18 Nov 2020
On 1 October 2020, SWIFT announced plans for a new service to help banks improve the experience for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and consumers who send low-value payments across
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09 Sep 2020
Combating fraud is one of the most challenging aspects of the modern financial ecosystem, especially in times of crisis. When the world goes through a period of instability or rapid
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20 Aug 2020
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co, will deliver the opening keynote at Sibos 2020, the world’s premier financial
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22 Jul 2020
This year, global member-owned cooperative and leading provider of secure financial messaging services, SWIFT, has announced it will host Sibos – the world’s premier financial services event – online and
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09 Dec 2019
We are delighted to announce that the SWIFT African Regional Conference (ARC) will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 21-23 April 2020.
ARC is an annual event bringing together
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17 Sep 2019
The SWIFT global payments innovation (gpi) service is the largest change in cross-border payments over the last 30 years and is the new standard. SWIFT gpi dramatically improves the customer
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28 Aug 2019
In June 2019, SWIFT published a vision paper, ‘
Payments: Looking to the future’, setting out a vision for the future of how value will be exchanged by financial institutions
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05 Jul 2019
SWIFT’s 26th African Regional Conference (ARC) was the largest yet, gathering more than 600 participants from 55 countries in Accra, Ghana, to talk about the future of Africa’s financial services
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28 May 2019
Written by Alois Maluvu, Financial Crime Compliance expert, SWIFT
Managing risk in financial institutions has never been more complex. As cyber-attacks continue to evolve and increase in frequency and sophistication, cyber security
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29 Apr 2019
SWIFT will hold the 26th edition of the African Regional Conference (ARC) on 18-20 June 2019 in Accra, Ghana. The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo,
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05 Dec 2018
The payments industry faces immense pressure on multiple fronts. Waves of technological advances, regulatory scrutiny, and changes in consumer and client behaviours and expectations, are having a significant impact on
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02 Oct 2018
In June 2018, SWIFT published a white paper exploring the trends in transaction banking in Africa. The paper reveals that cross-border banking has evolved over the last five years, with
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26 Sep 2018
According to a new white paper by SWIFT examining Africa’s cross-border payment landscape, intra-Africa payments and clearing is increasing in importance and there is a rise in the use of
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20 Sep 2018
A new white paper from SWIFT, mapping commercial payment flows against financial flows in Africa, reveals that that intra-Africa payments and clearing is increasing in importance. It also points to
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