Case studies

During Sibos 2025, Thierry Chilosi, Chief Business Officer at Swift, and Michael Spiegel, Global Head of Transaction Banking at Standard Chartered Bank discussed a major shift in global finance. As tokenisation moves from pilots to reality, Swift is extending its infrastructure with a blockchain-based ledger. The goal is simple: enable trusted, interoperable digital finance at global scale.

During Sibos 2025, we announced a landmark initiative: that we’ll be adding a blockchain-based shared ledger to our infrastructure stack. This step extends our trusted platform into the digital era, enabling instant, always-on cross-border transactions and accelerating the industry’s transition to digital finance.

In this Sibos TV session, Thierry Chilosi, Chief Business Officer at Swift, and Manish Kohli, Global Head of Payments at HSBC, explored what this means for the future of payments and why collaboration is key.