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Participants Directory

Comprehensive payments routing information

Participants Directory

The efficient routing of payments to a beneficiary bank is key to increasing straight-through processing and improving customer satisfaction.

With Participants Directory, you get a uniform, standardised view of financial institutions’ membership to clearing systems and routing details. So, you know your payment takes the fastest route to its end destination.

This product replaces SwiftRef Reach plus.

Benefits

Global connectivity
Global connectivity
Access a comprehensive list of all participants on the Swift network, for efficient connection with financial institutions worldwide
Compliance and standards
Compliance and standards
Stay compliant with evolving financial standards and practices by using the directory's up-to-date information on formatting rules and identifiers
Swift connectivity status
Swift connectivity status
Understand the Swift connectivity status of participants, including their membership to payment market infrastructures and clearing and settlement systems

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  • What is the Participants Directory?

    Our Participants Directory provides you with membership to clearing systems and routing details for your beneficiary banks, ensuring the fastest route to your payment’s end destination.

  • How can Participants Directory help you?

    - Identify your payment beneficiary’s membership to clearing systems and routing details around the world

    - Decrease costs associated with maintaining data from multiple sources – Participants Directory provides you with a single file format from a single source – easy to embed into your payments environment

  • What’s in the directory?

    • Financial institutions in various Clearing and Settlement Mechanisms (CSMs), such as China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS), UK BACS, US FEDACH, Fedwire and HK Interbank Clearing
    • Information on direct and indirect membership to CSMs, including to Market Infrastructures run over Swift
    • Routing details for reaching a financial institution through a specific CSM
    • Consistent view of data elements and attributes across all CSMs
    • Participation and identification details for all financial institution members of many-to-many SwiftNet services, such as SwiftNet FileAct and SwiftNet Funds

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