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Category Product Release Type Mandatory Status Live date End Support Description Change Prev. Upg Star
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Solutions Bulk Payments 2.1 Minor Supported Nov 2010 Maintenance release Now Planned
• Addition of new messages such as camt, pain and reporting messages supported
• Update of bulk payments rulebook and eligibility criteria
Solutions Clearing 1.0 Major Tentative May 2011 SWIFT, the CCP and clearing member community are developing a new ISO 20022-based solution to support the communication flows between central Now
counterparties (CCPs) and clearing members for equities and fixed income. The solution will cover all flows starting from trade leg creation (allocating trades to the tentative
clearing accounts) to the settlement obligations report.
Solutions CLS third party service 2.0 Major Supported 2007 Addition of MT 305
Solutions Collateral Management 1.0 Major Tentative 21-May-2011 SWIFT is launching a new ISO 20022-based solution to support the communication flows between financial institutions, their counterparts and clients for collateral
management business processes.
Solutions Corporate Actions MX 1.0 Major Tentative 4Q 2011 This solution will support the roll out of the new ISO 20022 messages for corporate actions resulting from a reverse engineering exercise based on their ISO 15022 Now
messages equivalent message, as well as the new ISO 20022 issuer agent messages. The ISO 20022 corporate action messages offer the same functionality as their existing tentative
ISO 15022 equivalent, i.e., corporate action announcements, instructions, status updates, entitlement confirmations etc. and are targeted at all players in the corporate
action domain. The ISO 20022 issuer agent messages support the upstream corporate action communication process between the (I)CSDs and the issuers’ agents.
Solutions Data Distribution 2.1 Minor Supported 2006 or before Channel for FIN / FileAct distribution of securities reference data
Solutions Derivatives 3.0 Minor Supported Apr 2010 Addition of FpML 4.6 notification messages
Solutions eBAM 1.0 Major Supported 1-Apr-2010 Develop a solution for electronic bank account management. Launched on both Generic FileAct and in SCORE as a point-to-point service.
Note also that a multibank central utility for electronic bank account management is currently under evaluation.
Solutions e-invoicing 1.0 Major Planned Apr 2011 Offer a basic communication channel over SWIFTNet between key e-invoicing players: banks and non-banks using FileAct with optional ISO 20022 standard. Focus is New
Minor Supported 2008
on cross-border flows
Current Exceptions and Investigations offering supporting Bank-to-Bank and Corporate-to-Bank communications
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Solutions Exceptions and 1.2
Investigations
Solutions FIX over SWIFT 1.0 Major Supported 2007 FIX over SWIFT enables access to the Ullink FIX hub. The FIX over SWIFT service connects institutions to the UL NET service and its established community of
users.
Solutions Funds 4.0 Major Supported 2007 Messages specific to the investment funds industry
Solutions Funds 4.1 Minor Supported 2009 Addition of messages specific to alternative funds
Solutions Funds 4.3 Minor Supported Apr 2010 Funds Processing Passport maintenance of messages
Solutions Isabel @ SWIFT 1.0 Major Tentative Jul 2011 SWIFT will set up dedicated pilot and live service environments to permit banks to access Isabel 6 in many-to-one configuration using FileAct RT. New
Major Supported 2008
The pilot service environment is scheduled for April 2011, with a view to prepare for the activation of the live service environment in July 2011
An industry-wide solution centrally operated by SWIFT offering electronic agent notification messaging for the loans market and linking into both DTCC's LoanServ and
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Solutions Loans 1.0
Euroclear's LoanReach solutions
Solutions Proxy Voting 1.2 Minor Supported Nov 2010 Maintenance release of the Proxy Voting messages Now Planned
supported
Solutions Sanctions 1.0 Major Tentative Dec 2011 Economic sanctions are of critical importance to the international community and are being increasingly used by governments around the world as a method of New
implementing foreign policy objectives and fighting financial crime. To assist financial institutions to comply with evolving Sanctions laws and regulations, SWIFT is
launching a quick, cost effective and easy solution for low and medium volume financial institutions, assisting them with the real-time screening of SWIFT messages.
