Cross-border payments are evolving — and improving the end customer experience at scale is the real measure of success. Across Swift’s network, financial institutions and market infrastructures are already delivering tangible experience gains for customers: faster settlement, clearer tracking and fewer manual interventions. Market level progress in India and Vietnam shows how central bank coordination, common standards and industry alignment can turn global ambition into local reality. 👇 Read the full perspective.
Swift
Financial Services
La Hulpe, Wallonia 236,605 followers
We're on a mission to make international transactions instant, frictionless and interoperable.
About us
Swift is a global member-owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance. Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. Swift also brings the financial community together – at global, regional and local levels – to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern. For more information, visit www.swift.com or follow us on Twitter: @swiftcommunity
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https://www.swift.com
External link for Swift
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- Financial Services
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- La Hulpe, Wallonia
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1973
- Specialties
- Financial Messaging, Security, Automation, Standards, Resilience, Payments, Securities, Consulting, Trade, Treasury, Connectivity, Compliance, Reference Data, Market Infrastructures, Matching, Business Intelligence, Sanctions, Interfaces, Banking, and Crossborder Payments
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Registrations are now open for the Swift Hackathon 2026! Digital assets are increasingly being applied to real-world financial use cases. But, as this momentum builds, the ability to operate securely and at scale becomes essential. This year, we’re challenging teams to explore and design standards that support the next phase of digital asset adoption. You and your team can take on two key challenges: • Business challenge: Who does what in a tokenised world? • Technical challenge: Cracking the control conundrum Want to showcase your solution to industry leaders at Sibos 2026 in Miami? Explore this year’s challenges and register by 22 June. Register now: https://lnkd.in/dfvUV6ZA #SwiftHackathon #Sibos #Innotribe #DigitalAssets
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At the Digital Banking Conference in Barcelona last week, our Chief Product Officer Thomas Delaet shared that most cross-border payments already arrive in minutes. But speed alone is no longer enough. Meanwhile, the industry continues to debate “old vs new”, correspondent banking vs blockchain, digital assets vs fiat currencies – the future isn’t about choosing one over the other. It’s about combining the scale, trust, and resilience of existing infrastructure with the programmability and 24/7 capabilities of new technologies. What matters most? Not the rail a payment runs on but that it works. Fast, predictably, and seamlessly. The direction is clear: a multi-rail, interoperable ecosystem, built for a more complex, connected world. #Payments #Tokenisation #DigitalAssets #CrossBorder #BankingInnovation
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What is the Swift payments scheme – and why are banks around the world backing it? New technologies, rising expectations and an increasingly complex ecosystem are reshaping financial services. Meeting these challenges – and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible – requires more than individual solutions. It requires collaboration across the global financial community. That’s where the Swift payments scheme comes in. By establishing a set of enforceable rules, the scheme is designed to give customers greater certainty, transparency and peace of mind when sending money across borders. So, who’s part of this initiative? More than 60 banks worldwide are already supporting the framework, including Standard Chartered, TD Securities, Westpac and Yapı Kredi. 👉 Find out more:https: //lnkd.in/e3XD_8R8
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With the G20’s 2027 milestones fast approaching, the focus is shifting from deadlines to delivery. Nasir Ahmed, Head of Payments Scheme at Swift, discusses what has been achieved so far—and where institutions can make the greatest impact. Read now: https://lnkd.in/e_KmQNvT
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No single institution can transform international payments on its own. That’s why Swift is bringing financial communities together around the world to continue to raise the bar for cross-border transactions. Central banks, commercial banks and market infrastructures are all participating in our roadshows to focus on one thing: how can we further improve the speed, transparency and predictability of global payments? Across 25 events throughout the Americas - from New York and Toronto to São Paulo, Bogotá, Santiago and beyond - experts from Swift and the financial community have been sharing the practical steps that institutions need to focus on to deliver fast and frictionless international payments. Want to be part of the new standard in cross-border payments? Join our payment scheme today: https://lnkd.in/e3XD_8R8 #CrossBorderPayments #Swift_scheme #Payments
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The transition to ISO 20022 has transformed payments data – now it’s transforming how issues are resolved when payments don’t go to plan. Through our enhanced Case Management solution, financial institutions can now handle investigations and cancellations more efficiently than ever. Learn more about the next stage of the ISO 20022 migration – and what you need to do. 👉 https://lnkd.in/exBHSh4B #ISO20022 #Payments
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Imagine sending money across the world and it arrives straight in someone’s digital wallet. That’s what Swift bank-to-wallet solution makes possible: fast, secure, and seamless payments that fit how people use money today. At #MOMENTS2026 last week, our Chief Product Officer, Thomas Delaet, shared his perspective on how responsible ecosystem collaboration can contribute towards a more connected, inclusive global financial system with partners like Ant International Peng Yang Zhe (Jacques) XU. Together, we’ve designed the mechanism on how wallets can seamlessly operate with the Swift payment scheme. This includes improving the front-end customer experience, SLAs around processing and last-mile requirements including transparent tracking, status updates, and real-time crediting. It was clear that we have a shared commitment to ensure that cross-border payments deliver the same level of ease, trust and efficiency as domestic ones. #CrossBorderPayments #G20Goals #ISO20022
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Can collaboration reshape the future of cross-border payments? Over 50 banks worldwide have signed up to Swift’s payments scheme, introducing a new framework designed to transform consumer and retail cross‑border payments. As progress continues through 2026, banks are beginning to roll out the framework across key corridors – helping deliver faster, more predictable and transparent payment experiences for end customers. Lloyds Bank, NAB, NatWest Group and Societe Generale are among the banks participating in this initiative, alongside a growing global community. 👉 Learn more about the progress so far and what it means for cross-border payments. https://lnkd.in/eUU2NeSn #CrossBorderPayments #SwiftScheme
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A great example of how the industry is coming together through the Swift payments scheme to improve the cross‑border experience for consumers and small businesses. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eUU2NeSn #CrossBorderPayments #SwiftScheme
LISTEN: ANZ’s Andrew Brown and Hagan Shakespeare speak about the evolution in consumer payments, and the upgraded International Money Transfers service feature on ANZ Plus. Find the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/g4WTuy7p