400+ delegates gather in Istanbul for the Swift Regional Conference: Turkey & Middle East
Discussions took place around the next generation of payments and how to manage risk in an increasingly digitised world
European hubs are fuelling RMB Internationalisation
Brussels, 26 August 2014 – Swift’s latest RMB Tracker shows that Europe represents 10% of Renminbi payments worldwide in value. For the past year, four European countries have been settling into the top 10, excluding China and Hong Kong. The United Kingdom leads Europe with 123.6% growth between July 2013 and July 2014, followed by France (+43.5%), Germany (+116%) and Luxembourg (+41.9%). Since July 2013, European payments directly exchanged with China and Hong Kong in RMB have increased by 105…
Broadridge launches Swift Global Electronic Trade Confirmation Solution
London, April 29, 2013
Swift enhances Sanctions Testing service with new performance measurement capabilities
New Peer Assessment service helps financial institutions compare the performance of their sanctions filters against those of similar institutions.
De-risking and financial inclusion
Community engagement can aid banks in addressing the challenges posed by de-risking, and Swift is here to help
Innotribe launches its Startup Challenge for Latin America
The Innotribe Startup Challenge is travelling to Latin America for the first time in search of the best startups to showcase their products during the Swift Latin American Regional Conference in June
Brown Brothers Harriman Goes Live with DTCC Corporate Actions Messaging Solution over the Swift Network
New York, June 13, 2012 ─ The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 210 countries, today announced that Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) has become the first financial institution to go live on the new corporate actions real-time messaging solution.
Lázaro Campos announces he will step down as CEO
Brussels, 21 May 2012 – Swift CEO Lázaro Campos has notified the Board of his intention to leave the company. After 25 years with the company, the last five of which were successful years as CEO, it is his intention to pursue opportunities outside Swift. Under his leadership, Swift embarked on an ambitious growth and transformational strategy (Swift2015), almost doubling volumes, maintaining excellent operational performance while successfully reducing costs by 30%, and prices by 50%.
Unlocking the value of CSP attestation data for counterparty risk management
Experts discuss the key role CSP counterparty attestation data can play in strengthening risk management at Sibos 2021.
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.