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Solutions SCORE 2.4 Minor Supported 2009 Drop usage of MT103 and MT950; new FIN implementation rules and guidelines become applicable (version 2); bank account mandates
Solutions SCORE 2.5 Minor Planned Apr 2011 Support for latest ISO20022 payment and Cash Mgt messages included in SCORE
These messages are: pain.001, pain.002 and pain.008 V3 plus camt.052, camt.053 and camt.054 V2
Only the latest version and the previous version will be supported in SCORE
Solutions SCORE 2.6 Minor Planned 1-Jun-2011 Support for RMA for FileAct included, to accommodate corporates with recommendation letter to use FileAct in SCORE
Solutions Transaction Reporting 1.0 Major Supported 2007 The service provides a mechanism for regulatory reporting compliance and includes full support for the existing requirements in the EU for MiFID
It will support further updates to MiFID currently under consideration by regulators
Solutions Workers' Remittances 1.0 Major Supported 2009 Solution for fast, reliable, and cost effective remittances
Pre-requisites include
• Usage of FileAct enhanced headers - Store-and-Forward mode (SWIFTNet release 6.1 or above)
• Implementation of ISO20022 pacs messages according to predefined implementation guidelines
• Adherence to the solution rulebook
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Solutions Workers' Remittances 1.1 Minor Supported Jul 2010 Maintenance release
• No changes in messages
• Update of all documentation
• Addition of new rules and guidelines for mobile instructed payments
Applications Accord 36.0 Major Supported Dec 2010 • Extending Accord with matching of MT 600 (Commodity trade confirmation) Now Planned
• Various Functional Enhancements for both Accord for Treasury and Accord for Securities supported
Applications Accord 37.0 Major Tentative 3Q 2011 Expand this service with a link to multiple central counterparties (CCPs), bringing benefits of clearing and reduced costs of settlement to the users. New
Minor Supported 2009 • GUI upgrade to handle MT 515 matching results
release
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Applications Accord GUI 6.2
Applications Accord GUI 6.3 Minor Supported Mar 2010 • Support for new functionality introduced in Accord 35.0
• Available for testing.
• This release is optional, customer may continue to use the GUI release 6.2
Applications Accord GUI 7.0 Minor Supported Dec 2010 • Support for new functionality introduced in Accord 36.0 Now
supported
Applications Accord GUI 7.1 Minor Tentative 3Q 2011 • Support for new functionality introduced in Accord 37.0 New
Major Supported 2009
• Is only relevant for the users of the new CCP-link functionality, and will be distributed to all Accord for Securities customers
Current release
release
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Applications Trade Services Utility 2.0
Standards MT (FIN) & MX 2010 Major Mandatory Supported 20-Nov-2010 19-Nov-2011 MT (FIN) Maintenance Standards Release 2010 Now Planned
Maintenance Standards upgrade to • Securities - Delivers necessary changes to assist the implementation of 4 major market infrastructures (Euroclear, Jasdec, T2S and DTCC) supported
Release Standards - Simplifies the ISO 15022 standards
Release 2011 - Accommodates market practice that was agreed by the SMPG
on 19 Nov • Commodities - Provides better coverage for metals and enables their use for commodities
2011 - Aligns existing message set with market requirements
• Other - Removal of unused messages
Standards Release Guide 2010 (SRG 2010) is available in User Handbook online
https://www2.swift.com/uhbonline/books/protected/en_uk/srg_20091218/index.htm
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MX Maintenance Release 2010
• All the requested changes were held over for a future release
• An urgent unscheduled maintenance of the ISO 20022 Proxy Voting messages was approved by the Securities SEG
• MX Message schemas and Message Definition Report: Schemas and full documentation of new versions of the Proxy Voting messages are published in the
Catalogue of ISO 20022 messages
Standards MT (FIN) & MX 2011 Major Planned 19-Nov-2011 MT (FIN) Maintenance Standards Release 2011
Maintenance Standards The changes include:
Release • Payments Usage rules added, to improve usability of the messages, and new code words
• Treasury New codes added to meet regulatory requirements and STP improvements
• Trade Finance Minor changes to usage rules – no validation required
Removal of one unused message
• Securities Meet regulatory requirements, support current market practice and remove unused qualifiers and codes
• Commodities Changes that allow for the provision of more complete details and to expand the group of users
Standards Release Guide 2011 (SRG 2011) is available in User Handbook online
https://www2.swift.com/uhbonline/books/protected/en_uk/srg_20101217/index.htm
MX Maintenance Release 2011
• Approved change requests to ISO 20022 messages to be considered for SR2011 are published in the related Maintenance Change Requests (MCR) published in
the ISO 20022 Status of Submissions.
