Payments Source

DECEMBER 2, 2020

After tests with several banks that established Swift's ability to connect its Global Payments Initiative faster payments rail to domestic networks, the financial and messaging standards organization is activating the service in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Belgium-headquartered payments solution provider SWIFT is introducing a new service for real-time cross-border payments and transfers called gpi Instant. He added that SWIFT’s gpi Instant targets four main issues: “speed, security, transparency and compliance.” Global payments routed to the U.K.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has initiated discussions with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) , the US Federal Reserve, and the international payment platform SWIFT to explore the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for cross-border payments.

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Fintech News

JUNE 4, 2024

Founded in 2021 by former Swift executives, iPiD offers advanced payee verification and identification solutions aimed at enhancing global payment security. The new funds will be used to develop products that prevent payment-related fraud and to expand in strategic markets, especially in Asia.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The payments division of Western Union has integrated with the Swift Global Payment Initiative for faster transfers, and has added international currency options.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Swift today announced that it is rolling out new AI-enhanced fraud detection to help the global payments industry step up its defence as bad actors grow increasingly sophisticated.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The collaboration progresses a strategic relationship the two organisations announced in October 2022, and reflects a commitment by Swift, GSS and the GSS Advisory Board, comprising 35 of the world’s leading financial institutions, to reduce inefficiency in the global payments ecosystem.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Thunes , the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, today announced its proprietary Direct Global Network now provides banks with access to over 3 billion mobile wallets around the world via their existing Swift connectivity.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform, has formed a multi-year collaboration with the McLaren Formula 1 team. The collaboration will see McLaren utilising Airwallex’s services to improve its supply chain payments across the Formula 1 Grands Prix circuit.

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Payments Source

APRIL 5, 2016

Swift is moving into the testing phase of its global payments initiative, saying 21 banks have started a pilot for clearer communication amongst banks making and accepting cross-border payments.

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The Paypers

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Swift has announced its plans to introduce a new AI-enabled fraud detection to support the global payments sector in mitigating fraudulent activities.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Key features of Keabank’s Payment Intelligence Service include: Comprehensive Currency Support: Access to SWIFT, SEPA, and crypto channels, along with FX capabilities and tailored IBAN solutions. With these licensing efforts, Keabank is poised to provide localized financial services while building resilient global payment networks.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Two months after a successful test to connect banks using the Global Payments Innovation service to faster payments rails in Singapore, Swift is launching a new service to connect with other domestic real-time payments systems.

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Payments Source

MARCH 12, 2019

Ideally, Swift would like to see its worldwide bank network fully adopt its Global Payments Innovation initiative as well as the ISO 20022 messaging standard for cross-border payments.

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Payments Source

MAY 21, 2019

Seven European banks are testing Swift's Global Payments Innovation real-time cross-border payments through the continent's Target Instant Payment Settlement process.

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Payments Source

JULY 17, 2019

Swift is building out its Global Payments Innovation (GPI) service to allow corporations to initiate and track payments across all of their banking partners from a single source.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

Financial messaging service SWIFT said this past week that it has fashioned a partnership with R3 , a blockchain startup. The partnership will integrate the R3 platform into the SWIFT global payments innovation (gpi) offering. I think that today, that is not what SWIFT is.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2020

Cross-border payments via Swift’s ISO 20022 migration, originally set to roll out by November 2021, have now been set back a year and are expected to come by the end of 2022 instead, according to reports. ISO 20022 is set to make changes to the payment landscape as a whole, according to the company.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

AscendantFX Capital , which works in technology-based payment innovations, has joined the SWIFT Network for the benefits it offers, including better transparency and faster payments, the company announced in a Wednesday (Aug. SWIFT gpi’s technology is revolutionary for the payments industry and gives power back to the customer.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

More than 50 of the world’s largest companies have already started using a new service that enhances payment flows, allowing a single view of transactions across multi-banked corporates. SWIFT gpi for corporates solves this by creating a centralized view of multi-bank information, enabling us to track our payments all in one place.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Panel members included Russ Waterhouse , EVP at The Clearing House; Mike Kresse , SVP card and money movement at FIS; Jane Larimer , CEO at Nacha; David Scola , chief executive, Americas and UK at SWIFT; and Jeremy Allaire , CEO at Circle. Moving Beyond ACH .

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The launch of Verify, alongside Nium’s recently announced capability that allows financial institutions leverage Swift capabilities and existing infrastructure to connect to Nium’s network, deepens the company’s comprehensive global payments offering.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

David Watson, the former managing director and head of cash management for Deutsche Bank in the Americas, as well as the head of global digital cash products, has joined SWIFT as the new strategic relationship director in North America, according to a release. He has also been a member of TCH’s Company Board since 2017.

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The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Revolut has launched RevTags, a global payments solution addressed to businesses with the goal of disrupting SWIFT.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 30, 2018

About half of Swift Global Payments Innovation transactions are credited within 30 minutes, many within seconds.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The financial services and payments industries are aggressively trying to replace older systems with sleeker technology, but Swift has a separate goal in mind with the Global Payments Innovation system, or GPI.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Over the past year Wise Platform , Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks, financial institutions and larger enterprises, has further enhanced its product suite for partners and significantly expanded its global regulatory footprint.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

One of the areas of corporate finance experiencing the biggest exposure to these disruptors is global payments. With that preamble, I think it’s right to say cross-border payments have significantly changed over the last few years.” ” Yet there is progress to be made.

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Payments Source

JUNE 28, 2019

Naval Group, an international technology company specializing in naval defense systems, is among the first to complete a cross-border payment through Swift's global payments innovation early adopter program.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

SWIFT announced Thursday (March 21) that six Spanish banks, representing 85 percent of the cross-border payments market in Spain, have adopted SWIFT global payments innovation or gpi. SWIFT gpi enables banks to conduct end-to-end tracking of the cross-border payment.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

ABB, Nestle, SBB and others reportedly sent an open letter to banks promoting their support for SWIFT’s gpi (global payments innovation) initiative and urging those FIs to take part in exploring how to improve cross-border payment processes.

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Payments Source

APRIL 9, 2019

National Australia Bank is utilizing the end-to-end transaction tracking system through Swift's Global Payments Innovation system, making it the first bank in Australia to allow business customers to track international payments through one click on an account platform.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Fifteen major banks will test Swift's pre-validation service for Global Payments Innovation transactions, focusing on quickly identifying and eliminating errors or omissions in payment messages.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 30, 2024

Swift has today announced two AI-based experiments in collaboration with its member banks, to explore how the technology could assist in combatting cross-border payments fraud and save the industry billions in fraud-related costs. That’s an incredibly exciting prospect, but one that will require strong collaboration.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Reuters had previously reported last week that such a task force would form following the $81 million bank heist from Bangladesh Bank , a crime that infiltrated the SWIFT payments messaging network. The funds were stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank’s account at the New York Federal Reserve.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2018

SWIFT ’s global payments initiative (gpi) service has a new bank on board. Reports on Friday (April 6) in WebIndia123 said ICICI Bank is the first in India to join and roll out the global payments service. ICICI, along with Axis Bank, were the first banks in India to join SWIFT’s gpi.

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Payments Source

JUNE 9, 2017

International payments and risk-based services provider INTL FCStone says its London-based global payments division will become a non-bank participant in Swift's global initiative to improve the cross-border transaction landscape.

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