SwiftNet Registration Authority (RA)
A Swift-registered body that identifies and authenticates an institution and the initial users of the SwiftNet Public Key Infrastructure (for example, an institution's security officer).
Swift sets industry up for seamless introduction of CBDCs for cross-border transactions as interlinking solution finds more use cases
Collaborative experiments with 38 global institutions demonstrate new use cases for Swift solution across digital trade, securities and foreign exchange
Swift solution could enable financial institutions to easily incorporate CBDCs and other digital assets into common business practices
Connector can interlink multiple networks and could lead to automated trade flows and unlock growth in tokenisation
ISO 20022 in bytes for payments: Swift accepts community request to begin ISO 20022 migration in March 2023
On 20 October 2022, the ECB shared its decision delaying the ISO 20022 migration of the Eurosystem by four months. In light of this announcement and in line with our earlier scenario planning, Swift committed to further analyse and validate impacts on the timeline for CBPR+ with a view to maintaining operational and business continuity across the global financial system.
An overwhelming majority of our global community has requested that we align the start of the…
A seven-step guide for effective sanctions list management
Swift’s Nicolas Stuckens talks to Money Laundering Bulletin.
ESG is set to shape the future of finance
As Swift celebrates its 50th anniversary, we explore what changes the next 50 years might bring about when it comes to financial institutions’ relationship with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues.
Consumer-to-Business Payments: A strong growth outlook, but only for the well-prepared
In this hotly contested market, 90% of today’s revenue pool could migrate to software vendors, major technology firms, and other contenders.
‘Resilience by default’: the next 50 years through the eyes of risk professionals
Collaboration across the industry will be key to tackling the risks we’ll be presented with over the next 50 years. Here, senior risk professionals consider the transformative opportunities that lie ahead, how to deal with the immediate risks of climate change, ways to maintain customer trust – and why companies must run two races simultaneously.
Money may be unrecognisable in 50 years
How will the global trade landscape evolve over the next 50 years? Three payments and trade experts share their views on where we’ll see growth, and where the biggest changes will come.
FX market changes and the potential impact on correspondent banking
In a session held at last year’s Sibos, a wide-ranging discussion focused on the FX Global Code and its implications for technology, the buy-side and correspondent banking.
ISO 20022 in bytes: Better data, better payments
Correspondent banking is undergoing a data revolution. In coming years the community will make significant investment in improving the quality and richness of data in domestic and cross-border payments. Together we will reduce manual interventions and costs, improve automation and speed of settlement, better mitigate risks of financial crime compliance, and support our clients with faster reconciliation and business solutions.
Welcome to our first edition of “ISO 20022 in bytes”, a new…
Italian financial community gathers to discuss challenges and opportunities for banks in the new payments landscape
On 27 March 2018, 110 participants representatives from Italian banks, corporates, Banca d’Italia, EBA Clearing and Swift gathered in Milan to discuss how Swift GPI and instant payments are transforming the customer experience and what opportunities these developments will offer to the financial industry.