FpML (Financial products Markup Language) is a business information exchange standard based on Extensible Markup Language (XML) that enables business-to-business over-the-counter (OTC) financial derivative transactions online by following W3C standards. The standard is managed by International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) on behalf of a community of investment banks that make up the OTC derivatives industry. All categories of privately negotiated derivatives will eventually be included within the standard. FpML is distinct from similar financial standards such as SWIFT and FIX in scope because it provides no network or specification of a transport mechanism. History The FpML standard was first published by JPMorgan and PricewaterhouseCoopers on 9 June 1999 in a paper titled "Introducing FpML: A New Standard for E-commerce". As a result, the FpML standards committee was founded. As of December 2021, FpML 5.12 is the latest recommended version. The core scope includes the products of Foreign Exchange (FX) Swaps and Options, Interest Rate Swaps, Inflation Swaps, Asset Swaps, Swaptions, Credit Default Swaps, Credit Default Swap Indices, Credit Default Swap Baskets, Tranches on Credit Default Swap Indices, Equity Options, Equity Swaps, Total Return Swaps, and many others. The core processes include trading, valuation, confirmation, novations, increases, amendments, terminations, allocations, position reporting, cash flow matching, a formal definition of party roles, as well as trade notification between asset managers and custodians. Major participants Bank of America Barclays Capital Barclays Global Investors BNP Paribas Bloomberg Citibank HSBC Bank USA Creditex Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank DTCC FIS Global Electronic Markets LLC Goldman Sachs IBM ING IONA Technologies JPMorgan Chase Nomura Securities Co. Morgan Stanley RBS Rabobank Standard Bank Markit Group (since acquisition of SwapsWire) Systemwire TradeHeader TZero UBS University College London Wall Street Systems See also Financial Information eXchange MDDL, a competing Market Data Definition Language Resources External links FpML Homepage ISDA Homepage Markup languages Market data Financial industry XML-based standards Financial software