As financial institutions prepare for new European payments architecture, Swift highlights the milestones for action and sets out how it is supporting the industry through the changes.

Initial proof of concept to connect gpi with blockchain enterprise software firm R3

Brussels, 2 January 2014 - Swift announces a 10% rebate on 2013 messaging fees which will return approximately EUR 33 million to Swift users worldwide. The rebate will be paid in March 2014.

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LITF has developed with the support from Swift an Intraday Liquidity Reporting rule book to support compliance with BCBS 248.

Hosted service provides simple, cost-effective compliance with sanctions regulations.

Since making changes based on individual CRs was not cost effective, it was preferred to combine them and make them available to the Swift Community in one to two years.

Brussels, 6 May 2014 – Swift Innotribe, together with a pool of over 500 judges, have nominated the semi-finalists for the 2014 Startup Challenge. 47 companies have been selected from around the world to pitch their business ideas during three regional showcases in London, Singapore and New York. The 5 winners of each regional showcase (three early-stage startups and two growth-stage innovators) will automatically secure a place as a finalist in the Grand Finale at Sibos, Swift’s annual…

The rapidly evolving EU payments landscape at the heart of the event

A new whitepaper published by the International Securities Services Association (ISSA), provides a practical analysis of how to settle, safekeep and service crypto assets issued on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).