Swift

910 results about this entity

Period: 22 Jul 2008 - 10 Jul 2025

Swift links securities matching system to multiple CCPs

Financial messaging outfit Swift is set to link its securities matching system to a range of central clearing counterparties, including EuroCCP, Six x-clear and LCH.Clearnet, enabling brokers to direct their matched off-exchange trades to a variety of providers.

Join the big conversation with Finextra@Sibos

Finextra is ushering in a new era of dialogue and debate at Sibos 2010 in Amsterdam with the launch of a revamped Web site and community tools purpose-built for delegate and vendor interaction.

Citi to pilot XBRL for corporate actions

Citi has signed up to pilot the use of XBRL for corporate actions in a bid to improve straight-through processing in the paper-prone events information market.

Hong Kong brokers turning to back office outsourcing - survey

A growing number of Hong Kong brokers are seeking to outsource their back office functions in a bid to deal with increasingly complex and competitive local markets, according to a survey from BNP Paribas Securities Services and Swift.

RBS hit with £5.6m fine for sanctions screening failings

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been fined £5.6 million by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for IT systems failures that could have resulted in terrorist financing.

Swift to acquire SunGard's Ambit Messaging Hub

Interbank co-operative Swift is to buy SunGard's Ambit Messaging Hub, which offers banks and corporates a high volume interface to the international financial messaging network. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

MEPs nod through Swift data sharing deal

As expected, European Parliamentarians have formally adopted a new data sharing deal giving US authorities access to EU bank account data carried over the international Swift network.

Swift re-instates Sibos 'party'

International banking co-operative Swift is re-instating its popular end-of-Sibos party following a one-year hiatus in Hong Kong, when the iconic event was deemed surplus to requirements in the post-credit crunch era.

EU and US ink Swift data sharing deal

The European Union and United States have finally inked a deal on the provision of access to EU bank data passed over the international Swift network.

DTCC, Swift and XBRL US make case for corporate actions automation

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Swift and XBRL US have published a business case in favour of automating corporate actions messages.

Swift insurance industry project 'dead in the water'

Interbank co-operative Swift's bid to break into the insurance business has been put on ice, after reinsurers proved unwilling to invest in the creation of a new electronic trading platform.

DTCC moves a step closer to corporate actions standardisation

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has released for public comment a first set of drafts of corporate action announcement messages under the international ISO 200022 format.