Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) expanded the GPI Tracker system to help banks track their global transactions at all times.
The system will provide a complete vigilance for the payment activities. The GPI Tracker will cover all payment instructions sent across the network
The system will provide a complete vigilance for the payment activities. The GPI Tracker will cover all payment instructions sent across the network
Significance
SWIFT GPI facilitates more accurate reconciliation of payments and invoices. The introduction of the unique end-to-end transaction reference in all payment instructions will be effected through the mandatory annual standards update in November 2018. Customer experience will be improved by increasing speed, transparency and automatically provides status updates to all GPI banks involved in any GPI payment chain It also allows banks to confirm when a payment has been completed.Implementation
From November a unique end-to-end transaction reference will be included in all payment instructions carried between all 11,000 customers on SWIFT at all times, across more than 200 countries and territories. It will significantly extend transparency and it will drive more banks to join the service, rapidly making GPI the new normal in cross-border payments.What is SWIFT?
- SWIFT stands for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). It is a cooperative society under Belgian law owned by its member financial institutions
- It offers a network that enables the financial institutions to send and receive information about all types of financial transactions. It is a secure, reliable and standardised platform.
- Business Identifier Codes (BICs, previously Bank Identifier Codes) are popularly known as "SWIFT codes".
- SWIFT transports financial messages but does not hold accounts for its members and does not perform any form of clearing or settlement.
- The annual conference of SWIFT is called Sibos.
Key Facts
Headquarters: La Hulpe, Belgium, near Brussels.
Chairman: Yawar Shah
CEO: Gottfried Leibbrandt
Expected Questions
SWIFT code is also called
a. Payment Identifier Codes
b. Business Identifier Codes
c. Banking Identifier Codes
d. None of these
