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Swift to facilitate instant payments in the U.S.

Swift to facilitate instant payments in the U.S.

Payments,
15 August 2017 | 4 min read

U.S. banks will have option to connect to new TCH real-time payments system via Swift gateway

New York, 15 August 2017 – Swift announces that it will provide U.S. institutions with a gateway to The Clearing House’s real-time payments (RTP) platform. As instant payments become more ubiquitous in the U.S., Swift will provide an interface to manage the requirements of sending and receiving domestic instant payment transactions on behalf of customers.

The Clearing House (TCH) is building a new clearing and settlement system to support domestic instant payments in the U.S., allowing consumers and businesses to send and receive payments in real-time and directly from their accounts at financial institutions. It will also include data and non-payment messages that financial institutions can use to build digital commerce solutions.

Swift’s solution for the U.S. market will provide banks with the opportunity to leverage a single platform, Alliance Messaging Hub (AMH) for both Swift high-value payments and low-value TCH real-time payments. AMH is an orchestration layer that includes a gateway to the TCH RTP network, as well as other gateways and API's which allow financial institutions to connect to other non-Swift networks. Financial institutions can leverage AMH to support instant payments, simplifying adoption to our customers. The solution will be commercially available by early 2018.

“Swift is working together with communities worldwide to support the global shift towards real-time payments, and we are pleased to be at the forefront as the U.S. market evolves,” said Ignacio Blanco, Director, Strategic Relationships at Swift. “The Clearing House is making great strides in accelerating the speed of transactions, and we are committed to playing our part in helping the financial community to operate as efficiently as possible.”

Steve Ledford, SVP Product and Strategy at The Clearing House, added: “Given its reach and expertise in payments, Swift is a great collaborator as we bring a wide-scale real-time payments system to the U.S. market. Achieving our vision of broad adoption of real-time payments will only be possible when the majority of U.S. institutions are able to participate, and Swift will be instrumental in helping us meet this goal.”

Given its reach and expertise in payments, Swift is a great collaborator as we bring a wide-scale real-time payments system to the U.S. market.

Steve Ledford, SVP Product and Strategy at The Clearing House

This solution is the latest development in Swift's global instant payments strategy, and builds on Swift’s earlier success in Australia and in Europe. In 2015, Swift was awarded the contract to deliver the messaging infrastructure to underpin Australia’s new payments platform, NPPA, which is expected to go live later in 2017. Earlier this year, Swift announced the launch of an instant payments messaging solution, first for the European market, and elsewhere. It will allow instant payments to be made over the Swift network and provide customers with a single gateway to connect seamlessly to multiple instant payments systems. Amongst others, it will offer connectivity to the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) and will support the delivery of the future Eurosystem single gateway to TIPS, TARGET2 (T2) and TARGET2 for Securities (T2S) platforms, as laid out in the Eurosystem’s Vision 2020.

About Swift
Swift is a global member owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance. Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. While Swift does not hold funds or manage accounts on behalf of customers, we enable our global community of users to communicate securely, exchanging standardised financial messages in a reliable way, thereby supporting global and local financial flows, as well as trade and commerce all around the world. As their trusted provider, we relentlessly pursue operational excellence; we support our community in addressing cyber threats; and we continually seek ways to lower costs, reduce risks and eliminate operational inefficiencies. Our products and services support our community’s access and integration, business intelligence, reference data and financial crime compliance needs. Swift also brings the financial community together – at global, regional and local levels – to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern. Headquartered in Belgium, Swift’s international governance and oversight reinforces the neutral, global character of its cooperative structure. Swift’s global office network ensures an active presence in all the major financial centres.


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