Swift highlights the four key factors that are set to shape the development of Africa’s securities markets
Diani, Kenya, 25 November 2014 - Swift is a proud sponsor of this year's ASEA Conference, now in its 18th year. The 2014 event brings together the Association's members of 23 African securities exchanges as well as investors from the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia to discuss the evolving role of the capital markets in driving Africa's growth potential.
New high value payments systems task force is a key enabler of ISO 20022 harmonisation
Swift, along with major global banks and market infrastructures, has formed HVPS+ - an ISO 20022 market practice task force that will address evolving market needs in the high value payments systems space
Successful blockchain experiments unlock potential of tokenisation
We partnered with more than a dozen financial institutions and market infrastructures to demonstrate how our network could be used to transfer tokenised assets across multiple public and private blockchains. Read about how we did it and what it could mean for our industry.
The Indian financial community gathers to celebrate at Swift India’s Go Live Ceremony
Swift India went officially live on 3rd of March 2016. This formation as a joint venture is fully committed to serving and addressing domestic market needs, in partnership with the top 9 public and private banks of India.
Swift’s Customer Security Programme (CSP) is well underway. What has it achieved to date, and what are the next key milestones?
Stephen Gilderdale, Head of UK, Ireland and Nordics, and Tony Wicks, Head of AML Initiatives, discuss how Swift’s Customer Security Programme and financial crime compliance services portfolio are helping members bolster cyber security for themselves, their counterparties and the community.
What does the 5th AML Directive tell us about registries and their role in combatting financial crime?
With the recent introduction of the 5th AML Directive, registries are set to play a more important role than ever in the fight against financial crime. In this article, Marie-Charlotte Henseval, Head of KYC solutions, explains how the ability to access structured data via public and private registries for systematic KYC checks is becoming the cornerstone of compliance.
EBA CLEARING and Swift kick off EURO1 ISO 20022 migration for November 2021
EURO1’s core components to be maintained in order to preserve its key benefits and maximal alignment with TARGET2-related developments to be ensured
Swift paper explores the changing landscape of real-time payments
New research highlights key trends and critical drivers for global adoption of real-time systems for retail payments.
The Banker interviews Swift CEO, Gottfried Leibbrandt
Swift’s CEO discusses some of the key topics facing financial industry today
All aboard as Swift GPI momentum builds
Sibos 2018 offered an opportunity for its first wave of users to reflect on and share their key learnings