Securities settlement fails create both added costs and operational risks for trading counterparties. These challenges are only going to intensify under CSDR’s Settlement Discipline Regime and the decision by certain markets to adopt T+1. Better transparency on securities transactions will be essential if we are to reduce settlement fails moving forward.

How can real-time account information help make life simpler for corporate treasurers? Wim Raymaekers, Global Head of Corporates Strategy, Swift, explains.

As global securities markets prepare for shorter settlement cycles, what can data from the Swift network reveal about the potential impact of the move to T+1 in North America?

Extension of ISO 20022 across payment chain will capture rich data at source, enhancing speed and transparency and marking significant point on journey to instant and frictionless transactions Banks given ready-to-go, white-labelled tracking services to enhance corporates’ treasury management Plan developed in collaboration with leading cash management banks and twenty sector-leading corporates, including Roche and Saudi Aramco

Help is at hand for securities firms implementing ISSA’s Financial Crime Compliance Principles

Cooperative piloted first phase of new capability, called Swift Securities View, with leading financial institutions as part of push towards ‘zero-touch’ processing Leverages the power of a Unique Transaction Identifier to make the complex flow of a securities trade as simple as tracking a package

The Innotribe Startup Challenge is travelling to Russia for the first time in search for the best FinTech startups to showcase their solutions during the Bank of Russia’s International Financial Congress (IFC) in July 2017.

Swift launches frictionless case resolution service with major global banks

Corporate treasurers can now find out where a payment is at any given time

Swift GPI industry challenge brings 30 banks and FinTechs from around the world to work on a combined industry challenge