Swift announces management change
Brussels - 13 June 2014 - Mike Fish, Chief Information Officer and Head of Information Technology and Operations, has made the decision to retire after 15 years at Swift.
The United States jumps ahead of Taiwan as an offshore RMB clearing centre
Brussels, 3 June 2014 - Swift's RMB Tracker shows that United States' RMB payments value increased by 327% between April 2013 and April 2014, placing the United States at #3 in the world for RMB payments value, excluding China and Hong Kong. In April 2014, 2.6% of total RMB payments value was carried out via the United States, up from 1.3% one year ago. Singapore remains in the top position followed by the United Kingdom.
Through the Startup Challenge, Innotribe provides the Swift community with valuable insights into fintech innovation
The financial crisis has impacted the way we do business and the rapid evolution of technology is having a significant impact on both bank’s offerings and on customer’s expectations.
Swift appoints Max Mamondez as Chief Financial Officer
Mamondez brings over 25 years of international industry experience
Previous roles include CFO for International Markets at Mastercard, and Group Head, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis at the London Stock Exchange Group
Swift offers free access to The KYC Registry for participating banks
Sibos, Boston - 29 September 2014 - Swift announces today at Sibos that it will provide access free of charge to its new KYC Registry throughout 2015 to those banks that contribute their own institutional know your customer (KYC) data. Swift will be making data consumption free in 2015 for those institutions that contribute their own information, making it easier for banks to work together to reduce the cost and effort related to KYC compliance.
Japan Business Forum returns to Asia Pacific region this year
More than 300 delegates from leading global and local banks, securities firms, corporates, regulators, technology partners, consulting and research companies gathered in Tokyo on 4 June after the national member group asked for Swift to bring back the Business Forum after two years' absence.
Share Re-Allocation and Board Changes
La Hulpe, 9 March 2015 - Swift announces that it has completed its regular three-yearly share reallocation exercise, resulting in the re-allocation of approximately 10 percent of the shareholding, and a change to the jurisdictions represented on Swift's Board.
BTG Pactual joins Swift’s KYC Registry
BTG Pactual to use Swift's KYC Registry to help address growing KYC and AML compliance challenges.
Management Changes
Chris Church to step down; Javier Pérez-Tasso appointed Chief Executive of the Americas, UK, Ireland and Nordics.