Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
A security infrastructure, based on public key cryptography, that provides digital signatures and the supporting certification services.
SwiftNet Public Key Infrastructure (SwiftNet PKI)
A pervasive security infrastructure based on public-key cryptography, which provides digital signatures and supporting certification services. SwiftNet Public Key Infrastructure comprises the SwiftNet Certification Authority, the SwiftNet Registration Authority, and the SwiftNet Directory. These authorities provide the customer with online certificate management capabilities.
Swift unlocks potential of tokenisation with successful blockchain experiments
Cooperative demonstrates secure and scalable way to connect multiple blockchains for movement of tokenised assets around the world
Swift can provide single point of entry for financial institutions moving tokenised assets while leveraging existing secure infrastructure
Experiments are part of Swift’s ongoing work to maintain strong, secure interoperability across a fragmented financial ecosystem
What does the 5th AML Directive tell us about registries and their role in combatting financial crime?
With the recent introduction of the 5th AML Directive, registries are set to play a more important role than ever in the fight against financial crime. In this article, Marie-Charlotte Henseval, Head of KYC solutions, explains how the ability to access structured data via public and private registries for systematic KYC checks is becoming the cornerstone of compliance.
The Banker interviews Swift CEO, Gottfried Leibbrandt
Swift’s CEO discusses some of the key topics facing financial industry today
Africa payment series – a view from the African Development Bank
Driving growth in Africa – the role of the financial infrastructure in boosting intra-African trade
Swift selected as a Network Service Provider to all TARGET services
Swift is to provide connectivity to all Eurosystem market infrastructures (also known as TARGET services) via the new European Single Market Infrastructure Gateway (ESMIG), supporting the free flow of cash, securities and collateral across Europe.
Argentina’s CSD joins Swift to support the nation’s capital markets revitalisation
Swift helps Argentina’s market infrastructure growth plans by providing automation and global access
Data: leading the revolution in securities services
New technologies and the role of data explored in part one of our three-part series on the key takeaways from the securities stream at Sibos 2019.
All aboard as Swift GPI momentum builds
Sibos 2018 offered an opportunity for its first wave of users to reflect on and share their key learnings
New standards alliance to unlock further potential of API technology
With regulators around the world demanding greater interoperability among financial institutions as they move more towards an open banking model, a newly formed API standards alliance hopes to play a key role in unlocking further potential of API technology.
Swift and Accenture outline path to Distributed Ledger Technology adoption within financial services
New paper analyses the opportunities and challenges of distributed ledger technology in financial services; identifies key factors for success