Swift

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Period: 22 Jul 2008 - 03 Oct 2024

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Swift preps live digital asset trials

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Swift preps live digital asset trials

Banks around the world will next year start live trials of digital asset and currency transactions over the Swift network.

Swift to develop concrete plans for CBDC and tokenised asset exchange

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Swift to develop concrete plans for CBDC and tokenised asset exchange

Global banking co-operative Swift is moving forward with plans to offer member banks access to emerging digital asset classes and currencies over its network, covering a range of use cases in payments, securities, FX, trade and beyond

Japanese banks pilot stablecoin-based cross-border payments

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Japanese banks pilot stablecoin-based cross-border payments

Japanese banks MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho are participating in a pilot using stablecoins and the Swift network for cross-border payments.

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Nomentia offers clients Swift Business Connect service

Nomentia, a European leader in treasury and cash management solutions, is becoming one of the first vendors to provide Swift‘s Business Connect service to its current and future clients.

Australia moves one step closer to roll out of Confirmation of Payee

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Australia moves one step closer to roll out of Confirmation of Payee

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) and the Australian Banking Association (ABA) have completed the design specs for a new national Confirmation of Payee service, providing another layer of protection against scammers.

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TerraPay enables financial institutions to send international account-to-wallet payments using Swift

TerraPay, a global money movement company, today announces that financial institutions can send money directly to more than 2.1 billion mobile wallets around the world using their existing Swift connectivity, enhancing the cross-border payments experience for businesses and consumers.

Instant Payments and Fostering Interoperability

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Instant Payments and Fostering Interoperability

At EBAday 2024, Marianne Demarchi, Chief Executive Europe, Middle East & Africa, Swift, focused on the incoming Instant Payments Regulation and Swift's recently released research on SMEs and cross border payments. Exploring the impact of the regulation on the industry and Swift's role, the discussion covers how interoperability can be facilitated between domestic Verification of Payee providers, enhancing their reach across Europe and beyond, while simplifying compliance with the regulation for financial institutions.

EBAday 2024: Derisking correspondent banking and cross border payments

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EBAday 2024: Derisking correspondent banking and cross border payments

Taking to the stage on the second and final day of EBAday in Lisbon, Portugal were Erik Frantz, executive director, financial institutions – banks, CaixaBank; Roisin Levine, head of UK and Europe partnerships, Wise Platform; Rafael Linde, head, international development and global relationship management, Cecabank; Dean Sposito, head of institutional cash and trade finance, Western Europe, Deutsche Bank; and Gareth Lodge, senior analyst, payments, Celent, who moderated the session.

Swift bids to connects VoP schemes across Europe

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Swift bids to connects VoP schemes across Europe

Bank-to-bank payment messaging network Swift is working to facilitate interoperability of Verifcation of Payee schemes across Europe as new research shows that 83% of SMEs across France, Germany, Italy and Spain rank upfront beneficiary checks as important to them in trading across borders.

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SIX's Laura Bayley appointed to Swift board

Laura Bayley, Head Clearing Services, SIX, has been appointed today as new SWIFT Board Member, the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services.

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BVNK introduces US dollar payments via Swift

BVNK, the stablecoin payments provider, announced today that it has enabled Swift payments on its platform, so businesses can move easily between US dollars, Euros and stablecoins like USDT, USDC and PYUSD.

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HSBC launches payment pre-validation API for business customers

HSBC has introduced a new Payment Pre-Validation API (Application Programming Interface) to help business customers make payments with greater security, ease and confidence, by offering enhanced capabilities to verify payee details prior to initiating payments, making them faster and more reliable.

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