*Only Securities related change requests were approved for consideration in 2011, Payments change requests were deferred to 2012
Advance information is available on the Standards MX Maintenance Release 2011 timeline
http://www.swift.com/solutions/standards/standards_releases/mx_standards_release_2011/Standards_MX_Maintenance_Release_2011.page?
Standards MT (FIN) Development 2011 Major Planned 19-Nov-2011 MT (FIN) Development Standards Release 2011
Standards Release (new
MTs) Advance information for the FIN System Messages and the FIN Operations Guide have been published on the Standards MT Maintenance Release 2011 timeline.
These documents contain details of new system messages, that provide undelivered message reports for SSI messages, as well as changes that support the
Sanctions Screening service.
http://www.swift.com/solutions/standards/standards_releases/mt_standards_release_2011/Standards_MT_Release_2011.page?
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Standards MX Development 2011 Major Planned Mar 2011 MX Development Releases 2011
Standards Releases (new May 2011 March - Collateral Management Margin Calls and Substitutions
MXs) May - Clearing and the Collateral Management Interest Processing
Standards Standards Developer Kit 1.0 Major Supported 2009 15-Apr-2011 The Standards Developer Kit helps customers and partners implement SWIFT and ISO standards easily and efficiently using up-to-date technology. A coherent set of
developer components includes the MX Repository, the MT/XML Schema Library and the MT-MX Translation Reference, including machine consumable standards
definitions, working examples, source code, XML documents and schemas.
Download free samples at www.swiftcommunity.net/sdk.
Standards Standards Developer Kit 1.1 Minor Planned 15-Apr-2011 Addition of new components for MTs, including enriched MT XML Schemas containing business definitions from the UHB and MT XML Schemas for system New
Major Tentative 1-Aug-2011
messages.
The Standards Developer Kit helps customers and partners implement SWIFT and ISO standards easily and efficiently using up-to-date technology. A coherent set of
release
New
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Standards Standards Developer Kit 2.0
developer components includes the MX Repository, the MT/XML Schema Library and the MT-MX Translation Testing tool. release
Benefits include
• Reduce implementation, analysis and development costs
• Leverage powerful XML tools and take a common XML approach for MT and MX
• Updated with each Standards Release
Download free samples at www.swiftcommunity.net/sdk *
Standards Developer Kit Release 2.0 includes a new optional component for MT Semantic Rules.
This component defines MT Message Format Validation Rules (MFVR) as machine processable Schematron and executable XSLT 2.0 to provide semantic and cross-
field validation of MT messages.
This component is licensed independently of the Standards Developer Kit 'base' product and is subject to a licence fee.
Connectivity Alliance Lite 2.0 Major Supported Apr 2010 Release 2.0 extends the scope of Alliance Lite to securities settlement and fund ordering
• Interface
- securities settlement instructions & confirmations (MT)
- funds orders & confirmations (MX)
- related reporting
- linking of incoming confirmations and status messages with sent settlement instructions/funds orders
• AutoClient
- CSV upload of MT540-543
- CSV upload of funds orders & confirmations
Connectivity Alliance Lite 2.1 Minor Supported 13-Mar-2011 Next release of Lite supports SWIFTNet Browse.
This makes Lite attractive for low volume users of Market Infrastructures offering a Browse service (for instance TARGET2).
Connectivity Alliance Integrator 2.0 Major Mandatory Supported 2009 30-Sep-2012
Upgrade to
Integrator 7.0
by end Sep
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2012
Connectivity Alliance Integrator 2.1 Minor Mandatory Supported Jul 2010 30-Sep-2012 Alliance Integrator 2.1 is an optional release, and builds on the features from release 2.0 and offers the following new functionality Planned
Upgrade to
Integrator 7.0 • Enhanced resiliency
by end Sep • Support for the AIX 6.1 environment
2012 • Upgrade to latest Java CAPS and GlassFish base
• Guidelines for clustering on Solaris environments
• Guidelines for capacity planning and performance benchmark
• Increased capacity and throughput
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Alliance Integrator 2.1 can be used with Alliance Access 6.0 and above
SWIFT recommends this release
Connectivity Alliance Integrator 7.0 Major Planned Jun 2011 31-Dec-2016 Alliance Integrator 7.0 is a major release, building on the features from 2.1 and providing support for SWIFTNet 7.0 features.
