SWIFT


Finance

Most Influential: Javier Pérez-Tasso

Pérez-Tasso brought Swift into the blockchain age.

Javier Pérez-Tasso

CoinDesk Indices

Stablecoins: The Revolution in Global Money Transfers

Stablecoins are no longer just a bridge between crypto and fiat — they are becoming the rails of global commerce, writes Nonco CEO Fernando Martinez.

CoinDesk

Finance

What SWIFT's Blockchain Means for Stablecoins and Global Banks

The company that underpins the global financial messaging system is building infrastructure for onchain settlement as it seeks a role in blockchain-based finance.

Swift logo (SWIFT)

Finance

Chainlink, UBS Advance $100T Fund Industry Tokenization via Swift Workflow

The solution uses CRE to process subscriptions and redemptions for tokenized funds, enabling institutions to access blockchain infrastructure using existing tools.

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Finance

SWIFT to Develop Blockchain-Based Ledger for 24/7 Cross-Border Payments

SWIFT is working with a group of over 30 financial institutions to build a ledger based on a prototype by Ethereum developers Consensys.

Swift logo (SWIFT)

Markets

XRP Could Capture 14% of SWIFT’s Global Volume, Ripple CEO Says

SWIFT dominates interbank messaging for cross-border transfers. Ripple can compete on its ability to seamlessly to move capital, Brad Garlinghouse said.

(CoinDesk)

Finance

Banks Must Adopt Crypto or 'Be Extinct in 10 Years,' Eric Trump Says

The son of U.S. President Donald Trump said the current financial system is broken and blockchain technology is the fix.

Eric Trump, executive vice president of Trump Organization Inc., in New York in 2023. (Getty Images)

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The Next Bridge.xyz? BlindPay's CEO Wants to Revolutionize Global Payments

Bernardo Moura is looking to upend SWIFT’s dominance of the massive international payments industry, starting with Latin America.

BlindPay CEO Bernardo Simonassi Moura

Tech

Chainlink, UBS Asset Management, Swift Complete Pilot to Extract Cash From Tokenized Funds

The pilot was run as part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Project Guardian.

(Swift)

Finance

Chainlink Partners With Major Financial Players to Improve Corporate Actions Data Reporting Using AI and Blockchain

Automating and standardizing corporate actions data could help significantly reduce operational inefficiencies that currently cost businesses millions of dollars every year due to errors and manual data processing, the report said.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov speaks at the project's SmartCon conference in Barcelona. (Chainlink)