Swift won the coveted award for Best Bank Connectivity at the highly respected Treasury Management International Awards for Innovation and Excellence 2018.

HSBC becomes the first bank to send FIXML and ISO20022 messages over their network

Sydney, 27 December 2012 - Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, recently celebrated 30 successful years of operations in Australia. This also marks a major milestone for Swift in Asia Pacific as it continues to expand and invest in this fast growing region.

Brussels, 16 October 2012 - The Common Global Implementation initiative (CGI) announced today that it has published best practice guidelines for corporate-to-bank communication based on ISO20022 messages. Codifying and promoting the use of common formats in the corporate-to-bank payments space will help reduce costs and simplify implementation processes for corporates that are managing multiple bank relationships.

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.

Brussels, 21 May 2012 – Swift CEO Lázaro Campos has notified the Board of his intention to leave the company. After 25 years with the company, the last five of which were successful years as CEO, it is his intention to pursue opportunities outside Swift. Under his leadership, Swift embarked on an ambitious growth and transformational strategy (Swift2015), almost doubling volumes, maintaining excellent operational performance while successfully reducing costs by 30%, and prices by 50%.

Brussels, 7 January 2014 - Swift announces the creation of a global Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised utility for the collection and distribution of standard information required by banks as part of their due diligence processes. Based on a collaborative industry-wide approach, the new utility will help banks to manage compliance challenges and reduce the high costs associated with implementing KYC-related regulations.

Correspondent Banking Suite combines Swift products and services to make correspondent banking more efficient, secure and cost-effective

Swift brings to market a refreshed portfolio of support and care services helping customers to maintain their Swift environments. The new services include Swift Community Support as well as Advanced Support and Care Services.

The key benefits of the instant payment systems being rolled out in Australia and in Europe were discussed at Sibos, Toronto 2017 at the Instant Payments Over Swift session in the Swift Auditorium.