May 2018 8 Min Read
At its core, SWIFT gpi is all about speed, efficiency and transparency – but its success rests on support and collaboration too. Early adopters are shaping the way forward for this fundamental change to cross-border payments and co-creation is now the order of the...
April 2018 5 Min Read
ING has had a long and proactive commitment to supporting clients that choose to use SWIFT for bank connectivity. In 2017, the bank reached an important milestone, with almost one in four of all SWIFT corporate clients worldwide now connected to ING. In this...
April 2018 8 Min Read
In this Executive Interview, Bruno Mellado, Head of International Payments and Collections, BNP Paribas Cash Management, shares his views on some of the most exciting developments in the payments space today, whilst explaining how new technologies can work in harmony...
January 2018 3 Min Read
Treasury departments today, in any corporation, are constantly striving to improve payment processes and procedures. By automating their payment processes to ensure timely and accurate delivery of payments is achieved, banks and their corporate clients can...
November 2017 12 Min Read
Ten years ago, the collapse of Lehman Bros and the rampaging financial crisis that followed started at Sibos. Despite the whirlwind that followed, the eye of the storm, in a room full of the world’s bankers, was eerily silent. The lights at the Lehman booth were,...
November 2017 5 Min Read
Centralisation has been a key theme in corporate treasury for some years, with many corporations successfully operating regional centres to support particular geographies. Increasingly, however, we see a trend towards...
March 2016 2 Min Read
The global financial industry is undergoing a period of significant change, fuelled by a combination of regulation, globalisation, economic crises and socio-political unrest. As new currencies come to the fore and shifts in economic power continue, the requirement for...
January 2016 5 Min Read
CIPS will replace the current arrangement for offshore CNY which uses designated clearing banks. CIPS does not replace SWIFT, but uses SWIFT messaging and formats. The net result is faster and more reliable cross-border CNY payments for all users. What is CIPS?...
