Gottfried Leibbrandt on cyber security and innovation
Swift CEO reveals Customer Security Programme at industry conference
Swift completes landmark DLT PoC
• PoC successfully delivers business functionalities
• DLT instance meets governance, security and data privacy requirements
• ISO 20022 data model and UETR pivotal to improving Nostro processes
• DLT a strategic priority for Swift
Swift customer communication: Customer security issues
No impact on Swift network, core messaging services or software
Transforming liquidity reporting: A case study in collaboration
Swift and Suade Labs team up to explore how to give regulators better and faster insights on market liquidity – all while reducing the reporting burden on financial institutions
How HSBC is streamlining its KYC and AML checks
Marian Owczarzy, VP Utilities Lead, KYC Industry Utilities, Alwin Bathija, Global Head of Corporates Onboarding and their teams are responsible for the implementation of global KYC processes at HSBC. For a multi-jurisdictional bank, this is no small feat. We sat down with Owczarzy and Bathija to find out how HSBC tackles this complex task using Swift’s data solutions.
Connecting digital islands: Swift supports trade digitisation with new interoperability trials
In collaboration with edoxOnline and CargoX, we’re innovating to accelerate digital trade by connecting electronic Bills of Lading (eBL) platforms and improving interoperability.
Swift tackles major friction in securities industry with first end-to-end view of post-trade processing
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
Countdown to compliance
Help is at hand for securities firms implementing ISSA’s Financial Crime Compliance Principles
Swift launches new cloud-based connectivity
Brussels, 25 July 2012 - Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, announces the launch of its new cloud-based connectivity: Alliance Lite2.
RMB now 2nd most used currency in trade finance, overtaking the Euro
Brussels, 3 December 2013 - Recent Swift data shows that RMB usage in traditional trade finance - Letters of Credit and Collections - grew from an activity share of 1.89% in January 2012 to 8.66% in October 2013, propelling the RMB to the second most used currency in this market. It ranks behind the USD, which remains the leading currency with a share of 81.08%. The RMB overtook the Euro, which dropped from 7.87% in January 2012 to 6.64% in October 2013 and is now in third place. The top 5…