Consumers already open to voice banking – will treasurers follow?
by Bija Knowles
Corporate banking often follows consumer trends and a recent study shows that the majority of consumers are open to the idea of voice banking using smart speakers
Connectivity
Background
Corporate treasury departments have a massive connectivity problem. They have to communicate and deal internally with almost every department and operating unit within the company or the group, and…
Read moreSAP Multi-Bank Connectivity adds key embedded partner: SWIFT
by Jack Large
SAP users now have full multi-bank connectivity via host-to-host AND/OR SWIFT network
SWIFT introduces universal real-time payment tracking
by Jack Large
gpi Tracker extended to all payment messages and new end-to-end tracking reference coming in November
SWIFT announces GPI progress
by Bija Knowles
SWIFT announced today that almost half of SWIFT GPI payments are completed within 30 minutes and almost all are done within 24 hours
Global payment traffic at all-time high in 2017 - SWIFT
by Bija Knowles
SWIFT reached several milestones last year, including its highest ever number of messages and global payments traffic
Standard Chartered extends GPI services to US dollar
by Bija Knowles
Standard Chartered has extended its SWIFT global payments innovation (GPI) services to customers making US dollar cross-border payments
In 2018 evolution speeds up as payment fraud declines and Bitcoin hits reality
by Bob Stark , VP Strategy, Kyriba Corporation
Bob Stark, VP Strategy at Kyriba makes his 2018 predictions on: Payments fraud, Faster payments, Hedging, Lease accounting, CISO and treasury, Robotics and Tax reform
The shape of technology in 2018
by Bija Knowles
We're constantly urged to innovate, digitalise and automate, even as technology's pace of change is hard to keep up with. Deloitte's Tech Trends 2018 should help keep updated with key trends
SWIFT: new service bureau in India and report RMB’s global decline continues
by Jack Large
Marketplace to become Service Bureau of SWIFT in India, RMB share now down to 1.46%
How ISO 20022 is unifying fintech
by Bija Knowles
A discussion paper by SWIFT looks at how the financial messaging standard ISO 20022 is unifying the use of financial technology globally
Majority of companies unprepared for cyberattacks
by Bija Knowles
The consequences of suffering a cyberattack are serious, from costly and reputation-damaging disruption to operations, to data breaches – so why are so few companies preparing properly?
Age of digital tools: new CashPro® Assistant from Bank of America Merrill Lynch
by Jack Large
APIs and AI combined to deliver configurable analytics and enhance service
SWIFT GPI surpasses 2 million payments a month
by Bija Knowles
SWIFT's Global Payments Innovation initiative has “become the new standard in cross-border payments”, as it processed more than two million payments last month, SWIFT has claimed
SWIFT improves real-time Nostro reconciliation with blockchain
by Bija Knowles
A report published by SWIFT shows that blockchain technology could potentially improve real-time Nostro reconciliation as part of SWIFT’s GPI initiative
Mobile Cash Management app for corporate treasurers from B2 Group
by Jack Large
Multi-bank mobile app to bring together all your banks. See it at EuroFinance in Barcelona 4-6 October
SWIFT GPI certification programme for global payment applications
by Bija Knowles
SWIFT has launched an approved certification programme for vendors that support SWIFT's global payments innovation initiative in their payment applications
New BELLIN Virtual Network Bank service coming
by Jack Large
SWIFT’s Sebastian Niemeyer joins BELLIN to head up new service
SWIFT Index shows: economy vibrant in East Africa and each country’s economic health
by Jack Large
East Africa’s intra-regional traffic has increased 19.8% and SWIFT Index now proven as an economic indicator
How big is the fintech challenge to incumbent banks?
by Bija Knowles
What are the implications of fintech for the financial sector? This is the question being asked by Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in a consultative document released this week
Corporates write open letter backing SWIFT GPI
by Kylene Casanova
Six global corporates have written an open letter stating their support for SWIFT's global payments innovation (GPI) initiative and asking more banks to use GPI to improve cross-border payments
Fintechs compete to receive €200k SWIFT GPI funding
by Kylene Casanova
SWIFT is offering fintech companies up to €200,000 to develop cross-border payments services based on its SWIFT GPI platform
Who are you going to buy your APIs from? Your bank? Your fintech? Your TMS provider?
by Kylene Casanova
Launch of BBVA’s API Market raises critical questions about the future of the market for APIs
NSA hack: SWIFT and EastNets reject security breach claims
by Kylene Casanova
Last week it was reported that the US National Security Agency has created tools that exploit security weaknesses, enabling it to monitor bank transfers on the SWIFT global banking network
US payment systems adopt SWIFT GPI tracking
by Kylene Casanova
Two key US payment systems have introduced end-to-end payments tracking for their participants, using SWIFT's global payments innovation (GPI) service