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UAE banks to get SWIFTSmart eLearning platformSwift has announced that its SWIFTSmart eLearning platform is growing at a rapid rate and now offers training modules to all banks in the UAE. Employees of over 170 banks, financial institutions and corporate customers in the UAE More… |
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Global corporates urge banks to use Swift gpiSix leading Swiss corporates with international operations - including ABB, Nestle, Roche, SBB, Swiss Re and Wurth – have issued an open letter, stating their support for the Swift global payments innovation (gpi) and encouraging banks wor More… |
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Swift opens up KYC Registry to all finance institutionsSwift today announced that it has opened membership in its KYC Registry to all supervised financial institutions globally. Since the launch of The KYC Registry in December 2014, membership has been limited to Swift-connected super More… |
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Swift to fund global FinTech companiesBelgium-based Swift, a global provider of secure financial messaging services, said it will provide up to €200,000 ($227,155) in funding to FinTech companies from around the world to develop new overlay services that leverage its global pay More… |
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SWIFT unveils cross-border payments trackerSWIFT has unveiled its new cross-border payments tracker that enables international payments to be traced in real-time. The Tracker is the cornerstone of SWIFT gpi – the cooperative’s new payments innovation service &n More… |
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SWIFT developing proof of concept for DLTSWIFT is developing a proof of concept (PoC) application that will test whether distributed ledger technology (DLT) can be used by banks to improve the reconciliation of their nostro accounts in real time. Australia and New Zealan More… |
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SWIFT forum tackles Egypt’s economic reformsNearly 200 experts from the Egyptian banking and financial sector gathered recently in Cairo, Egypt for the SWIFT Business Forum Egypt to discuss the pressing challenges of cyber threats, de-risking and compliance. Tarek Fayed, su More… |
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Swift explores blockchain in new payments initiativeSwift has announced the launch of a Proof of Concept (PoC) to explore whether distributed ledger technology (DLT) can be used by banks to improve the reconciliation of their nostro databases in real time, optimising their global liquidity. More… |
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De-risking by big banks ‘hitting global trade’Banks around the world are reducing their banking relationships with a focus on higher-risk countries, including in the region, resulting in more banks losing access to international financial networks and products, said an industry expert. More… |
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SWIFT sees 3,000 firms sign up for KYC registryMore than 3,000 financial institutions have signed up to use SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised repository that maintains a standardised set of information about financial institutions required for KYC compliance. More… |