In addition, the release envisages the following new functionality:
• Qualification for use with Alliance Entry
• Support for the ISO business application header
• Support for validations provided by Standards
• Decoupling of configuration and monitoring data
• Partial configuration export/import
• Support for use by central Market Infrastructures
• Elimination of dependency on Access Manager and Open SSO
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Environment
• Support for FileAct via the Access MQHA and SoapHA adapters
Note: Some of the above proposed functionality is dependent on the timely availability of components from other parties.
Integrator 7.0 can be used with Access 6.0 and above as well as Entry 7.0 and above.
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Connectivity Messaging Software 6.0 Major Mandatory Supported 2007 March 2012 Key upcoming patches
• Alliance Access upgrade to • July 2011 - Supports Standards Release 2011
• Alliance Messenger Alliance 7.0 Note: 7.0 is the current live SWIFTNet release at network level. SWIFTNet 7.0 is backwards compatible with Alliance 6.0
• Alliance Entry before end Please refer to the Alliance Release Overview for further details !
• Alliance RMA March 2012
Connectivity Messaging Software 6.2 Minor Mandatory Supported 2008 March 2012 Key upcoming patches
• Alliance Access upgrade to • July 2011 - Supports Standards Release 2011
• Alliance Messenger Alliance 7.0 Note: 7.0 is the current live SWIFTNet release at network level. SWIFTNet 7.0 is backwards compatible with Alliance 6.2
before end Please refer to the Alliance Release Overview for further details !
March 2012
Connectivity Messaging Software 6.3 Minor Mandatory Supported 2009 March 2012 Key upcoming patches
• Alliance Access upgrade to • July 2011 - Supports Standards Release 2011
• Alliance RMA Alliance 7.0 Note: 7.0 is the current live SWIFTNet release at network level. SWIFTNet 7.0 is backwards compatible with Alliance 6.3
before end Please refer to the Alliance Release Overview for further details !
March 2012
Connectivity Messaging Software 7.0 Major Supported Dec 2010 Access and Entry 7.0 - 2011 timeline Now
• Alliance Access supported
• Alliance Entry Functional Update 1 (May 2011) for Access / RMA
• Alliance RMA • FileAct support over SOAP
• Web Services for Message and Event Query
• Migration tool from Entry 6.0 to Access 7.0
• Various fixes
Standards Release 2011 - MST2011 - (July 2011) for Access / RMA & Entry
• Mandatory patch
Functional Update 2 (September 2011 - to be confirmed) for Access / RMA & Entry
• File transfer GUI alternative (Access and Entry)
• Web Services for ADK GUI replacement (to be confirmed)
• Various fixes
Dependencies
• Functional Update 1 (7.0.10) is optional and requires 7.0
• MST2011 is mandatory and requires at minimum 7.0 or Functional Update 1 (i.e. MST2011 incorporates Functional Update 1 features).
• Functional Update 2 (7.0.20) is optional and requires MST2011 as the basis.
Release 7.0
This major upgrade of Messaging Software supports SWIFTNet 7.0 and introduces the following key enhancements
Alliance Access 7.0
• GUI evolution
• Automation support
• Remote disaster site recovery support
• Other
• Product streamlining
Alliance Entry 7.0
• Technology upgrade (database replacement)
• Alignment with Alliance Access
Alliance RMA migration to Alliance Access 7.0 licensed for RMA only.
Please refer to the Alliance Release overview for further details
Connectivity Communication Software 6.0 Major Mandatory Supported 2007 March 2012 Note: 7.0 is the current live SWIFTNet release at network level.
• Alliance Gateway upgrade to SWIFTNet 7.0 is backwards compatible with Alliance Communication Software 6.0 and SWIFTNet Link 6.0
• Alliance Starter Set Alliance 7.0 Please refer to the Alliance Release Overview for further details
• Alliance WebStation before end !
