# News and Updates In this section we publish updates to our API and related services! * For updates to LHV EE services please visit *** {% hint style="danger" %} 2026.05.14 Notice about potential breaking change: [Notice of Change](/home/connect/news-and-updates/notice-of-change.md#upcoming-change-removal-of-unstructured-address) [Notice of Change](/home/connect/news-and-updates/notice-of-change.md#upcoming-change-new-camt-message-versions-for-account-information-services) {% endhint %} {% hint style="danger" %} 2026.01.06 Notice about potential breaking change - [Notice of Change](/home/connect/news-and-updates/notice-of-change.md#new-payment-scheme-code-payments-between-customers-own-accounts) {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} 2025.12.09 **New services now available!** * [Get Transaction by Reference](/home/connect/services/account-reports/get-transaction-by-reference.md) – retrieve a transaction using its unique reference. * [Get List of Accounts](/home/connect/services/account-reports/get-list-of-accounts.md) – fetch all current accounts you have at LHV Bank. {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.10.09 **Service Available: Verification of Payee (LHV EE)** Verification of Payee (VoP) for LHV EE is now accessible via the Connect UK host. The service uses an XML request format and routes requests directly to LHV EE. See the [Verification of Payee LHV EE service](/home/connect/services/verification-of-payee-services/verification-of-payee-requester/verification-of-payee-lhv-ee-service.md) for more details. {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.10.03 **Payment Example Library Updated** The [Payment Example Library](/home/connect/services/payments/payment-examples.md) has been updated to include UK-based examples, replacing previous EE-specific cases. {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} 2025.09.19 **Outgoing SWIFT and CHAPS payments are available!** We've added information about outgoing SWIFT and CHAPS payments to this specification. Check the new section for guidance on priorities, charges, payment purpose codes and more in [Instructions for SWIFT Payment](/home/connect/services/payments/instructions-for-swift-payment.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} 2025.09.11 **A new service is now available!** The [Get list of webhook messages](/home/connect/services/webhooks/webhook-services/get-list-of-webhook-messages.md) service provides access to previously sent webhook messages, allowing retrieval of delivery status and summary data for reconciliation and troubleshooting. {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} 2025.07.04 **A new service is now available!** The [Replay webhook messages](/home/connect/services/webhooks/webhook-services/replay-webhooks.md) service allows selected events to be resent to their original endpoints, supporting both failed and successful deliveries. {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} 2025.07.04 An optional parameter **compressionEnabled** is now available in webhook subscription configurations. When enabled, the entire webhook payload is compressed, and the HTTP header Content-Encoding: gzip is included in the request. This helps reduce message size and improve delivery efficiency. More details at [Managing Webhook Configurations](/home/connect/services/webhooks/managing-webhook-configurations.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.07.01 **Connect EE webhooks can now be configured directly from the UK host**. Although EE webhooks are managed through separate subscription services, they can be executed via a UK host by using the `x-bank-code=LHVEE` HTTP header. This eliminates the need to connect directly to the EE host and issue certificates solely for this purpose. More details at [Managing Webhook Configurations](/home/connect/services/webhooks/managing-webhook-configurations.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} 2025.06.05 To improve traceability of returned payments, [Transaction Notification](/home/connect/services/account-reports/transaction-notification.md) and [Account Statement](/home/connect/services/account-reports/account-statement.md) messages will now include the original payment Account Servicer Reference whenever a transaction is marked as a return. This reference will be indicated in the Return Information section under Additional Information (`AddtInf`) tag. {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} 2025.06.02 An optional parameter **removeAfterDelivery** is now available in webhook subscription configurations. When enabled, this feature allows messages that are successfully delivered via webhook to be automatically marked as processed. As a result, such messages will no longer appear in the response of [Get next message](/home/connect/services/messages/get-next-message.md) service. {% endhint %} {% hint style="danger" %} 2025.05.28 The roll out of the **response compression** change has been delayed to give customers more time to prepare. The new production release date is: **9 June 2025** * See [Notice of Change](/home/connect/news-and-updates/notice-of-change.md#response-compression-in-connect-api) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.05.23 Published documentation for the following existing API services: * [Get list of requests](/home/connect/services/messages/get-list-of-requests.md) * [Get request by request ID](/home/connect/services/messages/get-request-by-request-id.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.05.13 Published a new service for quick and easy testing of [Response Compression](/home/connect/fundamentals/response-compression.md) New service - [Get compressed message for testing](/home/connect/services/messages/get-next-message-1.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.04.07 Updates to [Confirmation of Payee Services](/home/connect/services/confirmation-of-payee-services.md) pages include adding message response types. {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.04.07 Significant updates to the [Payment Collection Services](/home/connect/services/indirect-scheme-access/payment-collection-services.md) pages including adding message response types and examples. Introduced two new pages for confirmation messages and updated the error code list. {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.03.24 Significant updates to the [Payment Initiation Services](/home/connect/services/payments.md) pages include improved wording and restructured content for clarity and consistency. No functional changes were introduced. {% endhint %} {% hint style="danger" %} 2025.03.11 Notice about potential breaking change - [Response Compression](/home/connect/fundamentals/response-compression.md) Implementation date will be published based on customer feedback. {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} **2025.02.25** Published new feature - adding full message bodies to Webhooks. More details at [Full Bodied Webhooks](/home/connect/services/webhooks/full-bodied-webhooks.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.02.07 Added information about override option to route any API request to LHV UK or LHV EE services using x-bank-code HTTP header. [LHV UK and Estonia integrations](/home/connect/fundamentals/lhv-uk-and-estonia-integrations.md#override-option-for-lhv-uk-or-lhv-ee-services) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2025.01.23 We introduced a limit to allow up to 10 000 **Pending** VIBAN accounts at a time per single Master Account. This is enforced to avoid opening too many accounts due to any errors. Limit can be overridden only on special request to our Support. [VIBAN Bulk Open](/home/connect/services/viban/open-a-viban-1-1.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} **2024.12.10** We’re excited to announce the **launch of Metadata for Connect Messages and Webhooks**, designed to enhance API usability by surfacing key data points like IBANs and transaction references directly in message structures. This improvement significantly speeds up integrations by reducing the need to parse large message bodies, enabling faster, more efficient workflows for our customers. [Messages Metadata](/home/connect/services/messages/messages-metadata.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} **2024.11.06 - Added information about new Customer Certificates issued by LHV UK CA (Certificate Authority)** [Authentication and Certificates](/home/connect/fundamentals/lhv-certificates.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} **2024.08.22 - New updated chapter about idempotency in Payments service!** [Payments Service Idempotency](/home/connect/services/payments/payments-service-idempotency.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="success" %} **2024.08.19 - Webhooks service is now available for customer testing!** [Webhooks](/home/connect/services/webhooks.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2024.07.29 - Published first version of Webhooks documentation - [Webhooks](/home/connect/services/webhooks.md). Service is currently in pilot testing phase and available for wide use in a few weeks! {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2024.06.27 - Added descriptions for Messages V2 services. These are newer advanced services currently supporting only LHV UK messages: * [Get list of messages V2](/home/connect/services/messages/get-list-of-messages-1.md) * [Mark batch of messages as processed V2](/home/connect/services/messages/mark-batch-of-messages-as-processed-1.md) {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} 2024.05.29 - New documentation portal at is officially live! All old and new customers of LHV UK (LHV Bank Limited) should use this by default as their main source for integrating with our services. LHV EE documentation at is still available, but UK related specifics shall be gradually removed. {% endhint %} {% hint style="warning" %} 2024.04.09 - First version of our new API specification. 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