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ICBC signs for Swift’s Watch portfolio

Swift today announces that Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has implemented its entire SWIFT Watch portfolio of solutions to analyse the bank’s traffic across its network.

11 August 2016

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Indian banks join Swift payments initiative

SWIFT announces today that ICICI Bank and AXIS Bank are the first Indian banks to sign up for its global payments innovation initiative.

26 July 2016

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Swift daily messaging volumes exceed 30 million mark

The end of June peak in Payments traffic, combined with the ongoing Brexit-related surge in Securities and Treasury traffic, triggered two successive FIN traffic peak days on Tuesday 28th and Thursday 30th June 2016.

06 July 2016

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Three Latin American startups share $30k Innotribe challenge prize

The Innotribe Startup Challenge attendees selected the three most promising FinTech companies during its first annual showcase for Latin America.

30 June 2016

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Swift adds news service to KYC Registry

SWIFT announces the launch of KYC Adverse Media, a news service integrated into its KYC Registry, a centralised repository that maintains a standardised set of information about financial institutions required for KYC compliance.

29 June 2016

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Innotribe selects nine to compete in Latin American startup challenge

Working in close collaboration with Innotribe, over 70 judges from across the financial, technology, and investment communities evaluated close to 50 applications submitted for the first edition of the Startup Challenge in Latin America.

27 June 2016

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Swift AGM approves funding for security programme

The SWIFT Board met on 9th June at SWIFT headquarters, on the occasion of the cooperative’s Annual General Meeting.

27 June 2016

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NY Fed steps up monitoring of Swift transactions

It is important to note that the recent incident with the Bangladesh Bank was not caused by a breach or compromise of the New York Fed’s systems.

24 June 2016

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LCH signs up for Swift's ISO20022 harmonisation charter

SWIFT announces today that LCH has signed up to the ‘ISO 20022 Harmonisation Charter’, an industry-driven framework that facilitates the rollout of the ISO 20022 messaging standard and provides the technology platform to promote harmonisation.

23 June 2016

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SmartStream’s Corona awarded Swift Exceptions and Investigations 2016 label

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) specialist, today announced that its Corona solution has been awarded the SWIFT Certified Application - Exceptions and Investigations label for 2016, which is the 8th renewal since the label’s inception.

14 June 2016

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EBAday2016: Volante accelerates integration with Ripple

Volante Technologies Inc., a global leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages and payments, working in collaboration with Ripple, today announced it has created a solution specifically designed to accelerate the process of integrating with Ripple, the global provider of distributed financial technology solutions offering real-time settlement of cross border payments.

07 June 2016

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EBAday2016: EBA to continue focus on open banking and PSD2 as industry emraces for change

In a European payments landscape that is undergoing large-scale transformation, the Euro Banking Association (EBA) will continue to pursue its Thought Leadership, Knowledge & Research, Industry Dialogue and Networking & Education activities with the objective to support its members and the wider industry in embracing this transformation.

07 June 2016

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