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Championing Swift Connectivity for Private Banks and Asset Managers in APAC

Fintech News

In the dynamic financial landscape of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, private banks, asset managers, fund managers, and other capital market participants are increasingly recognising the pivotal role of Swift connectivity. March 2023 marked the start of the migration with a coexistence period with MT messages.

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Swift, Lloyds deliver real-time cross-border payments in U.K. through GPI Instant

Payments Source

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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Swift hires Pérez-Tasso as new CEO

Payments Source

Javier Pérez-Tasso has been named the new CEO of payments messaging standards provider Swift, replacing Gottfried Leibbrandt, who steps down from the post at the end of June.

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Swift extends KYC registry to global corporations

Payments Source

Payments messaging standards provider Swift has opened its global Know Your Customer registry to all the corporations it connects to following a successful test.

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Swift gains license for Eurosystem gateway connections

Payments Source

Payments messaging standards provider Swift has received a license to offer connections to all of the Eurosystem market infrastructures for payments, securities settlement and collateral management.

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Swift's message to banks on dual standards: Do both

Payments Source

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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Swift, EBA Clearing further ISO 20022 migration in Europe

Payments Source

Swift and EBA Clearing have started developing the process by which Europe's large-value payment system will migrate to use of the ISO 20022 messaging standard.