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SWIFT supports the community by contributing to various industry-wide initiatives.
Giovannini
In its 2003 report, the Giovannini Group, as advisor to the European Commission, published a report identifying 15 barriers to efficient EU cross-border clearing and settlement.
Regulation
SWIFT is working to help the industry understand the operational impact of regulatory change and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of compliance
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SEPA
SWIFT supports SEPA by developing standards and providing a set of products and services to facilitate operation and interoperability across the industry.
TARGET2
TARGET2 is the new European Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system which went live on 19 November 2007.
E–invoicing
The European Commission estimates that electronic invoicing has the potential to save businesses approximately EUR 64.5 billion per year in Europe alone.
Distributed Architecture
Moving to a multi-zonal messaging architecture to strengthen the resiliency and data protection in global financial messaging.
TARGET2 Securities
TARGET2-Securities (T2S) is a European initiative, coordinated by the European Central Bank (ECB), to establish a single platform for the settlement of securities.