What if you could have your very own virtual Buddy Bank available for testing 24/7? Spin up your Buddy Bank in under 30 minutes — no coordination calls, no waiting for other banks.

Self-service RTP Buddy Bank  explained

XMLdation Buddy Bank  is reachable on RTP with our TCH-issued RTN. You control the Buddy Bank using our product UI. 

The Buddy Bank supports a range of test scenarios: 

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Simo® Rail Buddy Bank™

Your self-service Buddy Bank for end to end testing in cloud

Simo Rail

What you get:

  • 100% off-the-shelf
  • Send and receive payments using Simulator UI
  • Preconfigured Buddy Bank test cases
  • Full message validation
  • Scheduled test cases
  • Test History
  • Volume testing

 

Simo Rail Pro

All Simo Rail features, plus:

  • Integration to Bank regression test suite
  • Additional test cases configured by XMLdation
  • Volume testing (higher cap)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simo Integrated

All Pro features, plus:

  • Testing independently of rail
  • Preconfigured rail test cases
  • Testing multiple ISO20022 message versions in parallel
  • Volume testing (highest cap)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simo Rail

Simo Rail Pro

Simo Integrated


Self-service 24/7, no dependency on other banks

Test according your own timetable, as and when you need

 


Zero effort to get started, easy and fast to use

Easy & fast to use for functional, volume and regression testing

 


Test repeatability & test history

Track test activity and prove certification test cases have been executed

Frequently Asked Questions

Why XMLdation?

 We have been delivering payments testing solutions in cloud to banks and market infrastructures since 2009. We are a team of payments and ISO 20022 experts with a strong focus on simplicity, ease of use and self-service. Nordic thinking trusted across the globe. 

What is RTP and how does it work?

RTP is a real time payments infrastructure operated by The Clearing House (TCH) in the US. Payments are cleared and settled individually within seconds with immediate finality, and the system is continuously available 24/7.

What is XMLdation Buddy Bank?

A buddy bank is XMLdation’s approach to replacing manual partner testing with automated, simulated environments, enabling faster, more scalable, and more reliable payment testing.

What are the benefits of a Buddy Bank?

  • Zero effort to get on-boarded
  • Continuous, self-service testing
  • Lower support and operational costs
  • Improved reliability before go-live
  • Test repeatability and test history

How to start?

All that is needed is the RTN and Participant ID that you use on RTP Test Bank.
Contact us and we will send a first test pacs.008 payment to you. 

 

Is an integration project needed?

No integration is needed.
This works exactly the same way as when testing with a real buddy bank.
We send and receive test payments over RTP Test Bank.

What other payment rails does XMLdation support?

The XMLdation Buddy Bank is available for testing on EBA Clearing RT1 and ECB TIPS in Europe. 

Contact us to let us know your priority rail and we can share expected timeline when it will be available.

Do you support multiple versions?

We support the version currently running on RTP.

If you need early support for an upcoming version - before it is available on RTP Teest Bank - contact us to discuss a direct integration with your system.