Banks and fintechs: adversaries or partners? Part two
New article series from the Swift Institute and Knowledge@Wharton explores the fledgling relationship between banks and fintechs
Swift CEO addresses EU parliament
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 joins Linux Foundation Distributed Ledger Initiative
"Swift is delighted to support this industry-wide effort to advance distributed ledger technology," said Craig Young, Swift's Chief Technology Officer. "Cooperation and collaboration - hallmarks of the Swift cooperative - will be key to ensuring the scalability and adoption of this technology."
10 takeaways from Swift at Sibos 2023
Check out these top takeaways from a week of inspiring discussions and watch Swift at Sibos sessions on demand.
German Swift community gathers at first Business Forum in Frankfurt
In his welcome address Jürgen Marstatt, Head of Swift Germany, heralded a dual first for the German Swift Community: the first Swift Business Forum taking place in Frankfurt and the first time that the Swift Germany AGM has been combined with a Business Forum.
ISO 20022 in bytes: The voice of the Singapore community, getting ready for testing and more
ISO 20022 in bytes provides resources and tools to help you prepare for ISO 20022 adoption so you can benefit from high quality payments powered by high quality data.
Swift testifies before European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
By invitation, Blanche Petre, General Counsel Swift, today testified before the EU Parliament's LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee), together with EU Commissioner Malmström and the Director of Europol Rob Wainwright.
Innovate or lose out - In Conversation with André Casterman, Swift
Swift recently hosted its annual "Swift for Corporates" User Conference in London.
Payments transformation in the Middle East and Turkey
The rapid growth of digital payments around the world, in part driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, has created a lasting change in the way that we do business, from central bank to commercial, corporate treasurer and beyond. Stakeholders from across the community in the Middle East and Turkey shared their experiences at a recent Swift online event.
Boring is the new exciting, Nordics conference finds
Opening the second Swift Nordics Regional Conference, Erica Åhman, Head of Swift Nordics, Swift and Göran Fors, Head of Asset Servicing, Transaction Banking, SEB and Swift NMG chairperson for Sweden welcomed the over 210 delegates from across the Nordic region to Stockholm.