Innotribe to break the mould in unique Bangkok event for Corporates
Brussels - April 17, 2012 - Innotribe, Swift's initiative for enabling collaborative innovation in financial services, will be hosting a unique event for Asia's corporates, on 26 and 27 April at this year's Asian Banker Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. Professionals from the corporate and banking sectors will come together to collectively discuss and brainstorm concepts for their organisation's business strategies and processes as the industry continues to evolve.
Swift’s Innotribe Launches ‘Innotribe@Belfast’ to Invigorate Innovation within the Banking Community
BELGIUM 16 May, 2012 – Innotribe, Swift’s initiative for enabling collaborative innovation in financial services, is launching its first standalone event to inspire creative evolution in the banking sector in Belfast on 13th & 14th June. Innotribe@Belfast offers a unique conference format to members of the banking community in which innovative idea generation is stimulated through a variety of interactive and creative workshops.
Will Europe overtake Asia in RMB trade settlement?
Brussels, 29 October 2013 - When RMB trade settlement was opened up in June 2012 for any corporate in the world, adoption was to start regionally in Asia and then expand to Europe, the Americas, Middle East and Africa. That may have been so. Recent Swift data however shows that RMB customer payments - a good proxy for trade settlement - in Europe grew by 163% over the last year, much higher than the 109% observed in Asia (excluding China and Hong Kong) in the same period. Growth in Europe was…
Swift appoints new Chief Information Security Officer
Marc Hofmann appointed as Chief Information Security Officer
Swift opens office in Mexico City as part of its growth strategy for Latin America
27 May 2014 - Brussels - Swift announces the opening of its new office in Mexico City. The expansion supports the growth of the company's Latin American operations, and enables customers to benefit from the expertise and localised access of sales and technical support that are critical to payments, securities and treasury operations.
The Renminbi is the second most used currency for cross border payments with China and Hong Kong
Brussels, 26 June 2014 – Swift’s RMB Tracker shows that the RMB is now the second most used currency for cross border payments with China and Hong Kong. In May 2014, 12% of cross border payments with China and Hong Kong were done using the RMB, up 36% from one year ago. The US Dollar remains in the top position, with the Hong Kong Dollar following close behind the RMB for payments to China and Hong Kong.
Swift Innotribe announces European semi-finalists for its 2014 Startup Challenge
Innotribe helps create opportunities for promising financial technology startups and innovators.
Chinese Renminbi Overtakes the Swiss Franc as a World Payments Currency
Brussels, 27 February 2014 - For the third consecutive month, the Renminbi (RMB) is one of the top ten most-used currencies for payments worldwide. With an activity share of 1.39% in payments value, the RMB now ranks 7th, closely followed by the Swiss Franc at 1.38%.
Easing ISO 20022 adoption with new In-flow Translation service
Our ISO 20022 services for cross-border payments are ready for customer testing.
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).