Bank readiness certification - an essential tool for multi-banked Corporates
To give corporate customers insight into the readiness of their banking partners, and allow them to take advantage of the benefits of their Swift connection, Swift manages the bank readiness certification programme. Certification gives corporate customers a clear view on the Swift capabilities of their banking partners around the world.
Cate Kemp to lead UK, Ireland and Nordics at Swift
Former Lloyds Banking Group director takes up senior management role at the industry cooperative.
Swift partners with Omnicision to deliver Sanctions Testing service
BRUSSELS, 19 July 2012 - Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 212 countries and territories, announced today it will partner with Omnicision to deliver its Sanctions Testing service, an application that integrates the testing and tuning of sanctions filters to help banks operate a more effective and efficient sanctions environment.
Swift Securities View rapidly gains momentum in drive towards seamless post-trade settlement
Launched in January, Swift Securities View enables clear tracking across all steps of the settlement process
34 of world’s biggest institutions have signed up, representing 630 million securities transactions per year
Global participants include HSBC, BNY Mellon, and Nomura Asset Management
Intesa Sanpaolo signs up for Swift’s 3SKey solution
Intesa Sanpaolo to use Swift's 3SKey to provide secured personal digital signatures and strong user authentication to its corporate clients
Meeting the challenge of intraday liquidity reporting
Managing intraday liquidity reporting is becoming increasingly complex ‒ with banks facing a number of obstacles as they seek to comply with new regulation.
Swift launches MyStandards
New York, 14 May 2012 – Swift announces the launch of MyStandards, an innovative web-based application designed to facilitate the management of global standards and related market practices across the financial industry. The platform will be commercially available at the end of June 2012.
Swift enhances connectivity to VPS, the Norwegian Central Securities Depository
Swift will reinforce its connectivity to Norway’s central securities depository
Keeping Swift safe
Protecting against cyber-threats requires increased collaboration between IT and Operations functions, both within Swift and across the Swift community
Putting the brake on securities settlement fails
Major improvements have been made to the securities services operating model over the last decade, but inefficiencies in the trade settlement process continue to be a recurrent challenge – and it requires a speedy resolution.