Swift - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/security

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.

30 May 2024

News/ai

Swift to pilot AI in fight against fraud

Banking co-operative Swift is working with global banks on AI pilots to tackle cross-border payments fraud.

30 May 2024

News/payments

Swift opens API channel for ISO 20022 corporate payment tracking

Swift is working with 25 leading cash management banks and 20 corporates to develop a white labelled transaction tracking service for ISO 20022 messages across the entire payment chain.

21 May 2024

Event/security

On-Demand – Cross Border Payments: Hitting G20 targets for speed, cost, and transparency

How can SaaS support multi-lateral cross border platforms and intelligent routing?

Speakers from: Swift, Bottomline Technologies, Visa, JP Morgan

09 May 2024 595

News/markets

US FS giants explore multi-asset settlement using share ledger tech

A host of major US financial services firms - including Citi, JP Morgan, and Visa - are taking part in a Regulated Settlement Network (RSN) proof-of-concept that will explore multi-asset settlement using shared ledger technology.

09 May 2024

Company announcement/payments

Veritran joins Swift partner programme

Veritran today announces a collaboration with Swift, the world’s leading provider of financial messaging services, that will enable financial institutions to offer an enhanced and streamlined cross-border payments experience to their customers.

24 April 2024

Company announcement/payments

UniCredit expands Swift GPI to retail clients

UniCredit is now the first and only bank across its core markets to offer Swift GPI on international payments across each of its client segments - from retail clients up to SMEs and multinational corporates - following its recent roll-out of the free service in Austria, Italy and Germany.

18 April 2024

News/payments

Swift hails results of CBDC connector testing

Swift says a new round of sandbox testing has found that its central bank digital currency interlinking technology can enable financial institutions to carry out a wide range of transactions using CBDCs and other forms of digital tokens, easily incorporating them into their business practices.

26 March 2024

News/security

Swift selected to build national confirmation of payee service in Australia

Financial messaging co-operative Swift has been enlisted by Australian Payments Plus (AP+) to build a confirmation of payee service to reduce the risk of misdirected payments and increase defences against payment fraud.

20 March 2024

Company announcement/payments

Numeral offers Swift as payment option

Numeral, the payment technology provider, today announces the support of Swift payments, enabling companies and financial institutions to automate cross-border payments with their partner banks to more than 200 countries, in addition to local European SEPA as well as UK Bacs, FPS, and CHAPS payments, from a single platform.

22 February 2024

News/payments

NextGen Nordics 2024: What to expect from this year's conference

Finextra is returning to Stockholm for the annual NextGen Nordics event. Attendees can expect in-depth conversations on a variety of topics, and much more.

16 February 2024

News/payments

NextGen Nordics 2024: Payments is ready for a refresh

Finextra is heading back to Stockholm to delve into the most important topics in the Nordic banking world at our NextGen Nordics 2024 conference on the 23rd of April.

06 February 2024