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Swift is piloting a blockchain-based messaging system with Consensys’ Ethereum layer-2 Linea

Swift, the payments network that keeps global banking running, is dipping its toes into blockchain. The company is testing whether its core messaging system, the mechanism that allows more than 11,000 ...
Reuters

Special Report - Not so SWIFT: Bank messaging system slow to address weak points

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 ...
Forbes

Silent Revolution: When SWIFT Embraced The Blockchain

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 ...
Finextra

Currencies’ digital race on payment rails

More than 11,000 banks and financial institutions rely on the SWIFT messaging network for financial transactions. In 2022, the SWIFT network registered an impressive average of 44.8 million messages ...
Benzinga.com

Deutsche Bank, SC Ventures Trial SWIFT Messaging Layer For Stablecoins And CBDCs

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) and Standard Chartered’s (OTC:SCBFF) SC Ventures have undertaken a testing system enabling blockchain-based transactions, stablecoins, and CBDCs to interact with one another ...