Swift’s Global Head of Banking Argues Blockchain Isn’t a Disruption
Long before blockchain, inter-bank communication platform Swift was working to modernize the way financial institutions do business. First published in 2004, Swift’s global standard ISO 20022 was collaboratively created by a consortium of six standards bodies also including the International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication and the Fix Protocol. The open standard is being designed so that when it is implemented in the coming years it will help members more accurately and efficiently communicate with each other, regardless of network or any number of advances in....
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