Financial market infrastructures rally around ISO 20022 harmonisation plan
Swift collaborates with market infrastructures to ensure a cost effective and seamless move to ISO 20022.
Banks prepare for far-reaching changes in the European payments landscape
After the successful launch of instant payments systems TIPS and RT1, the European payments industry prepares for TARGET2-T2S consolidation, EURO 1 modernisation and the adoption of ISO 20022 for cross-border payments and reporting. A series of Swift events on changes in the European payments landscape have attracted more than 500 participants.
Bitso, Quotanda, and Destacame win the first Innotribe Startup Challenge for Latin America
Latin American startups win a 10,000 USD prize each and a chance to share their insights about innovation in Latin America with FinTech experts at Sibos
Swift partners with SmartStream to evolve its Accord Matching Service
The enhanced confirmation matching platform will bring unprecedented levels of automation to post trade operations
Why the demands for improved FX data are not yet being met
More FX market data is being collected than ever before. This is being put to a variety of uses, but the data available remains fragmented and incomplete. If the growth of electronic trading and buy-side pressure for transparency do not fill in the gaps then regulation may be necessary.
LCH signs up to Swift’s ISO 20022 Harmonisation Charter
As the first CCP to sign the Charter, LCH leads the way for efficient market adoption of ISO 20022 for collateral management
Sibos 2020 kicks off – bringing the financial community together online
Swift Board Chair Yawar Shah and CEO Javier Pérez-Tasso kick off Sibos 2020 with a look at our evolving strategy and the road ahead with our community.
Keep your cyber defences strong: What you need to do in 2021
With a three-fold drop in funds targeted by attackers recorded in the past four years, the Swift Customer Security Programme (CSP) continues to deliver significant results. But the fight’s far from over. From attesting your CSP compliance to organising an independent assessment, here’s what you need to do to keep your systems safe in 2021.
Swift helps industry drive harmonisation benefits of T2S
One of the many promised benefits of the new pan-European settlement system TARGET2-Securities (T2S) is that it will drive harmonisation across the post-trade securities environment in the Eurozone and beyond. A crucial element of harmonisation is standardisation. In the case of T2S, the CSDs and banks (directly connected participants (DCPs)) that will communicate directly with the new platform must use ISO 20022 formatted messages to do so.
The Innotribe Startup Challenge returns to Africa for the third consecutive year. Startups, it is time to apply!
For the third time, Innotribe will provide unique networking opportunities with banks and VCs to selected FinTech startups during Swift’s African Regional conference (ARC), taking place 16-18 May 2017 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.