"lobby nucléaire" Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) provides a network that enables financial institutions worldwide to send and receive information about financial transactions in a secure, standardized and reliable environment. Swift also sells software and services to financial institutions, much of it for use on the SWIFTNet Network, and ISO 9362. Business Identifier Codes (BICs) are popularly known as "SWIFT codes".
The chairman of SWIFT is Yawar Shah,[1] originally from Pakistan,[2] and its CEO is Gottfried Leibbrandt, originally from the Netherlands.[3] SWIFT does not facilitate funds transfer; rather, it sends payment orders, which must be settled by correspondent accounts that the institutions have with each other. Each financial institution, to exchange banking transactions, must have a banking relationship by either being a bank or affiliating itself with one (or more) so as to enjoy those particular business features. History[edit] Standards[edit] Swift May Expel Iran’s Central Bank, Hindering Oil Payments. Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The financial messaging service for most international money transfers has told U.S. officials it is prepared to cut off Iran’s central bank, according to people involved in the talks, an action that would be a blow to Iran’s already battered economy.
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, known as Swift, dispatched its top lawyer to Washington for discussions this week in response to proposed U.S. legislation targeting Swift and its board, whose chairman is Yawar Shah of Citigroup Inc. and deputy chairman is Stephan Zimmermann of UBS AG. Swift’s general counsel Blanche Petre said the Belgium- based service is prepared to expel Iranian institutions sanctioned by the European Union as well as Iran’s central bank, according to aides to U.S. lawmakers who met with Petre and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. Going Further “This is the financial equivalent of warfare,” Avi Jorisch, a former U.S. Swift Bylaws. Business : SWIFT to exclude Iran banks. BRUSSELS — SWIFT, the global interbank transfer network, said Friday it was ready to exclude Iranian banks from its system once the EU has enacted new sanctions to that effect against Tehran.
“SWIFT stands ready to act and discontinue its services to sanctioned Iranian financial institutions as soon as it has clarity on EU legislation currently being drafted,” the Belgium-based organisation said in a statement. The United States and European Union have been tightening sanctions against Iran to force it to abandon its nuclear programme, which they suspect has military aims. Tehran insists the programme is for peaceful uses. Washington has urged Brussels to block Iranian banks’ access to SWIFT, a cooperative of more than 9,000 financial institutions that serves as the main conduit for inter-bank transactions around the world.
“This decision follows extensive consultation with our board and with relevant regulatory authorities,” it said. SWIFT. L’accord Swift, prochain sujet de tension entre l’Europe et les Etats-Unis? - Europe / Etats-Unis. Définition de Swift.