Swift recruits senior executive from Google

Dubai, 17 September 2013 – Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, announced today at Sibos that Clearstream will use Swift’s Value Added Network (VAN) solution to connect to T2S. Clearstream plans to migrate fully to T2S - connecting via the Swift VAN - in wave 3 in September 2016.

Ericsson announced it will use Swift MT 798 messages for standardising and automating the communication with its financial institutions

Given the importance of cyber security, here is a quick update on all the research activities that Swift Institute is carrying out on this topic

A new joint paper from Swift and Accenture looks at the opportunities and challenges of central bank digital currencies for international payments, sets out practical requirements for the adoption of digital currencies at scale, and outlines how Swift can support the financial community as new solutions are developed. 

Hear more from Ping An Insurance about its journey on Swift GPI for Corporates (g4C)

In Payments: looking to the future, Swift challenges the community to revolutionise services and collaborate to bring this future closer

The community of correspondent banks using Swift's KYC Registry continues to grow

Swift's KYC Registry continues to gain momentum among correspondent banks.

Dubai, 18 September 2013 – Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, today announced at Sibos that Iberclear, the Central Securities Depository in Spain and a BME subsidiary, will use Swift’s Value Added Network (VAN) solution to connect to T2S. It is also taking advantage of further value-added services from Swift.