The Financial products Markup Language, based on XML, the standard meta-language for describing data shared between applications, is a new protocol enabling e-commerce activities in the field of financial derivatives.

ISITC is a working committee of securities operations professionals representing custodian banks, investment managers, brokers, and vendors. The group's mission is to foster alliances and advocate standards that promote straight through processing (STP) of securities transactions.

This International Standard (ISO 10383) provides a uniform structure for exchange and market identification codes (MICs). It is intended for use in any application and communication for identification of primary and secondary markets: Where the financial instrument is listed (places of official listing) and Where the related trade is executed (place of trade). FIX 4.3 and higher have standardized on using ISO 10383 MICs for the "Exchange" data type. This link provides the current list of MICs as well as the ability for an exchange/market to request a MIC.

ISO 20022 - Financial Services Messaging Standard

TWIST, the Treasury Workstation Standards Team, is a not-for-profit industry group delivering non-proprietary XML - based standards in three significant, interlinked, financial processes: • Wholesale financial market transaction processing • Commercial payments & collections and working capital finance • Cash management