SWIFT, the global bank messaging network, has announced plans to launch a new platform within the next one to two years. This platform will connect the emerging central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) ...

The groundwork for a system of international payments that bypasses the sclerotic SWIFT network has been created. Now the banking industry needs to get behind the switch to blockchain-based payments, ...

The UK’s four largest banks go live with a new global initiative from Swift designed to transform the experience for people ...

President Joe Biden unveiled new sanctions against Russia on Thursday in response to President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine, and said that collectively, they will be "more consequential ...

SWIFT’s new retail payments framework covers 50+ banks and 25+ corridors going live by mid-2026, and at least 30 of those banks already have ties to Ripple’s ecosystem. The Ripple-connected banks in ...

On September 29, 2025, at the annual Sibos conference in Frankfurt, a moment occurred that is going to reshape the architecture of global finance fundamentally. Javier Pérez-Tasso, CEO of SWIFT, stood ...

Despite the rise in alternative payment rails, SWIFT and the global correspondent banking network is still a critical piece of cross-border payment infrastructure. (Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty ...

LA HULPE, Belgium (Reuters) - More than a dozen current and former board directors and senior managers of SWIFT, the bank messaging system that helps transmit billions of dollars around the world ...

Global banking cooperative SWIFT plans to ring in 2025 by launching AI-enhanced fraud detection capabilities. The new function will give financial institutions more accurate insight into potentially ...

Network announces anomaly detection will go live, while separate system will allow banks to anonymously feed fraud data into AI to improve models. The global Swift (Society for Worldwide Interbank ...