Digital Innovation in Trade Finance – Have we reached a tipping point?
A BCG white paper, written with Swift’s contribution
Swift welcomes announcement by European Commission Vice-President Frattini to open talks with US Government
Recent developments conclude 2006 on optimistic note
Central Banking Journal focusses on Swift’s Customer Security Programme
Gottfried Leibbrandt highlights the importance of Swift’s Customer Security Programme (CSP) in supporting its customers reinforce their cyber security
The Banker: Interview with Gottfried Leibbrandt
Swift CEO speaks about correspondent banking and challenges affecting the industry
Transforming the ASEAN landscape with Innovation and Cybersecurity
Development of trust is paramount for the industry
Swift eases data industry challenges with new analytics tool
New service provides customers with a deeper analysis of their payments and trade finance traffic over Swift.
Swift testifies before European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
By invitation, Blanche Petre, General Counsel Swift, today testified before the EU Parliament's LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee), together with EU Commissioner Malmström and the Director of Europol Rob Wainwright.
A Swift Webinar "How to reduce post-trade costs in FX"
To reduce the costs of post-trade, the FX industry will either have to replace or evolve legacy technology. To do this, there needs to be a common strategy. At a recent Swift webinar moderated by Dominic Hobson, industry experts debated how the foreign exchange industry should respond to pressures to increase efficiency and reduce costs. This is the first article in a two part series detailing the ideas shared at the webinar.
Smarter Securities: Transformation through collaboration
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.
Searching for the synthesisers
What role can third-party solutions such as ‘RegTech’ and industry utilities play in helping banks tackle regulatory compliance reporting challenges?