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SWIFT

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), legally S.W.I.F.T. SC, is a cooperative established in 1973 in Belgium (French: Société Coopérative) and owned by the banks and other member firms that use its service. SWIFT provides the main messaging network through which international payments are initiated. It also sells…

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Founded
3 May 1973; 53 years ago (1973-05-03)
Industry
Telecommunications
Headquarters
La Hulpe, Belgium
Key people
Javier Perez-Tasso (CEO) · Graeme Munro (Board Chair)
Number of employees
>3,000
Products
Financial telecommunication

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SWIFT

Nodes188
Edges187
Triples240
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010638
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SWIFT

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related to Supervision · 44
SWIFT → According, Argentina, As, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Reserve Board, France, G-10, G10, Germany, Group, Hong Kong, In, India, Indonesia
related to Ownership and governance · 33
SWIFT → As, Association, Bank, Banks, BNP Paribas, BPCE, Canada, China, Citi, Clearstream, Commerzbank, Commonwealth Bank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Euroclear, FirstRand, HSBC, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, JPMorgan Chase
related to history · 31
SWIFT → American, AMRO Bank, Banque, Before SWIFT's, Belgium, Bessel Kok, Bretton Woods, Brussels, Burroughs Corporation, Carl Reuterskiöld, Citibank, Europe, First National City Bank, FNCB, FNCB's, François Dentz, Fundamental, In, Individuals, It
related to Further reading · 24
SWIFT → Abraham, Farrell, Francis Group, Freedom, Henry, ISBN, Markos, New Jersey, New York, Newman, NY, Of Privacy, Power, Princeton, Princeton University Press, Routledge, Scott, Security, Susan, Taylor
related to Inefficiency · 17
SWIFT → Alif Bank Treasury Department, Alisherov Eraj, Banking Relationship Expert, Core Banking System, For, Global Payments Innovation, GPI, However, In, London-based Financial Times, One, Republic, SWIFT Go, SWIFT Transfers, Tajikistan, The, To
related to US government surveillance · 15
SWIFT → After, American, Belgian, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, European, In September, June, Los Angeles Times, September, Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, United States, US Treasury Department
related to Operations centres · 14
SWIFT → Countries, Europe, European, European SWIFT, In, Netherlands, Shortly, Swiss, Switzerland, The SWIFT, These, Trans-Atlantic, United States, US
related to Security · 13
SWIFT → After, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, Bank, Both, In, It, New York Federal Reserve, New York Times, PDF, Soon, SWIFT's Alliance Access, Vietnam
related to Standards · 13
SWIFT → Bank, Banking, Codes, Data Field Dictionary, Financial, IBAN RegistryISO, ISO, Messages, MIC, RA, Scheme, Securities, Universal Financial Industry
related to Alternatives · 11
SWIFT → Brazil, BRICS, BRICS Pay, China, Current, IndiaSPFS, Purported, RMB-related, Russian FederationPix, SFMS, The

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SWIFTFounded3 May 1973; 53 years ago (1973-05-03)1.00infobox
SWIFTHeadquartersLa Hulpe, Belgium1.00infobox
SWIFTHeadquarters.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
SWIFTIndustryTelecommunications1.00infobox
SWIFTKey peopleJavier Perez-Tasso (CEO)1.00infobox
SWIFTKey peopleGraeme Munro (Board Chair)1.00infobox
SWIFTNumber of employees>3,0001.00infobox
SWIFTProductsFinancial telecommunication1.00infobox
SWIFTRevenue1,114,000,000 (2024)1.00infobox
SWIFTTypeCooperative society1.00infobox
SWIFTWebsiteswift.com1.00infobox
SWIFTrelated to AlternativesCurrent0.60section

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