Swift Sanctions on Russia: How Cutting Off Banks Applies Pressure

A powerful coalition of democracies have announced that they will cut off some Russian banks from the global payment system Swift.

Here’s how Swift works, and how the move could ramp up pressure on Russian President Putin.

SWIFT Go - near real-time cross-border payments

Banking co-operative Swift is moving into the low value remittance market with the launch of Swift Go, a service that enables consumers and small businesses to send near real-time payments anywhere in the world direct from their bank accounts.

Seven global banks - BBVA; Bank of New York Mellon; DNB; MYBank; Sberbank; Société Générale, and UniCredit - which collectively handle 33 million low-value cross-border payments per year, are already live with the service.

Using tighter service level agreements between institutions and pre-validation of data, Swift Go enables banks to provide their end customers a fast and predictable payments experience with upfront visibility on processing times and costs.

Fintechs focus on cross-border business payments

Nonbank fintechs are gaining ground, mainly with small company customers, but target larger ones for cross-border business, even as competition gives way to symbiotic 'coopetition' with larger banks.

Consumers move funds to their friends through Venmo and Zelle with relative ease and low costs, but cross-border payments — particularly for businesses — are significantly more costly. 

Fintechs are attacking cross-border business payments as banks and legacy players join the rush to innovate

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