60 companies will compete in four regional showcases for the chance to take their business ideas to the next level.

New paper from Swift highlights operational challenges impacting the buy-side in 2015.

Brussels, 7 January 2014 - Swift announces the creation of a global Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised utility for the collection and distribution of standard information required by banks as part of their due diligence processes. Based on a collaborative industry-wide approach, the new utility will help banks to manage compliance challenges and reduce the high costs associated with implementing KYC-related regulations.

Hyper, SizeUp, Token, Payfirma and Pendo Systems advance to Innotribe Startup Challenge Finale at Sibos in Singapore.

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The trend towards digitisation in the payments world was supercharged in the past year as the pandemic saw customers reach for digital solutions in far greater numbers than ever before. For financial institutions in Africa, it is vital to stay on top of this demand.

New report from EFAMA and Swift confirms total industry standardisation and automation rates continue to progress.

Distributed ledger platform, Hyperledger, edges out the competition at this years' Innotribe Startup Finale at Sibos.

The French banking group will use Swift FileAct to send domestic payments to STET, the European automated clearing house.