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Three Key Takeaways from SWIFT’s Business Forum New York

From big tech to fintech, here’s what you need to know from this year’s forum

SWIFT support for the FX Market

Meet the margin challenge in the back office

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch sees significant KYC time savings using SWIFT KYC

SWIFT’s KYC Registry provides added resource for correspondent banking client due diligence

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12 October 2018

Four things to do before the 2018 SWIFT Standards release

The 2018 SWIFT Standards release is only a month away; with this year’s update allowing customers to access a host of new...

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11 October 2018

Santander goes live with SWIFT gpi

80% of Santander cross-border payments to be on SWIFT gpi by year-end

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Innotribe

Where today’s financial leaders and tomorrow’s big thinkers unite to accelerate the development and spread of innovation.

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10 October 2018

Standard Chartered goes live in Germany with SWIFT gpi

An addition to its gpi service that went live in the United States and Singapore in 2017

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10 October 2018

SWIFT support for the FX Market – Meet the margin challenge in the back office

FX market participants face the challenge of declining profitability as clients squeeze margins and the FX Global Code increases compliance costs, but...

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Daily Validation Reports are now available

Validate your SWIFT transaction activity and understand payment risks on a daily basis. Detect unusual payment flows quickly and easily using Daily Validation Reports.

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9 October 2018

New Service Descriptions for SWIFT Support Services from January 2019

SWIFT brings to market a refreshed portfolio of support and care services helping customers to maintain their SWIFT environments. The new services...

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9 October 2018

SWIFT gpi enjoys accelerated adoption in Asia Pacific

In Asia Pacific, 119 banks have now committed to implementing SWIFT‘s global payment innovation (gpi)

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Financial Crime Compliance

When it comes to financial crime compliance, we understand the challenges of mitigating risks and costs. Our solutions are the result of working closely with our customers to understand and address their needs.

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8 October 2018

Africa payment series – a view from the South African Reserve Bank

Facilitating inter-regional payment flows

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5 October 2018

Be a hero in the fight against payment fraud

For payment providers, protecting yourself and your clients against payment fraud remains top-of-mind

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3 October 2018

Stephen Lindsay, Head of Standards, talks to Payments Journal

ISO 20022 is underpinning advances across the payments industry

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2 October 2018

SWIFT launches gpi payment analytics

Advanced analytics allow banks to optimise payment routes for cost and speed

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1 October 2018

Africa payment series – a view from Ecobank

Financial Crime Compliance in Africa

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28 September 2018

Julien Blanchez appointed Head of Data Analytics at SWIFT

SWIFT recruits senior executive from Google

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28 September 2018

SWIFT gpi recognised by Economic Times award

Receives ET BFSI Innovation Tribe 2018 award in Mumbai

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26 September 2018

Financial Services seizing the opportunity in New York

Innovation in Payments, Technology and Cyber Risk Management were all key topics at the SWIFT Business Forum New York 2018

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26 September 2018

Closing the case on payment investigations

Even the best detectives need help to close a case: Sherlock Holmes had Dr. Watson, and Hercule Poirot had Mr. Hastings. But...

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25 September 2018

SWIFT community to embark on migration to ISO 20022 for payments traffic

Following a large scale industry consultation SWIFT Board recommends a migration of payments traffic to ISO 20022 starting November 2021

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24 September 2018

Africa payment series – a view from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Interoperability: the next step for mobile money in Africa

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24 September 2018

Customer Security Programme - attestation deadline approaching

All SWIFT users must comply with the mandatory security controls by the end of 2018

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13 September 2018

Bank of America Merrill Lynch sees significant KYC time savings using SWIFT’s KYC Registry

SWIFT’s KYC Registry provides added resource for correspondent banking client due diligence

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12 September 2018

SWIFTRef Entity Plus nominated for Best Entity Data at the Data Management Awards 2018

Every year, business media group The A-Team gives out its Data Management Awards in recognition of excellence in the field.

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11 September 2018

FinTech Leader and Ethereum Co-Founder to speak at Sibos

Brett King and Joseph Lubin announced as Innotribe opening and closing speakers

Compliance

Name Screening

Supporting effective sanctions compliance by screening single names against sanctions, PEP and private lists

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11 September 2018

SWIFT: Best Payments and Settlements Technology Provider

Central Banking recognises gpi at FinTech & RegTech Global Awards in Singapore

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6 September 2018

Natixis Payments selects SWIFT for instant payments

Direct access to TIPS with SWIFTNet Instant will offer Natixis Payments customers the ability to execute instant payments anywhere within the Single...

