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

November 22, 2025 marks a milestone for international finance. On that date SWIFT started two ground breaking initiatives aimed to reshape cross border payments. The first was the completion of the ...

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 ...

Consensys shared that it is supporting Swift with early-stage prototyping as the global financial infrastructure adds a blockchain-based digital ledger to its technology stack. Swift’s move is a ...

As stablecoins expand, there's a related trend that includes efforts to link the cryptocurrency to other forms of payments to encourage adoption. Swift, which oversees an international transaction ...

ISO 20022-enabled solution allows blockchain interoperability on Swift’s network, using Ant International’s technology and HSBC’s Tokenised Deposit Service Integration with Swift’s network extends AML ...

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 ...