SWIFT

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, legally S.W.I.F.T. SCRL, provides a network that enables financial institutions worldwide to send and receive information about financial transactions in a secure, standardized and reliable environment.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Citi On Simplifying Cross-Border Payments
Citi On Simplifying Cross-Border Payments
October 16, 2019  |  Digital Payments

The buyer is in Canada. The seller is in Singapore. The transaction wends its way across borders, in the middle of the night, settling instantly. Get...

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Bulgarian Fibank Joins SWIFT gpi
Bulgarian Fibank Joins SWIFT gpi
October 07, 2019  |  Faster Payments

First Investment Bank (Fibank) is the first Bulgarian bank to offer the SWIFT Global Payment Initiative (gpi), according to a press release. Get the Full...

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Trade Finance Gets Boost Via Banks, APIs
Trade Finance Gets Boost Via Banks, APIs
October 03, 2019  |  B2B Payments

HSBC debuts a new API geared toward trade finance. Separately, cross-border payments embrace business payments using XRP. In Russia, eight banks sign on to the Russian...

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FinTechs Help Global Banks Tackle SMB Challenges
FinTechs Help Global Banks Tackle SMB Challenges
September 27, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Criticism of the world’s correspondent banking network continues to mount — and at the same time, the number of correspondent banking relationships is on the...

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SWIFT’s gpi Gains Ground In Instant Payments
SWIFT’s gpi Gains Ground In Instant Payments
September 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

SWIFT said this week that a new service will integrate gpi into instant payment offerings across the globe. Separately, in India, seven banks sign on to...

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Top News In Payments: SWIFT, Microsoft Team With BNY Mellon On Cloud Trial; Amazon Unveils Voice Interoperability Initiative
Top News In Payments: SWIFT, Microsoft Team With BNY Mellon On Cloud Trial; Amazon Unveils...
September 25, 2019  |  News

Today in the payments news roundup, SWIFT and Microsoft have teamed with Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) to finalize the pilot of the...

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SWIFT Moves To The Cloud
SWIFT Moves To The Cloud
September 24, 2019  |  Faster Payments

SWIFT and Microsoft have partnered with Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) to finalize the trial of Cloud Connect, a new payments solution, BNY...

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SWIFT Loops gpi Into Existing Rails For Global Payments
SWIFT Loops gpi Into Existing Rails For Global Payments
September 24, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Build or borrow? For today’s payment service providers, accelerating payments across borders means either developing new infrastructure, or making use of existing rails, to move...

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