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SWIFT Institute

This organisation funds and publishes a broad range of cutting-edge research, encouraging collaboration between thought leaders in finance and academia

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30 August 2018

First FinTech goes live with SWIFT gpi

Ebury to extend reach of gpi benefits to more consumers, NGOs and SMEs

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29 August 2018

Five things to know about SWIFT’s Corporate-to-Bank initiative in ASEAN

What you need to know about the SWIFT Corporate-to-Bank initiative, which has received strong support in the Philippines and Indonesia

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28 August 2018

Dave Scola joins SWIFT

SWIFT recruits senior executive from Barclays Corporate to lead its North American business

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23 August 2018

SWIFT tests instant cross-border gpi payments service in Asia Pacific

SWIFT to test payments using the New Payments Platform, together with banks from Australia, China, Singapore and Thailand

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22 August 2018

The countdown is on to upgrade your SWIFT operations in 2018!

Join our webinar series to find out why and how to upgrade

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20 August 2018

Innovation series: cyber innovation

With fintechs becoming more visible and mainstream, are they more of a cyber target?

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17 August 2018

ISO 20022 migration: will it be a marathon or a sprint?

The SWIFT community responded to the consultation on a proposed migration to ISO 20022. A report of the feedback received is now available.

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Our team is looking forward to meeting students at the George Mason University #STEM Career Fair today. SWIFT has many career opportunities globally that would suit prospects with a background in #STEM. Learn more: https://careers-swift.icims.com/jobs/search?pr=0&schemaId=&o= Read more Posted on 03 October
SWIFT is happy to announce the appointment of Julien Blanchez as Head of Data Analytics, a newly created role in which he will be responsible for further building out the cooperative's global data analytics strategy. Blanchez joins SWIFT from Google, where he worked as a Global Security and Compliance Strategist. Welcome to the team! https://www.swift.com/news-events/news/julien-blanchez-appointed-head-of-data-analytics-at-swift Read more Posted on 01 October
The SWIFT team is looking forward to discussing 5 tips for speaking to employers at career fairs tomorrow George Mason University! #SWIFTcareers #LifeAtSWIFT Read more Posted on 26 September
Great to see so many of our James Madison University interns and summer interns at the career fair yesterday. We were on the ground with some of our alumni and met many students. Thanks to everyone who stopped by! Read more Posted on 21 September
Tomorrow at James Madison University we'll be meeting with job seekers at the CISE Career Fair from 11am to 3pm. Join us to learn more about working at SWIFT. #SWIFTcareers Read more Posted on 18 September

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Three Key Takeaways from SWIFT’s Business Forum New York

SWIFT support for the FX Market

Join SWIFT at Sibos in Sydney from 22 to 25 October 2018

Customer Security Programme (CSP)

Join us at events all over the world

Bank of America Merrill Lynch sees significant KYC time savings using SWIFT KYC

Four things to do before the 2018 SWIFT Standards release

Santander goes live with SWIFT gpi

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Innotribe

Standard Chartered goes live in Germany with SWIFT gpi

SWIFT support for the FX Market – Meet the margin challenge in the back office

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Daily Validation Reports are now available

New Service Descriptions for SWIFT Support Services from January 2019

SWIFT gpi enjoys accelerated adoption in Asia Pacific

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Financial Crime Compliance

Africa payment series – a view from the South African Reserve Bank

Be a hero in the fight against payment fraud

Stephen Lindsay, Head of Standards, talks to Payments Journal

SWIFT launches gpi payment analytics

Africa payment series – a view from Ecobank

Julien Blanchez appointed Head of Data Analytics at SWIFT

SWIFT gpi recognised by Economic Times award

Financial Services seizing the opportunity in New York

Closing the case on payment investigations

SWIFT community to embark on migration to ISO 20022 for payments traffic

Africa payment series – a view from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Customer Security Programme - attestation deadline approaching

Bank of America Merrill Lynch sees significant KYC time savings using SWIFT’s KYC Registry

SWIFTRef Entity Plus nominated for Best Entity Data at the Data Management Awards 2018

FinTech Leader and Ethereum Co-Founder to speak at Sibos

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Name Screening

SWIFT: Best Payments and Settlements Technology Provider

Natixis Payments selects SWIFT for instant payments

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SWIFT Institute

First FinTech goes live with SWIFT gpi

Five things to know about SWIFT’s Corporate-to-Bank initiative in ASEAN

Dave Scola joins SWIFT

SWIFT tests instant cross-border gpi payments service in Asia Pacific

The countdown is on to upgrade your SWIFT operations in 2018!

Innovation series: cyber innovation

ISO 20022 migration: will it be a marathon or a sprint?

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