Virtual currencies unlikely to crowd out fiat currencies, according to new research
New research from the Swift Institute assesses whether the global financial community is accepting Bitcoin as a valid currency.
Swift examines application of financial business standards to distributed ledger technology and smart contracts
New paper highlights opportunity for financial industry to coordinate efforts using common messaging and data standards
ICBC enhances data analytics with Swift’s Watch portfolio
Watch products and services provide Chinese bank with a deep analysis of their payments and trade finance traffic over Swift
RMA and RMA Plus: managing correspondent connections
This Swift paper explains how you can better understand, manage and mitigate operational, compliance and fraud risks in line with industry recommendations
RMB strengthens its position as the second most used currency for documentary credit transactions
Swift RMB Tracker shows RMB’s activity share for documentary credit transactions increased to 9.43% in January 2015.
Swift leverages its global reference data platform to serve local communities
Brussels, 10 February 2015 – Swift announces that it is making its global reference data platform available for national reference data collection and maintenance services, building on the foundations of its successful payments reference data platform, SwiftRef.
The Volvo Group joins Swift to increase competitiveness
The Volvo Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and engines for industrial and marine usage has joined Swift to benefit from its multi-bank messaging solution for documentary trade flows.
Faster not always better
Anyone with a mobile phone can send a text message to someone on the other side of the world instantaneously – and in most cases for free. However, when it comes to payments, interaction is slower and costly.
Chinese banks work with Swift GPI to accelerate their global reach
Ten Chinese banks have gone live on Swift global payments innovation initiative (gpi) since its launch in 2017
Swift enhances reference data quality for treasurers
SwiftRef’s new Customer Data Validation service supports corporate treasury teams with assessing and validating payments reference data