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SWIFT achieves CBDC-to-CBDC transactions between different DLT networks
05 October 2022 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SWIFT said this marks a “major milestone” for the industry toward “enabling CBDCs and tokenised assets’ smooth integration into the international financial ecosystem”

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands to deliver opening Sibos keynote
05 October 2022 Netherlands
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Queen’s talk will discuss the role of the industry and policymakers in improving digital access to responsible and affordable financial services

SWIFT pilots Securities View to boost post-trade efficiency
28 September 2022 Brussels
Reporter: AST

Service applies an ISO-standard unique transaction identifier to track progress across the trade lifecycle, enabling market participants to identify trades with high risk of settlement failure and to take pre-emptive action

SWIFT begins trial on corporate actions project
16 September 2022 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The project will trial a solution powered by Symbiont’s enterprise blockchain platform, Assembly, to allow asset managers and custodians to automate how they compare corporate action information sent to them from multiple sources

WealthOS launches platform as sandbox
15 September 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Digital wealth management software provider WealthOS and software testing services provider Exactpro have released the WealthOS platform as a sandbox

Standard Chartered completes first Trade Financing Validation Service pilot test
08 September 2022 Singapore
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Accessible through SWIFT’s Application Programming Interface, the service is the first global solution to be available globally across markets

SWIFT applies predictive analytics to reduce processing errors in cross-border transactions
31 August 2022 Belgium
Reporter: Bob Currie

This solution analyses previous payments transactions conducted over the SWIFT network, on an anonymised basis, to identify potential errors in payee details and other trade information that may cause the payment to be processed incorrectly

Celent: The road to ISO 20022 migration
29 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

47 per cent of banks say they strongly agree that technology constraints within the bank limit their ability to do more with their migration to ISO 20022, according to a payments survey by Celent

TSAM: Retaining provider choice is imperative, because data quality can be so volatile, says panellist
21 June 2022 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Anders Kirkeby of SimCorp made the comment in the first technology session of the day in which panellists debated whether new technology always equals new alpha

CLS appoints Gottfried Leibbrandt as new chair
01 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Gottfried Leibbrandt has been appointed as CLS’s chair, and succeeds Ken Harvey, who retired after ten years as a member of the board, eight of which as chair

EBA CLEARING, SWIFT and TCH launch pilot service for immediate cross-border payments
29 April 2022 France
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

EBA CLEARING, SWIFT and The Clearing House is to launch a pilot service for immediate cross-border payments to improve cross-border payments by utilising the fastest domestic payment options

SWIFT to enable connection to its network via public cloud providers during 2022
28 April 2022 Brussels
Reporter: Bob Currie

Through its Alliance Control Virtual service, SWIFT will enable financial institutions to connect to its network and applications through selected public cloud providers, including AWS, Google Cloud and Azure