Introducing Swift Securities View
New service set to significantly increase transparency in post-trade processing while helping to prevent costly settlement fails.
Swift’s messaging traffic grows by 15.8% in West Africa
Figures released at the Swift Business Forum West Africa show that the region has outperformed the total growth of Swift globally
GlobalTrade Corporation integrates Swift’s Alliance Lite2 with its Multi-bank Trade Finance Platform
GlobalTrade Corporation becomes the first trade finance technology provider to use Swift's Alliance Lite2 for Business Applications, offering corporates a single, cost-effective solution to automate trade flows.
Poland: Embracing innovation and change in banking
The Swift Business Forum Warsaw took place at the Hotel Bristol on 29 May 2019 and brought together more than 180 senior members of the Polish financial industry.
Swift pilots new service for low value cross-border payments
- Enables financial institutions to provide fast and frictionless cross-border payments for small- and medium-sized businesses and consumers
- Over 20 financial institutions involved in its development
2016: A pivotal year for Blockchain
Visitors to the Swift Business Forum London 2016 would have been forgiven for experiencing a few Sibos 2015 déjà vu moments – standing room-only Blockchain sessions, “DLT” (distributed ledger technology) speaker references left, right and centre, and a flurry of #Blockchain sound bites punctuating the Twitter dialogue.
Swift takes home two awards at Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2020
Swift awarded Best Solution, KYC Utility for our KYC Registry and Best Solution, Sanctions Filter Testing for our Sanctions Testing Service at the 3rd Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2020.
Latest SCORE enhancements and extensions
Following market feedback and demand from corporates and banks and in close collaboration with the Corporate Advisory Group (CAG), Swift has implemented a series of enhancements in SCORE.
Market participants embrace the direct route to T2S as 2015 deadline approaches
As activity among market participants choosing to directly connect to T2S intensifies, new Swift research looks at the benefits of taking the direct route to T2S and the opportunity to build new business models, access new markets more easily and deliver new services to clients, which are being explored by the first wave of pioneering Directly Connected Participants (DCPs).
Swift appoints Stephen Grainger as Chief Executive for Americas & U.K. Region
Grainger brings two decades of global industry experience to the role
Joins from Mastercard where he was Executive Vice President of Cross-Border Services; other past roles include Global Head of Bank Relations and Market Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs, and senior business development roles at Swift