Join SWIFT / Connect to SWIFT
Information about the eligibility criteria, the required documents and the most popular connectivity products.
Step 1: Is your institution eligible to join?
The SWIFT user categories are defined in three main groups:
- Supervised Financial Institution
- Non-Supervised Entity active in the financial industry
- Closed User Groups and Corporate entities. This group is composed of the following SWIFT User categories: Corporate, Financial Market Regulator, Payment System Participant, Securities Market Data Provider, Securities Market Infrastructure System Participant, Service Participant within Member Administered Closed User Group and Treasury Counterparty.
A full description of the eligibility criteria for each category can be found in Corporate Rules.
Step 2: Before you join and order...
Step 3: Choose your connectivity product
For customers with volumes of up to 1000 messages/files per day the table below shows the three connectivity models and the most popular connectivity products.
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Private infrastructure
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Shared infrastructure
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Alliance Lite
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| Description |
You deploy the messaging software, security and network connectivity in your own premises and manage the components yourself. Offers maximum flexibility, control and integration options. |
You outsource your SWIFT operations to a third party service provider such as a Service bureau. |
You simply use your existing Internet connection and browser to connect to SWIFT. |
| Network connection |
Broadband Internet
(VPN secured)
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Through a third party
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Shared Internet
(SSL secured)
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| Traffic volume |
Up to 1000
messages/files per day
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Up to 1000
messages/files per day
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Up to 200
messages/files per day
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| Implementation time |
8 - 12 weeks
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2 - 4 weeks
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1 week
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| Cost |
Medium to high
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Medium
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Low
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| Products |
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| Order |
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Please contact your nearest SWIFT office for a tailored connectivity proposal and consult the connectivity page.
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