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SWIFT and EFAMA: Automation on the up
27 November 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Automation rates for fund processing increased in the first half of 2015, according to a report from European Fund and Asset Management Association and SWIFT...

EFAMA and SWIFT find Irish and Lux automation gains
25 November 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The automation rate of fund orders received by transfer agents in Luxembourg and Ireland increased to 83.5 percent in Q2 2015, according to a new report...

Panama on board with KYC Registry
18 November 2015 Panama City
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The Panama Banking Association has endorsed SWIFT’s Know-Your-Client (KYC) Registry...

Erasmus joins Maitland board
17 November 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Maitland has appointed Maureen Erasmus to its board as non-executive director, to support the fund administrator’s global growth plans...

Banco Santander joins SWIFT’s KYC Registry
16 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Banco Santander has joined the SWIFT Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised repository that maintains a standardised set of information about correspondent banks required for KYC compliance...

Hyperledger wins 2015 Innotribe Startup Challenge
14 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Hyperledger has won the 2015 Innotribe Startup Challenge at Sibos 2015, securing a $50,000 prize...

Sibos 2015: staggered take-off for ISO 20022
14 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ISO 20022 messaging standards are taking flight around the world, but the timescales are varied, according to a panel at Sibos 2015...

FMIs back ISO 20022 harmonisation
14 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Financial market infrastructures have endorsed a charter to jointly implement a global framework enabling ISO 20022 harmonisation, according to SWIFT...

Sibos 2015: migration, regulation and digitisation
13 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Movement towards Asia, regulation and financial technology are the main drivers for change in financial services, according to Gottfried Leibbrandt, CEO of SWIFT...

SWIFT expands financial crime compliance services
13 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SWIFT will expand its financial crime compliance portfolio with two new services in 2016...

SWIFT provides better payment data analysis
13 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

SWIFT has launched a new analytics service that provides customers with a deeper analysis of their payments data...

LCH.Clearnet to use SWIFT for margin calls
13 October 2015 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

LCH.Clearnet plans to use SWIFT to notify clearing members of margin calls from November...