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SWIFT Corporate Rules

The Corporate Rules contain information about the workings of SWIFT as a company. To view the text, please download SWIFT Corporate Rules.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

  • Scope 
  • A SWIFT Overview
  • Governance at SWIFT
  • Data Protection
  • SWIFT Contracts
  • Standards IPR Policy

SWIFT User Categories and Shareholding

  • Joining SWIFT
  • Group of Users
  • Shareholder Eligibility Criteria
  • SWIFT Shares and Share Reallocation
  • Service Usage Restriction 
  • SWIFT User Admission Process 
  • Compliance with Eligibility Criteria
  • Mergers or other Corporate Restructuring
  • Deactivations
  • Traffic aggregation
  • BIC

The SWIFT Organisation

  • Introduction
  • The Executive Committee
  • The Board of Directors
  • Oversight
  • SWIFT Business Offices and SWIFT Partners 
  • National Groups
  • Advisory and Working Groups

The General Meeting of Shareholders

  • Introduction 
  • Organisation of the Annual General Meeting

Legal Notices