This year, the financial community can look forward to the 27th edition of the SWIFT African Regional Conference (ARC), taking place virtually on 23-24 November 2021. Due to the global pandemic, this event has shifted to a digital experience for the African community, making it easier than ever to be part of Africa’s premier
Be part of Africa’s premier financial services event Like many other events, the global pandemic has prompted us to shift the SWIFT African Regional Conference (ARC) to a unique and immersive digital experience, taking place virtually on 23-24 November 2021. Register today! The good news is that you can still expect to hear from and
China Minsheng Bank, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase are latest to go live to support small businesses and consumers with fast, secure, predictable cross-border payments Rapid adoption of SWIFT Go since launch in July reinforces SWIFT strategy for instant, frictionless cross-border transactions SWIFT today announces that 100 banks around the world have signed up for
Read the white paper here SWIFT, the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, has today published a paper that outlines the potential for Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to transform international finance, and details how SWIFT is leveraging APIs as part of its strategy to enable instant transactions anywhere in the world. APIs are
REGISTER HERE In the last 12 months, there has been a radical shift in the payments behavior of African consumers. The McKinsey Financial Insights Pulse Survey conducted in October 2020 found that most consumers expect to increase their use of digital and mobile banking services after the crisis. Prepaid represents one of the fastest-growing segments
Launched in 2017, SWIFT global payments innovation (gpi) has transformed cross-border payments, providing speed, transparency and traceability across the payment journey. Louise Mostert, Senior Country Manager South Africa at SWIFT sat down with Naa Wilson, Head of Cross Border Payments at Standard Bank – Corporate and Investment Banking division to discuss how SWIFT gpi has
Sending payments across borders requires high levels of collaboration, communication, and trust. And that experience should be as straightforward, simple, and secure as possible. By transforming the SWIFT platform to centrally orchestrate transactions end to end, we are taking the next step towards enabling instant, frictionless cross-border, account-to-account payments. Here, Stephen Lindsay, Platform Evolution –
Over the next two years and beyond, SWIFT will deliver on an exciting strategic roadmap for and with its global community of 11,000 institutions, expanding SWIFT’s capabilities beyond financial messaging to provide a platform for comprehensive transaction management services. This new approach will support and accelerate innovation, paving the way for financial institutions — independently,
The global payments industry is undergoing major change and transformation. With the rate of change accelerating, the financial industry must continue to evolve and innovate in order to stay ahead of customer expectations and deliver instant, frictionless, transactions. SWIFT’s 2020 Community Update – Focus on South Africa, brought together market leaders and industry experts to
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT Retail payments is one of the fastest moving markets in financial services. Investment in retail payments is likely to increase, albeit modestly, despite the impact of COVID-19. Over the last three years, 83% of surveyed banks have increased their investment in retail payments, even though most players were also seeking to reduce
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