UniCredit streamlines know your customer data collection with Swift’s KYC Registry
As an early adopter of The KYC Registry, UniCredit is actively encouraging other institutions to join the platform
MyStandards 3.0 - Great feedback from the community!
Last year, we launched a global customer consultation to gather feedback from our community on MyStandards 3.0. We are very happy to announce that more than 25 institutions provided us with a lot of insights and ideas. Moreover, our users were almost unanimous regarding the must-have and nice-to-have features for the platform.
Swift2020: from planning to execution
Swift's recently published strategy, "Grow the core, build the future" sets out an ambitious agenda for the next five years.
Swift data shows intra-Africa payments clearing and trade is increasing
Use of US dollar declining while West African franc and South African rand increasing
Powering smarter securities and community efficiencies
The securities industry has a lot to gain through collaboration, especially in areas where there’s no advantage to compete. Here’s how the Swift community is facilitating this and the opportunities to look out for.
Re-assessing the risks
Serving low-risk clients in high-risk markets is made harder by financial crime compliance obligations, but not impossible
Enhancing the corporate-to-bank payment experience with ISO 20022 and direct tracking
Together with leading cash management banks and 20 sector-leading corporates, we’re extending the benefits of ISO 20022 to businesses, overcoming fragmentation in the corporate experience and enhancing speed and transparency.
European CSDs must make good strategic choices to survive the post-T2S shake-out
Twin regulations have sparked a slow revolution in the division of labour between the CSDs and custodian banks of Europe, which is likely to end in some unexpected alliances.
Swift leads the industry on Open Banking with library of API standards
Industry co-operative publishes new API standard for Pre-authorisation of funds
Using new data techniques in financial crime compliance, Swift’s Tony Wicks talks to Risk.net
Artificial intelligence and machine-learning can help crunch data more efficiently