SWIFT for banks

Benefits
  • Increased reach
  • Enhanced customer service
  • Improved liquidity and risk management
  • Reduced costs
  • Operational efficiency

SWIFT was created more than 35 years ago by 239 banks in 15 countries. Today, over 9,000 financial institutions, including banks, securities institutions and corporate customers in more than 200 countries use SWIFT. Every day, more banks are joining SWIFT.

To find out why and how your institution can benefit from a direct connection to SWIFT, please check out "Reaching your counterparties".

We invite you to read our newsletter "Banks on SWIFT".



SWIFT supports banks in the following areas:
  • Core Payments and cash management services, to manage the entire payment transactions life-cycle from initiation and clearing to reporting and investigation.
  • Trade services for open account, traditional trade or supply chain services
  • Pre-trade / trade order routing and execution of equities and fixed income securities
  • Post-trade / pre-settlement automation and matching for foreign exchanges, money markets, derivatives, equities and fixed income securities
  • Custody and asset servicing services ranging from collateral management, corporate actions, proxy voting, securities reconciliation and reporting
  • Funds  to support the automation of investment funds distribution

SWIFT provides you services that cover your needs to interoperate with different  customers and market players: Corporates, High Value Payments Market Infrastructures, Retail Payments Market Infrastructures, Broker/Dealers, Investment Managers,  and Securities Market Infrastructures.

Across all business areas, SWIFT’s services and partners are available to support you with the adoption of a SWIFT solution: 

For full details please contact your Regional Account Manager or send an e-mail to swiftforbanks@swift.com.