Vision and mission

Our vision and mission

Our vision

For more than 50 years, our global community has relied on Swift to seamlessly move value.

We take great pride in the responsibilities we have been given as one of the most trusted financial infrastructures in the world. And we know that helping our members—banks, market infrastructures, corporates, and fintechs—securely and efficiently is not just our license to operate but how we can grow and innovate for the next 50 years.

Our mission

We are a global community of financial institutions. We provide secure financial messaging and support seamless interoperability between our members, their market infrastructures, and their customers around the world.

To do this, we:

• Collaborate with our members to offer services built on reliability and security
• Simplify the end-to-end financial transaction process through automation and innovation
• Provide a trusted forum for shared challenges and opportunities across the ecosystem
• Invest in the people and technology we need to guide a brighter financial future

Strategy

Our strategy is for cross-border transactions to be truly instant and frictionless. To get there, we’re continuously enhancing operational excellence, security, and resilience, while maintaining the safety and reliability of our network.

By drawing on APIs and cloud services, we're also reshaping the speed, transparency, and predictability of transactions. That commitment to innovation and collaboration is how we can meet and exceed the global financial community’s needs.

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Operational excellence

Thousands of financial institutions rely on us every day to deliver secure, reliable financial messages at scale. That's why delivering operational excellence is central to our corporate DNA.

We have always committed to the highest standards of security, resilience, and availability of our infrastructure. That’s how our network has availability rates that consistently exceed 99.999%. We maintain these solid foundations while raising the bar for the community through planning, preparation, and pragmatic execution of our initiatives.

In working closely with our users to understand their evolving needs, we uphold the highest standards for what they expect from us and what we expect from ourselves.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)

We aim to do business sustainably and create lasting impact. Our approach to ESG is vital to how we shape our partnerships and our future.

It is focused on four pillars:

• Sustainable operations – Improving efficiency, embedding sustainable practices, and limiting our global footprint
• Empowered teams – Creating a workplace culture that drives equity and growth for our people
• Stronger ecosystems – Encouraging responsible approaches for our members and partners to extend our impact
• Financial inclusion – Supporting digital solutions that increase financial inclusion and reduce inequality

Diversity and inclusion

Working at Swift means bringing your whole self to work. Our people don’t shrink to fit a mould; their unique identity and abilities expand every aspect of who we are.
 
That’s why diversity and inclusion (D&I) are integral to Swift—they’re part of how we grow stronger, think more broadly, and work more effectively with a global community.

In doing so, we have built an environment where every individual can feel respected and contribute fully to our shared goals. That means making sure people from all backgrounds and identities are seen and truly heard.

Our D&I strategy focuses on five key areas: gender, disability, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation. For each pillar, we take consistent action to break down barriers, challenge biases, and maintain a culture that reflects the world we serve.

Community

Swift is more than a network; it's a community actively working toward a common goal.

We’re a globally inclusive cooperative, owned by our members and shaped by their ideas. Our community spans more than 200 countries and over 11,500 institutions.

That gives us a unique perspective and a shared responsibility, where we don’t just deliver products and services—we build them together.