Swift CEO Lázaro Campos told EU Parliamentarians today, "whatever the outcome of the current discussions about the use of data for counter-terrorism purposes, what we must not jeopardize are the protections which exist today for citizens' data, the certainty of the legal framework within which companies operate and the commercial level playing field." Mr Campos was also keen to emphasise that the debate is not about Swift, but about how Europe plans to cooperate with the US for counter…

Swift’s global payments innovation (gpi) initiative in the spotlight

With New Payments Platform delivered on time, Swift highlights next steps of global instant payments strategy in Europe, Asia and the Americas

Swift Institute Student Challenge offers Canadian students reward for new cyber security solutions

Due to the start of the go-live and the coexistence period for ISO 20022 for CBPR+ changing to 20 March 2023 some of the information in the content is out of date. For more information on the migration to ISO 20022 in payments please visit our readiness page.  Welcome to the 10th edition of ISO 20022 in bytes for payments. With less than six months till CBPR+ general go-live, we’re seeing increased readiness activities from the community, with interface upgrades accelerating and…

Initial proof of concept to connect gpi with blockchain enterprise software firm R3

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Works with Swift on a new payments-tracking service

Swift: • Publishes ISO 20022 harmonisation best practices • Publishes ISO 20022 Real-Time Payments message schemas in line with market practice on MyStandards • Launches market practice evolution for ISO 20022 High Value Payments messages