• SWIFTNet Link March 2012
Connectivity Communication Software 6.1 Minor Mandatory Supported 2007 March 2012 Note: 7.0 is the current live SWIFTNet release at network level.
• Alliance Gateway upgrade to SWIFTNet 7.0 is backwards compatible with Alliance Communication Software 6.1 and SWIFTNet Link 6.1
• Alliance Starter Set Alliance 7.0 Please refer to the Alliance Release Overview for further details
• Alliance WebStation before end !
• SWIFTNet Link March 2012
Connectivity Communication Software 6.3 Minor Mandatory Supported 2009 March 2012 Note: 7.0 is the current live SWIFTNet release at network level.
• Alliance Gateway upgrade to SWIFTNet 7.0 is backwards compatible with Alliance Communication Software 6.3 and SWIFTNet Link 6.3
• Alliance Starter Set Alliance 7.0 Please refer to the Alliance Release Overview for further details
• Alliance WebStation before end !
• SWIFTNet Link March 2012
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Connectivity Communication Software 7.0 Major Supported Dec 2010 Communication Software 7.0 supports SWIFTNet 7.0 and introduces the following key enhancements Now
• Alliance Gateway Alliance Gateway 7.0 supported
• Alliance WebStation • New installation capabilities: Silent installation framework with easier patch deployment, Non-root installation, Upgrade on a new system with import of data
• SWIFTNet Link • Operational enhancements: Configuration replication capabilities between similar Gateway instances, Integration of SNL events into the Gateway Event Journal,
HSM Management GUI integrating the most frequently used HSM-related operational functions, Gateway re-licensing GUI for Alliance Web Platform
• Security enhancements: Enhanced end-user certification process, Approval for Certificate and Virtual SWIFTNet User Configuration, Configuration Parameters for
Virtual SWIFTNet User Password Policy
• Supportability enhancements, other functional enhancements
• GUI offering: Alliance Web Platform becomes the default GUI technology for Alliance Gateway, Access and Integrator. New functionality will only be implemented on
Alliance Web Platform while Alliance WebStation remains available in maintenance mode
Important note : There will be no Alliance Starter Set 7.0 . All Starter Set customers will receive, for the same price, an Alliance Gateway 7.0 with all same
functionality.
Alliance WebStation 7.0
Alliance Web Platform will become the default GUI technology for Alliance Access, Gateway and Integrator.
New functionality will only be implemented on Alliance Web Platform while Alliance WebStation remains available in maintenance mode
SWIFTNet Link 7.0
• Silent installation framework, Automatic SNL profile password generation and management, New SNL events for better monitoring, Documentation enhancements,
HSM enhancements
Please refer to the Alliance Release overview for further details.
Connectivity Dial-up Major Mandatory Supported 2006 or before End 2011 Dial-up connection to the SWIFT network
upgrade to • New orders are not accepted anymore.
Alliance • Existing customers can upgrade their dial-up connectivity to Alliance Connect Bronze. This means internet connectivity through an ISP (Internet Service Provider) of
Connect before their choice. For further resilience a second ISP can be connected. At the same time the VPN boxes will be replaced by the new model.
end 2011 • An "upgrade" online order form is available to ease the order intake and spare the use of a termination form for the dial-up connectivity. !
• SWIFTNet Link 7.0 will not support dial-up technology. Customers must therefore first upgrade their network connectivity to Alliance Connect before upgrading their
SWIFTNet Link software to release 7.0.
Connectivity Dual-I Major Mandatory Supported 2006 or before End 2011 Dual-I connection to the SWIFT network
upgrade to • New orders are not accepted anymore.
Alliance • Existing customers can upgrade their Dual-I connectivity to Alliance Connect Silver. This means a replacement of the back-up dial-up with Internet access and
Connect before
end 2011
installation of new VPN boxes.
• An "upgrade" online order form is available to ease the order intake and spare the use of a termination form for the Dual-I connectivity.
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Connectivity Dual-P Major Mandatory Supported 2006 or before End 2011 Dual-P connection to the SWIFT network
upgrade to • New orders are not accepted anymore.
Alliance • Existing customers can upgrade their Dual-P connectivity to Alliance Connect Gold. This means a replacement of the VPN boxes by the new model.
Connect before
end 2011
• An "upgrade" online order form is available to ease the order intake and spare the use of a termination form for the Dual-P connectivity.
