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SmartStream appoints Patel for Corona team
12 April 2016 Vienna
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Naren Patel has joined SmartStream as head of strategic account management for its Corona business unit...

Global banks collaborate on payment innovation
05 April 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SWIFT has launched its global payments innovation initiative, with 51 banks collaborating to improve the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments...

ESMA must revise MiFID II standards, says EC
18 February 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Commission has asked the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to revise three of the draft regulatory technical standards outlined in MiFID II...

Central Bank of Bangladesh loses head over heist
15 March 2016 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The head of the Central Bank of Bangladesh has quit over the theft of $101 million from the country’s overseas accounts through a cyber attack...

HSBC takes SWIFT action on T2S
15 February 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

HSBC will adopt the SWIFT Value Added Network (VAN) solution for connecting to Target2-Securities (T2S), and for securely exchanging business information on the platform...

DTCC service passes LEI milestone
03 February 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

DTCC’s legal entity identifier service has surpassed 200,000 LEIs issued, and now accounts from 50 percent of LEIs issued worldwide...

APAC institutions unprepared for global FATCA
21 January 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region are unprepared for global tax reporting requirements, according to a report by Wouter Delbaere of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services...

Blockchain creator poaches SunGard and SWIFT execs
16 December 2015 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Blockchain tech developer Digital Asset Holdings has added Cristóbal Conde and Chris Church to its board and management team...

SWIFT launches payments innovation initiative
11 December 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SWIFT has launched a global payments innovation initiative to improve customer experience in correspondent banking by increasing the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments...

Another new sign-up for SWIFT KYC Registry
09 December 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ING has become the latest bank to sign up to SWIFT’s KYC Registry, bringing the total number of users to more than 1,875...

ISITC Europe CEO steps down amid strategic shake-up
07 December 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication Europe has a new interim CEO and a new strategic plan, after Graeme Austin stepped down as CEO...

Deutsche Bank unlocks SWIFT authentication tool
04 December 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Deutsche Bank GTB division is extending its use of SWIFT’s 3SKey to allow users to access its Autobahn App Market...