Exploring tokenised assets: Collaborative innovation in action
Working with Clearstream, Northern Trust, SETL and others, Swift plans experiments in Q1 2022 to explore how it can support interoperability in the development of the tokenised asset market.
Innovation Essentials: In Conversation with Christophe Chazot
Watch this series examining top tips from leading innovators in the financial industry on how to make innovation a success. This week: Interview with Christophe Chazot, HSBC.
Successful testing paves way for CBDC use cross-border
Central and commercial banks see “clear potential and value” in Swift’s pioneering CBDC interoperability solution, following successful testing in a sandbox environment.
Team Pulse OS from the University of Toronto wins Swift Institute university challenge
Eight teams of Canadian university students competed to win the prestigious Swift Institute cyber-security challenge
Innovation Essentials: In Conversation with Claire Calmejane
Watch this series examining top tips from leading innovators in the financial industry on how to make innovation a success. This week: Interview with Claire Calmejane, Lloyds Banking Group.
Four innovations shaping the future of finance
In recent years, firms across the financial industry have been working intensively to embed emerging technologies into their customer offerings and back-office operations. But nascent trials are today fast being replaced by scalable, production-ready solutions. We sat down with our Innovation team to get their insights on the technologies and trends set to shape the financial services of the future.
Top 10 takeaways from Inside Innovation
The rapid acceleration in the digitisation of financial services over the past year has thrust innovation into focus for the financial industry. At Swift's recent Inside Innovation event, thought leaders from around the world highlighted the challenges that this presents firms with, and ways they can look to innovate for a successful future.
Swift advances CBDC innovation as interlinking solution begins beta testing
Three central banks and monetary authorities currently beta testing Swift’s breakthrough CBDC connector as interest in interoperability solution grows
More than 30 financial institutions across the world are taking part in the second phase of sandbox experiments to explore further use cases
Successful blockchain experiments unlock potential of tokenisation
We partnered with more than a dozen financial institutions and market infrastructures to demonstrate how our network could be used to transfer tokenised assets across multiple public and private blockchains. Read about how we did it and what it could mean for our industry.
Swift CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt speaks at European Commission High Level Conference on Cyber-Security
Speech by Gottfried Leibbrandt at the High Level Conference on EU Cyber Security Strategy - Brussels, 28 February 2014