE IFX STANDARD UPDATES, WEB SERVICES, ATM/POS IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE; CURRENT AND
November 24, 2003 IFX FORUM POSTS VERSION 1.5 OF IFX SPECIFICATION FOR PUBLIC REVIEW
November 10, 2003 IFX FORUM TO DEVELOP STANDARDIZED XML PAYMENT MESSAGING WITH LEADING BANKS, OTHER STANDARDS GROUPS
October 14, 2003 IFX FORUM BROADENS MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES, LOWERS DUES TO EXPAND PARTICIPATION
April 29, 2003 Group 1 Software Executive Tapped as New President to Head up the IFX Forum
April 8, 2003 Bestning Commits $1,000,000 USD for the Development of Financial Web Services Based on IFX Standards
March 17, 2003 IFX Forum to Review Web Services Opportunities
February 24, 2003 ACI and NCR Partner to Provide Advanced ATM Solutions
February 19, 2003 Financial Industry Leaders Commit to Implementing IFX Specifications into their E-Business Architectures
February 14, 2003 IFX Forum, ASC X12 collaborate on data standards development for the financial services industries
January 17, 2003 The Interactive Financial Exchange (IFX) Forum Releases for Public Review Version 1.4 of its Specification

2002 +Milestones: IFX Published v1.3; ATM/POS Work Group formed

2001 +Milestones: IFX Pulbished v1.2

December 11, 2001 Clarke American First in Industry to Implement IFX XML Standard
November 27, 2001 IFX Forum Experiences Significant Membership Growth in 2001
September 20, 2001 IFX Forum Announces Availability of IFX Specification Version 1.2 for Public Review
April 11, 2001 IFX Forum Releases Enhanced XML Specification for Consumer Banking Community
February 28, 2001 Mastercard International Delivers Breakthrough Solution for IFX Messaging

2000 +Milestones: IFX Loans Work Group formed

November 28, 2000 Leading Financial Institutions & Standards Bodies Endorse IFX Specification
September 27, 2000 IFX Expands Working Groups to Include Loan Applications
June 2, 2000 IFX Specification Offers XML Framework for Global Financial Exchange
March 23, 2000 IFX Forum's Global Initiative Creates XML Architecture for Online Financial Transactions

1999 +Milestones: Offically Incorporated, April 27;IFX Published v1.0

September 22, 1999 FINANCIAL SERVICES EXECUTIVES AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS VOICE SUPPORT OF IFX STANDARD
January 21, 1999
April 27, 1999IFX Forum, Inc. was formally incorporated

BITS announces publication of business message

1998 +Milestones: IFX Board of Directors First Meeting

October 1999IFX Forum, Inc. Board of Directors first meeting

1997 +Milestones: IFX Began Work

IFX Began Work

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