Compliance and standards top the agenda at biggest ever Moscow Business Forum
The sixth Swift Business Forum in Moscow took place at the Lotte Hotel on 16 April 2015. Organised for the second year running in conjunction with the ROSSwift (Russian national Swift member and user group) AGM, the event pulled a record 420 plus delegates, making it Swift’s second largest business forum after London, a ranking in perfect keeping with Russia being Swift’s second largest user community.
Enabling payments transformation in North America
The march towards instant digital payments is changing the way that banks and financial institutions operate, collaborate, and compete. Although efficiencies can be gained from this transformation, there is also work to be done to take advantage of the opportunities and better serve customers in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
ISO in bytes: The voice of the Canadian community, a refined activation approach and your testing journey
Welcome to the 6th edition of ISO 20022 in bytes. In this edition, with just thirteen months until the go-live of CBPR+ and the Transaction Manager (TM), we’ll hear from Payments Canada about their journey as an RTGS to adopt HVPS+, the ISO 20022 market practices for payment market infrastructures. The CBPR+ programme is moving ahead at full steam, with the in-flow translation service set to become available for testing this November, and a refined transition period for next year’s move from…
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
Swift and CSD community advance blockchain for post-trade
Swift and central securities depositories join forces to demonstrate the value of standards in distributed ledger technology for securities markets, such as proxy voting and digital assets
Swift data shows intra-Africa payments clearing and trade is increasing
Use of US dollar declining while West African franc and South African rand increasing
Three Key Takeaways from Swift’s Business Forum New York
From big tech to fintech, here’s what you need to know from this year’s forum
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
Swift Securities View rapidly gains momentum in drive towards seamless post-trade settlement
Launched in January, Swift Securities View enables clear tracking across all steps of the settlement process
34 of world’s biggest institutions have signed up, representing 630 million securities transactions per year
Global participants include HSBC, BNY Mellon, and Nomura Asset Management