Anna Agafonova joins Swift as Chief Financial Officer
Swift recruits senior financial executive to its leadership team
RMB breaks into the top five as a world payments currency
According to Swift data, the Chinese yuan overtook the Canadian and Australian dollar as a global payments currency in November 2014, and now takes position behind the Japanese Yen, British pound, Euro and US dollar.
Innovation Essentials: In Conversation with Claire Calmejane
Watch this series examining top tips from leading innovators in the financial industry on how to make innovation a success. This week: Interview with Claire Calmejane, Lloyds Banking Group.
Swift Chief Security Officer on the importance of intelligence sharing
Intelligence sharing, human judgement and investing in people key to strong cyber defences
Swift and global banks launch AI pilots to tackle cross-border payments fraud
The cooperative has convened financial institutions for two pilots that will use AI to enhance fraud detection in cross-border payments
Swift is using its unique role to bring the finance industry together to improve anti-fraud capabilities by using leading AI technology
AI could help the payments industry save billions in fraud-related costs and remove friction from the cross-border payments ecosystem
Reaping the benefits of inbound payments tracking
Banks, corporates and application providers partner to further improve payment transparency.
Harnessing timely data for better FX decisions
Today Swift announces the publication of a new information paper that demonstrates how Swift’s FX confirmation data can offer a timely and rich additional source of information for FX market analysts. By looking at the established benchmark report in the industry – the triennial BIS survey – this paper confirms many of their findings against Swift data, and also offer further insights into past FX developments.
How to capture growth in cross-border consumer and SME payments
International consumer and SME payments are exploding, with huge opportunities on offer for banks that capture this growth. Susana Delgado, Head of Consumer & SME Payments Strategy at Swift, explains what banks need to do to take advantage.
Swift GPI Day Dubai – a deep dive into the future of cross border payments
On 6 March, 2018, representatives from more than 150 financial institutions and corporates from across the Middle East gathered in Dubai to discuss how Swift’s global payment innovation (gpi) service is transforming the world of cross-border payments.