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.
Banks see “clear potential and value” in Swift’s experimental CBDC connector after sandbox collaboration
Swift innovation enables CBDCs to move seamlessly on existing financial infrastructure and efficiently scale for international transactions across more than 200 countries
18 central and commercial banks encourage continued development after nearly 5,000 CBDC-to-CBDC and CBDC-to-fiat simulations over 12-week period
Swift will build beta version for further testing and explore additional use cases in securities settlement and trade finance
Ground-breaking Swift innovation paves way for global use of CBDCs and tokenised assets
Breakthrough solves major challenge in digital ecosystem development
Shows how digital currencies and assets could be used at scale across borders by leveraging existing financial infrastructure
14 central and commercial banks already testing new CBDC solution
Swift wins T2S connectivity licence
Brussels, 11 January 2012 – Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, announced today that following a public procurement process run by the Banca d’Italia on behalf of the Central Banks of the Eurosystem, it has been awarded a licence to provide connectivity services to TARGET2-Securities (T2S).
Our Gender Equality Network launches
Swift is delighted to launch our Gender Equality Network at Swift, under our existing gender work stream headed by Stella Lim. Gender equality has been a key focus of our work in diversity, equity and inclusion.
The Swift-CLS partnership in FX reduces risk and adds liquidity
By providing the reliable and resilient messaging infrastructure that underpins over $5 trillion a day of gross foreign exchange (FX) flows through CLS, Swift is supporting risk reduction and liquidity management in the FX market.
Is technology the panacea for today’s cross-border payment frictions?
There’s no question technology plays a powerful role in enabling the movement of payments around the world. With access to a smartphone, individuals can purchase goods, pay bills, communicate with friends and family who are miles away, and more. Businesses can easily pay remote teams and partners and securely accept payments from virtually anywhere in the world. The efficiencies and problem-solving possibilities seem endless.
First banks go live on TIPS using SwiftNet Instant
Direct access to the Eurosystem’s TIPS with SwiftNet Instant offers customers the ability to execute instant payments anywhere within the Single Euro Payments Area.
New report reveals “significant gaps in industry’s T2S adaptation plan”
Brussels, 6 March 2013 - The key findings of a new report from Celent, produced in conjunction with Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 212 countries and territories, show some "major discrepancies" among market participants when it comes to their readiness for T2S.
Transaction Manager: Supporting adoption of ISO 20022 and the future of global payments
Our Transaction Manager going live marked a key milestone in the ISO 20022 adoption journey and another important step towards enabling instant and frictionless global payments.
Swift launches a new Business Continuity service to support High Value Payment Systems
Brussels, 10 March 2014 - Swift launches a new business continuity solution to support global payment systems. Developed by Swift, the Market Infrastructure Resiliency Service (MIRS) is a backup service for Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems - electronic platforms used for the continuous settlement of high value and multi-currency cash payments between banks.