Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications: Difference between revisions

From ACT Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
imported>Doug Williamson
(Layout.)
imported>Doug Williamson
(Add link.)
Line 10: Line 10:
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Bank identifier code]]
* [[Bank identifier code]]
* [[Broker-dealer]]
* [[ISO currency codes]]
* [[ISO currency codes]]
* [[Payments and payment systems]]
* [[Payments and payment systems]]

Revision as of 07:25, 24 July 2016

(SWIFT).

A co-operative organisation created and owned by banks that operates a network which facilitates the exchange of payment and other financial messages between financial institutions (including broker-dealers and securities companies) throughout the world.

It is a major international financial telecommunications network that transmits international payment instructions as well as other international financial instruments or messages.

A SWIFT payment message is an instruction to transfer funds; the exchange of funds (settlement) subsequently takes place over a payment system or through correspondent banking relationships.


See also


Other links