SWIFT announced a blockchain-based shared ledger at Sibos 2025, while HSBC quietly runs XRP-linked infrastructure. The TradFi-crypto line just blurred.

Can SWIFT’s blockchain match Ripple’s technological edge? Explore the key challenges it faces and its potential impact on global payments. SWIFT powers most of the world’s bank transfers through its ...

The integration marks one of the first products to emerge from Swift’s blockchain pilot, demonstrating how existing banking messages execute fund transactions onchain. Blockchain oracle provider ...

More than 30 of the largest banks worldwide join in the design, development, and testing of the new offering, SWIFT announced at the Sibos conference. Big news at this year’s Sibos conference in ...

SWIFT is building a blockchain-based shared ledger as an add-on to its existing network for global money transfers. More than 30 household-name banks are participating, including Bank of America, Citi ...

Global financial messaging network SWIFT and more than 30 global banks announced on Monday they were now working "at pace" on making cross-border payments instantaneous and on a system capable of ...

SWIFT is exploring whether banks can use distributed ledger technology to improve the reconciliation of their nostro databases in real time to optimise their liquidity globally. Its proof of concept ...

Ripple (XRP) CEO claims the XRP Ledger could handle 14% of SWIFT’s volume within five years, equating to roughly $21 trillion annually. Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity service processed $1.3 trillion in ...