How HSBC is streamlining its KYC and AML checks
Marian Owczarzy, VP Utilities Lead, KYC Industry Utilities, Alwin Bathija, Global Head of Corporates Onboarding and their teams are responsible for the implementation of global KYC processes at HSBC. For a multi-jurisdictional bank, this is no small feat. We sat down with Owczarzy and Bathija to find out how HSBC tackles this complex task using Swift’s data solutions.
The Unique Transaction Identifier and its value in securities settlement
What is the UTI and how can it benefit the securities industry? Here’s what you need to know.
Compliance executives to increase investment in RegTech as geopolitical risks heighten
Global AML survey shows RegTech improves organisations’ abilities to tackle financial crime
Egypt’s recent economic reforms top the agenda at the Swift Business Forum Egypt
Latest Swift traffic data released at the event shows that growth in Egypt outperformed growth of Swift globally in 2016
Swift brings global FinTech companies to LATTICE80 for community innovation on top of gpi platform
Swift GPI industry challenge brings 30 banks and FinTechs from around the world to work on a combined industry challenge
Swift2020: from planning to execution
Swift's recently published strategy, "Grow the core, build the future" sets out an ambitious agenda for the next five years.
Swift pilots new service for low value cross-border payments
- Enables financial institutions to provide fast and frictionless cross-border payments for small- and medium-sized businesses and consumers
- Over 20 financial institutions involved in its development
Future-proofing the financial ecosystem
We’ve made great strides towards our vision for an instant and frictionless future. To ensure the financial ecosystem continues to thrive, we’ve laid out our strategy for 2024 and beyond. Thierry Chilosi, Chief Business Officer at Swift, unpacks what it means for the Swift community and the benefits it will bring for the global economy.
Cybersecurity and Fraud Detection in the COVID-19 Age
With work practices transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the finance industry has an urgent need to address the associated rise in cyber vulnerabilities. At a recent Swift webinar, industry experts from Wells Fargo, Kaspersky, and BAE Systems explored the need for organisations to turn towards technology, cooperation, and build a cyber-aware internal culture to manage and defend against institutional payments fraud in the new normal.
CICI Utility sets strong foundation and prepares for continued growth in 2013
New York, NY - January 30, 2013 - The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Swift announced today that their global legal entity identifier (LEI) solution has progressed at a robust pace since its August, 2012 launch with more than 47,000 entities from 125 countries registered in the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Interim Compliant Identifier (CICI) database.