swiftref

At last, all the reference data you need, from a single source.

An innovative initiative from SWIFT, the payments messaging experts

swiftref@swift.com

2012 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards:• Most notable Regulation & Compliance

Initiative• Best Reference Data Initiative

Michael FormannHead of SWIFT Austria/CEE

15th Finance Tech Forum, Sofia, 25.4.2013

Context

ISO

SSI

EBAIBAN

SWIFT BIC

EPC

T2

LicencedBanks

LicencedBanks

MT094s

SWIFTRef

All the reference data you needWorldwide, Accurate, Up‐to‐date, Any time and from a Single source!

Bankers AccuityBankers Accuity

Nat IDs ‐local ACHs

Authorised/official data sources

SWIFTRef

SSI SEPA IBAN

Bank financials& ratings

Country economics

IBAN format

BIC

PAK PAK PAK

ISO 9362ISO 13616

Direct updates as ISO registrar

Data updates via your PAK(online  tool)

Updates via FTP to SWIFTRef

FITCH The Economist

National codesNational 

codesNational codes

SWIFTRef datacollection team& Data Helpdesk

Central banks & banking associations

Bespoke updates to SWIFTRef

ComSysFiles

Web

Financial Institutions

LEI

SWIFTRef – Value propositionwhich product to do what?

Bank data

build your Master Bank Database

identify Financial Institutions find or cross-reference

identifiers validate bank details understand bank hierarchy

IBAN/SEPA data

validate IBANs and BIC codes find BICs from IBANs construct IBANs from BBANs find the best routing path for a

beneficiary bank find the intermediary banks find the adherence to SCT,

SDD-B, SDD-C schemes

SSI data

find the correspondent bank find the intermediary bank commercial payments, FX, MM

Bankers World Online (online tool) look-up all the data contained in SWIFTRef… and more (i.e. correspondent banking data)

Payments Plus (XML data feeds or TXT files)

Bank Directory Plus (file) SSI Plus (file)IBAN/SEPA Plus (file)

Old versus new services

Old file services New file services

BIC Archive  new!

BIC Directory (No change) BIC Directory

BICPlusIBAN Directory (end 2013) Bank Directory Plus new!

IBAN Plus   new!

SEPA Routing Directory (end 2013) SEPA Plus   new!

SSI Directory (end 2012) SSI Retail   new!

SSI Wholesale   new!

SSI Plus   new!

CCH  (No change) CCH 

Payments Plus

Old manual web query tools New manual web query tools

BIC Directory Online   new!

Online Directories (end 2012) Bankers World Online new!

MT094 Online    new!

Old services New services

SSI Diagnostics  (No change) SSI Diagnostics

SWIFTRef help desk  new!

Daily Automation  new!

Upgrade program

BICPlusIBANDirectory

SEPARoutingDirectory

BankDirectory

Plus 

IBANPlus

SEPAPlus

Jan 2012 Dec 2013

Support

Support

support@swift.com first line, old products

swiftref@swift.com product & price information

swiftrefdata@swift.com data content, data collection

swiftrefupgrades@swift.com upgrades

Material & tools available

• New web site www.swift.com/swiftref

• Factsheets, Tech Specs, Sample files (public)

• Free trial of all Web Query Tools (can be directly requested from web site)

• Movie

Cash & PaymentsOperational

CorrespondentNetwork Management

Reduce your risk exposure

Trade

Business IntelligenceWatch Insights: 4 Dashboards 

Improve your efficiency and quality

Develop your portfolio and footprint

FROM DATA TO 

INSIGHTS

Top Countries: further drilldown in Footprint per country, its Top Messages and its Top currencies + More selector options 

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Market penetration in Austria – based on the selectors 

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Market infrastructure weight

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Drill down per Market Infrastructure:  detailed look for each

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Your Contact

Michael FormannHead of SWIFT Austria / CEE

SWIFTFischhof 3/6A‐1010 ViennaAustria

+43 1 740 40 2372+43 1 740 40 2379+43 664 636 2072michael.formann@swift.comswift.com

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