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.
Media FAQ: Shadow Brokers
Allegations surrounding attempts to gain unauthorised access to data at two service bureaux.
3SKey enables reduction of costs in security solutions by up to 40%
Brussels, 22 October 2012 – Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 212 countries, today released an information paper that takes a closer look into the real costs associated with building and running a PKI solution. The paper focuses on the findings of a cost study conducted by SEALWeb, an independent consultancy firm specialised in PKI implementations. It exposes the hidden costs for financial institutions to build and maintain a…
Exploring central bank digital currencies: Swift and Accenture publish joint paper
A new joint paper from Swift and Accenture looks at the opportunities and challenges of central bank digital currencies for international payments, sets out practical requirements for the adoption of digital currencies at scale, and outlines how Swift can support the financial community as new solutions are developed.
Pago FX: Harnessing the power of Swift to deliver easy, low-cost international payments
PagoFX is an international money transfer app that lets users send money abroad quickly, easily and at low cost, yet with all the trust and security of a regulated bank. PagoFX has chosen Swift’s infrastructure to connect and send payments seamlessly. The ambitious next step is instant cross-border payments, account to account, anywhere in the world.
Swift Adds BIC to LEI Directory to its SwiftRef Platform
New directory will enable easy mapping between Business Identifier Codes (BICs) and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI)
Swift has updated the Customer Security Controls Policy
Updates to the Policy provide further clarity and additional information
Canadian companies remain loyal to the Canadian dollar
Swift’s latest RMB Tracker shows that Canadian corporations have been slow to start using RMB for cross-border payments
London ranks first for offshore RMB FX transactions
Swift’s latest RMB Tracker shows that more than one-third of offshore RMB FX transactions are conducted with the United Kingdom
More than 100 countries are now using the RMB for payments with China and Hong Kong
Swift’s latest RMB Tracker shows that 57 countries have crossed the 10% RMB threshold
Euro surpasses RMB in traditional trade finance
Swift RMB Tracker shows the euro is now the second-most-active currency for trade finance, whilst the RMB slips to position number three