Swift

887 results about this entity

Period: 22 Jul 2008 - 17 Oct 2024

Post-trade takes centre stage at Sibos

Arun Aggarwal, managing director UK and Ireland for Swift discusses the growing importance of post-trade issues and Target2Securities in the lead up to Sibos.

Swift draws a veil over failed community network

Inter-bank co-operative Swift is to shut down its proprietary social network Swiftcommunity.net, after the forum failed to gain traction among users.

B2B payments platform Licuos triumphs at Innotribe Startup Disrupt

Business-to-business payments platform Licuos has beaten off competition from more than 40 rivals to win the first edition of the Innotribe Startup Disrupt competition.

Does Swift have a place in the new digital world?

Philip Walsh, CEO of Simplex, Adam Mouslen of Swift and Gary Wright of the Sepa Consultancy discuss the future digital environment and whether Swift still has a role to play.

More than Swift

Philip Walsh, CEO of Simplex discusses open systems, software-as-service and why the firm is more than just a Swift Service Bureau.

What is the GETC?

Peter Webb, business development and alliances at SmartStream and Paul Taylor, director, post-trade services at Swift discuss the Global Electronic Trade Confirmation system.

The three peaks of banking

Swift's CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt discusses the three peaks of banking regulations as well as the 40th anniversary of the founding of Swift at this year's Swift Business Forum in London.

Live blog: Swift Business Forum - London 2013

Returning for its third year, the Swift Business Forum London brings together over 700 financial services professionals to explore the key challenges and opportunities facing our industry today. Finextra is liveblogging events here.

LCH.Clearnet hit by major New Year's Eve IT failure

LCH.Clearnet suffered a serious IT failure on 31 December, affecting payment processing and hindering the clearing house's contingency plans, according to the Bank of England.

Back office costs for T2S to run as high as EUR27 million

European banks and broker-dealers are lagging in their understanding of the impact of the European Central Bank's plans for harmonising settlement under the Target2Securities platform, with migration costs for back offices estimated at anywhere between seven million euros and EUR27 million.

Citi implements corporate-to-bank Swift standard for trade

Citi has rolled out the corporate-to-bank Swift Message Type (MT) 798, in a move that the US giant says will support its multinational clients in their trade flows.

Sanctions screening costs doubling every four years - Swift

The operational costs of sanctions compliance to financial services firms is doubling every four years, according to data compiled by interbank co-operative Swift.