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.
Experts: industry must adapt to address evolving terrorist financing threats
New paper recaps Counter Terrorist Financing discussion from Sibos
US dollar remains widely used for payments between China and US
Swift’s RMB Tracker shows that only 2.4% of all payments by value between the United States and China/Hong Kong are exchanged in RMB
ISO in bytes: The voice of the Canadian community, a refined activation approach and your testing journey
Welcome to the 6th edition of ISO 20022 in bytes. In this edition, with just thirteen months until the go-live of CBPR+ and the Transaction Manager (TM), we’ll hear from Payments Canada about their journey as an RTGS to adopt HVPS+, the ISO 20022 market practices for payment market infrastructures. The CBPR+ programme is moving ahead at full steam, with the in-flow translation service set to become available for testing this November, and a refined transition period for next year’s move from…
ISO 20022 in bytes for payments: Exploring the benefits of ISO 20022 adoption with real-life use cases
ISO 20022 usage continues to gain momentum. Since the start of coexistence, an average of 620,000 ISO 20022 messages have been exchanged every single business day on our network. And this between 1,200+ sending institutions and 5,800+ receiving institutions in over 200 countries.
If you’d like to learn more, you can find a monthly summary of the key migration statistics in the ISO 20022 Document Centre.
And in just a few weeks, Transaction Manager will finish with its live traffic…
Swift plans investment and growth in Asia Pacific
Hong Kong/ Singapore, 16 January 2012 - Swift is announcing a far-reaching plan to accelerate its investment and presence in Asia Pacific, reflecting the region's growth and development in the global financial industry. The financial messaging provider for financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries will increase its headcount in the region by 53 percent by 2015.
The need for rich data in a shared ledger paradigm
The concept of a new, universal shared ledger for digital payments and assets is gaining interest as a way of transforming how transactions are recorded and settled. When combined with a messaging layer, a shared ledger could create a powerful proposition capable of supporting the rich, structured data exchange needed for transactions in regulated assets or money.
Delivering a global platform for the financial services API economy
New Swift white paper explores how the global financial services industry can unlock the potential of API technology
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
ISO 20022 in bytes for payments: A look ahead at 2023’s important milestones
After years of intense preparation by the global financial community, the successful migration to ISO 20022 for cross-border payments and reporting (CBPR+) started on 20 March. Since then, we see a daily average of more than 500,000 CBPR+ messages exchanged, representing around 15 percent of the total cross-border payments traffic on the Swift network, and with a negative acknowledgement (NACK) ratio comparable to the FIN one. CBPR+ exchanges involve 1,000+ BICs on the sending side and…
RMB growth steadies in 2016, setting solid foundation for further internationalisation
Special edition of Swift’s RMB Tracker, for the Swift Greater China Regional Conference 2016, provides data and analysis of the Chinese currency for the first half of the year