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Citi leverages Swift gpi to launch Payments Insights

Citi has launched Citi Payment Insights, a new service providing institutional clients with real-time payments visibility, and ability to action payments on-demand via its electronic banking platform, CitiDirect BE.

16 July 2018

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Funds processing automation rates reach new highs

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), in collaboration with SWIFT, today publishes a new report on the evolution of automation and standardisation rates of fund orders received by transfer agents (TAs) in the cross-border fund centres of Luxembourg and Ireland in 2017.

13 July 2018

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Banco Bradesco joins Swift gpi

SWIFT announces that Banco Bradesco, one of the largest banks in Brazil, has joined SWIFT’s global payment innovation (gpi) service to enhance its customer experience, and increase the speed, transparency and traceability of cross-border payments.

06 June 2018

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Swift: A quarter of all cross-border payments now over gpi

SWIFT announces today that just 15 months after the service launched, 25% of all SWIFT cross border payment traffic is being sent over the global payments innovation (gpi). SWIFT gpi, the most transformational change in cross-border payments in 30 years, dramatically enhances the customer experience by increasing the speed, transparency and end-to-end tracking capability of payments.

24 May 2018

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African banks embracing Swift gpi

15 African banks have signed up to SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) service, the new standard for cross-border payments. Of these, four are already live – Standard Bank of South Africa, FirstRand Bank, ABSA Bank and Nedbank - and many others are preparing to go live on the service in 2018.

22 May 2018

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Efis turns to Swift for instant payments

SWIFT announced today that EFiS, the longest serving SWIFT Service Bureau in the EU, has selected SWIFT to provide connectivity to the Eurosystem’s TIPS and EBA Clearing’s RT1 for instant payments within the euro-area.

22 May 2018

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Central banks urge industry wide take-up of strategy to improve wholesale payments security

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), the global standard setter for payment, clearing, settlement and related arrangements, urges stakeholders to pursue a common strategy to improve the security of wholesale payments that involve banks, financial market infrastructures and other financial institutions.

08 May 2018

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Mansion House Consulting hires Jitu Parmar from Swift to advisory role

Mansion House Consulting (MHC), an award-winning IT and technology consultancy specialising in the Financial Services sector, today announced the hiring of Jitu Parmar as a Strategic Advisor.

30 April 2018

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Swift explores Asia Pacific cross-border real-time payments

SWIFT has joined forces with a group of SWIFT gpi banks from Australia, China, Singapore and Thailand to develop a unique cross-border real-time payments service in the Asia Pacific region.

30 April 2018

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DBS launches real-time cross-border payment tracking for all corporate and SME clients

More than 200,000 of DBS’ corporate and SME clients will now be able to benefit from better cashflow visibility through real-time cross-border payment tracking.

27 April 2018

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HSBC goes live with Swift gpi

HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, has joined SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) service.

24 April 2018

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Swift and SAP join forces for seamless corporate processing

SWIFT is joining forces with SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) to offer treasurers a comprehensive, out-of-the-box integration with financial institutions, connecting to the SWIFT network of more than 11,000 financial institutions worldwide.

26 March 2018

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