What is the UTI and how can it benefit the securities industry? Here’s what you need to know.

Digital identity management solution for accessing all your banks, using personal digital signatures.

Sibos, Boston, 29 September 2014 - Swift announces today at Sibos the introduction of Watch for Securities, a new business intelligence solution that will help securities market participants to monitor and gain valuable business insights from their network traffic. The new Watch for Securities offering is expected to go live in Q1 2015 with an early adopter programme planned for the end of 2014.

Shorter settlement timetables mean the securities services industry must shift from exchanging structured data messages to sharing transactional data. That requires an openness to collaboration. At Swift's recent Smarter Securities events, in Asia, Europe and North America, bankers, brokers and asset managers explained why and how collaboration needs to work.

Jonathan Ehrenfeld, Securities Market Manager at Swift, has recently had a paper accepted in the Journal of Securities Operations and Custody which explains how global standards are needed in securities reporting.

Main Changes Experienced by the Securities Services Industry as a Result of Regulatory Developments - by ISSA and Swift

We understand the critical role played by assessment providers in supporting and maintaining the security and integrity of Swift users. To enhance the effectiveness and reliability of external assessors, Swift launched the Customer Security Programme Assessor Certification.

This folder will list the messaging interfaces that are compliant with the Security Requirements without customer reference attestation.

Customer Security Programme recognised at The Risk (Operational Risk) Awards ceremony

All Swift users must comply with the mandatory security controls by the end of 2018