Discussions took place around the next generation of payments and how to manage risk in an increasingly digitised world

Brussels, 14 January 2014 - Following the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA's) approval of six trade repositories, there is a start-date of 12 February 2014 for derivatives trade reporting under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). From 12 February, entities affected by the EMIR reporting obligations will need to report their trades to one of the newly-authorised repositories.

Dubai, November 19, 2012: Wall Street Exchange Centre, a subsidiary of Emirates Post Group, has obtained SwiftRemit certification, which allows it to bring the speed, efficiency and security of the Swift platform to its retail remittance business.

On Monday 23 September Sibos is hosting the first ever day dedicated to the foreign exchange (FX) industry. Across six sessions, separated by a keynote speech from the popular and closely followed FX research economist David Bloom of HSBC, panellists will be debating all the forces changing the shape of the FX industry: regulatory pressure, technology, liquidity, data and the renminbi.

Brussels, 10 June 2015 - Swift announces the availability of Watch for Securities, a new business intelligence solution that helps securities market participants to monitor and gain valuable business insights from their network traffic. Following the completion of a successful early adopter programme, Swift's Watch for Securities is ready for full scale use by local and global custodians, investment banks, asset managers and broker/dealers.

Brussels, 18 June 2012 - Swift announced today that it has made seven new appointments to its Board, helping ensure the Board continues to reflect the truly global nature of the Swift community. The appointment of the seven new members is the result of a Board review following a regular three yearly share reallocation exercise and a number of ‘end of term’ appointments.

Brussels, 17 April 2013 - Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 212 countries and territories, and the Banking Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), announced today that new legal and technology standards for Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) are now available. Following a unanimous vote at the ICC Banking Commission in Lisbon 17 April, the adoption of these new rules confirms the industry’s support for this…

Stephen Lindsay, Swift’s Head of Standards, explains the pivotal role global and open standards play in making international payments faster and more efficient.

Sibos, Dubai - 16 September 2013 – Swift, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, today announced at Sibos the findings of its Post-Trade Survey 2013. They show that although regulation is a powerful driver to increase post-trade automation in the current environment, cost reduction is an equally important pressure – closely followed by risk management.

Brussels, 26 June 2014 – Swift’s RMB Tracker shows that the RMB is now the second most used currency for cross border payments with China and Hong Kong. In May 2014, 12% of cross border payments with China and Hong Kong were done using the RMB, up 36% from one year ago. The US Dollar remains in the top position, with the Hong Kong Dollar following close behind the RMB for payments to China and Hong Kong.