Swift

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Period: 22 Jul 2008 - 11 Sep 2024

Swift launches tool to help banks manage financial crime risk

Swift continues to build up its compliance unit through the launch of a business intelligence tool that lets banks comb through their own Swift traffic data in search of financial crime risks.

Swift Business Forum - London 2014 - Live Blog

Welcome to Finextra's live blog from the Swift Business Forum, London 2014, which was held Monday at the Brewery venue in the City of London, UK. This fourth instalment of the financial services Forum in the UK capital is entitled 'Doing good business in an era of re-regulation'.

Innotribe Start-up Challenge semi-finalists to go on display at Finextra Future Money

Fifteen fintech start-ups will pitch their business ideas to an audience of bankers and VCs at the European semi-final of Swift's Innotribe Start-up Challenge, which is taking place at the Finextra Future Money show in Canary Wharf later this month.

Gates to venture back into the land of the dinosaurs at Sibos

Banking co-operative Swift has announced that former Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates will give the closing plenary address at the the annual Swift international banking and operations seminar, Sibos, in Boston.

Swift boosts compliance services portfolio with Omnicision acquisition

Swift has acquired financial crime prevention services firm Omnicision as it continues to build up its compliance unit. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The relationship with regulators

James Whittle, head of industry dynamics, UK Payments Council, explains the challenges of implementing ISO 20022 and the relationship with regulators.

Swift: The Future of Financial Standards - Live Blog

Welcome to Finextra's live blog from Swift's Standards Forum event at Level 39 in Canary Wharf, UK. Brought to you by The Swift Institute, the Forum and the London School of Economics (LSE) and Political Science the conference is entitled 'The Future of Financial Standards'.

Doing good business in an era of re-regulation

Arun Aggarwal, managing director, UK and Ireland, Swift, discusses the themes, speakers and attendees for the upcoming Swift Business Forum in London.

Thomson Reuters joins KYC utility race

Thomson Reuters is taking on Swift and a host of other start-ups in the race to develop a central utility for Know Your Customer due diligence checking with the launch of Accelus Org ID.

Opening up the world of standards

Stephen Lindsay, head of standards at Swift, talks about bringing Standards Forums to different markets, the value of teaming up with the Swift Institute and the future for the forums.

Bringing academia to the financial industry

Peter Ware, director at the Swift Institute, discusses how the institute is working with academics and what's in store for the upcoming conference on financial standards and regulation.

Swift chief: "When we don't sleep, it is because of cyber risks"

Swift chief executive Gottfried Leibbrandt has called on EU policymakers to steer clear of 'data protectionism' and work towards the creation of a standardised global framework for international cyber-security.