Alliance Lite2
Alliance Lite2 is available for existing clients only, as we have brought in Alliance Cloud, a more efficient and powerful solution.
Alliance Cloud offers:
- a greater capacity due to much higher usage limits
- additional integration possibilities through APIs
- improved resilience (2 hours compared to 8 hours for the Recovery Time Objective)
- improved availability and operability
- a smoother user experience, with monthly enhancements
Take a leap forward with Alliance Cloud
The future of financial messaging is here. Alliance Cloud is a fully scalable solution that transforms your Swift messaging business. Simplify, automate, and elevate your operations with high performance, improved resilience, and unmatched availability. Seamlessly integrate into value-added services through API connectivity. Embrace Alliance Cloud to drive towards a zero-footprint ecosystem and propel your business into the future.
Future-ready connectivity
Leverage the latest cloud technology to increase your performance, scalability and agility. We upgrade Alliance Cloud every 6 weeks, so you can trust you’re always at the forefront of the latest advancements in financial connectivity. You can also securely connect your core back-office applications, running natively on public cloud via Alliance Connect Virtual, Swift’s virtual VPN offering.
Improved agility
Stay nimble and drive your business forward with more flexibility and responsiveness. Benefit from self-customisable workflows, instant changes, and REST API for automation and easy integration of solutions like Transaction Screening, Payment Controls, and Alliance Warehouse.
Robust reliability
Strengthen your business continuity with a cloud-native infrastructure designed to minimise disruptions and swiftly address any potential issues. Alliance Cloud empowers you with multi-active operating centres for better disaster recovery, ensuring that your critical financial messaging remains secure and accessible when you need it most.
Superior user experience
Alliance Cloud is designed with simplicity in mind. Enjoy an intuitive, fluid interface and advanced functionality that simplify tasks, streamline operations, and create a user-friendly experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Alliance Cloud, and how does it differ from Alliance Lite2?
Alliance Cloud, Swift's preferred financial messaging interface launched in 2020, offers agility, scalability, and future-proof connectivity. It reduces costs by minimising infrastructure and maintenance while ensuring top-tier security, availability, and user friendliness.
How can I switch to Alliance Cloud from Alliance Lite2?
Once you express your interest in switching to Alliance Cloud, you will receive an email invitation to order the migration. This email will be sent to your swift.com administrator and security officers.
Before placing your e-order, we recommend taking the time to thoroughly plan and assess what will work best for your organisation.
We recommend reading our Migration Guide. Once you have reviewed and planned for the migration, you can proceed to place the e-order via the invitation email. This will initiate the migration process.
Once the order is submitted, we will provide you with all the necessary support and guidance to start the migration. To ensure a smooth process, please use Project Navigator and assign a project manager for the migration.
When is the End of Life for Alliance Lite2 and its support duration?
There is currently no specified End of Life timeline for Alliance Lite2. Rest assured, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of security, reliability, and resiliency that our customers expect from Swift, ensuring that Alliance Lite2 remains fully supported.