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Also known as S.W.I.F.T. SCRL, Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), legally S.W.I.F.T. SC, is a cooperative established in 1973 in Belgium () 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 software and services to financial institutions, mostly for use on its proprietary "SWIFTNet", and assigns ISO 9362 Business Identifier Codes (BICs), popularly known as "SWIFT codes".

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SWIFT is a Belgium-based cooperative founded in 1973 that operates the primary messaging system used by banks worldwide to send international payment instructions to each other. It also provides software and services to financial institutions and assigns identification codes (known as SWIFT codes) that help route money correctly across borders.

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Company.name
S.W.I.F.T. SC
Company.logo
SWIFT 2023 logo.svg
Company.type
Cooperative society
Company.num_employees
>3,000
Company.industry
Telecommunications
Company.products
Financial telecommunication

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Company

Jurisdiction
BE
Headquarters
La Hulpe, BE

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Official website

Swift

Swift

swift.com

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Wikidata facts

Employees
3240
Revenue
1114000000
Official website
www.swift.com
Image
SWIFT 2021 logo.svg
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inception
1973-05-03
short name
SWIFT
member count
12358
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24 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Ownership and governance
  • Operations
  • Services
  • Operations centres
  • SWIFTNet network
  • Standards
  • Supervision
  • Alternatives
  • Leadership
  • Chair
  • Chief executive officer
  • Controversy
  • Inefficiency
  • US government surveillance
  • SWIFT and sanctions
  • Iran
  • Israel
  • Russia and Belarus
  • Security
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

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