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Connectivity Single-P Major Mandatory Supported 2006 or before End 2011 Single-P connection to the SWIFT network
upgrade to • New orders are not accepted anymore.
Alliance • Existing customers can upgrade their Single-P connectivity to Alliance Connect Silver. This involves a replacement of the new VPN boxes and the connection of a
Connect before
end 2011
back-up internet access through the ISP of their choice.
• An "upgrade" online order form is available to ease the order intake and spare the use of a termination form for the Single-P connectivity.
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Connectivity Alliance Connect Bronze Major Supported 2009 The low cost permanent network connectivity product for low volume users. A replacement for the old dial-up and ISP-LL products*.
• Customers can connect through the ISP of their choice, no separate contract with a network provider is necessary. For more resiliency, a second internet access
through an alternative ISP can be connected.
• A low cost secure permanent connection with a traditional SWIFT footprint.
• Same security mechanism as standard MV-SIPN connections.
• Existing customers can upgrade their dial-up connectivity to Alliance Connect Bronze. This means internet connectivity through an ISP (Internet Service Provider) of
their choice. For further resilience a second ISP can be connected. At the same time the VPN boxes will be replaced by the new model.
• An "upgrade" online order form is available to ease the order intake and spare the use of a termination form for the dial-up connectivity.
• SWIFTNet Link 7.0 will not support dial-up technology. Customers must therefore first upgrade their network connectivity to Alliance Connect before upgrading their
SWIFTNet Link software to release 7.0.
Connectivity Alliance Connect Silver Major Supported 2009 The network connectivity product for the medium volume users. A replacement of the old Dual-I and Single-P products*.
• The prime connectivity is either Leased Line or DSL (where available) provided through one of our Network Partners.
• The back-up connectivity occurs through an internet access provided by the ISP of their choice (can be an existing one).
• Existing customers can upgrade as of now their Dual-I connectivity to Alliance Connect Silver. This means a replacement of the back-up dial-up with Internet access
and installation of new VPN boxes.
• An "upgrade" online order form is available to ease the order intake and spare the use of a termination form for the Dual-I connectivity.
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Connectivity Alliance Connect Gold Major Supported 2009 The network connectivity product for the high volume users. A replacement of the old Dual-P product*.
• Both connectivity links are Leased Lines provided through our Network Partners. For the highest level of resiliency, it is advised to use two different Network Partners
where possible.
• New features like Load Sharing (using both links to routing FileAct/Interact traffic over the second link) and higher bandwidths (4Mb-6Mb) are available.
• Existing customers can upgrade their Dual-P connectivity to Alliance Connect Gold. This means a replacement of the VPN boxes by the new model.
• An "upgrade" online order form is available to ease the order intake and spare the use of a termination form for the Dual-P connectivity.
Connectivity 3SKey 1.0 Major Supported Oct 2010 The 3SKey (SWIFT Secure Signature Key) Solution is targeted for a multi-banking environment. Now Planned
In this approach, SWIFT provides, through banks, PKI -based credentials to corporate customers. supported
Such credentials can then be used by corporate representatives to sign messages and files (for example, payment instructions) sent to their banks over any channel
(for example, the Internet or FileAct). The credentials only become effective when registered by each bank separately.
This solution is targeted for the corporate-to-bank segment.
Messaging • InterAct 7.0 Major Available Jun 2010 SWIFTNet 7.0: lowering total-cost-of-ownership, providing more features, easier operations and more flexibility
• FileAct
• Browse • Business features
Message and file copy; Message and file distribution; Using solutions made easier; RMA for InterAct and FileAct
• Operational features
Enhanced store-and-forward delivery options & Session History Report; Easier routing management using shared BIC operations; Security and routing management
through new Browse GUI; Enhanced capability to handle undeliverable traffic; Enhanced traffic segregation; Enhanced error text; Automatic traffic routing to default
queue; Easier reconciliation of notifications
• Security features
Enhanced access control to services; Security administration segregation; General security enhancements; Enhanced HSM resilience, security, operability and
supportability (available with SWIFTNet Link 7.0)
Please refer to the SWIFTNet 7.0 Release Overview for details
Messaging SWIFTNet Online Available Dec 2010 New Features: Now Planned
Operations Manager - Add a free-format description for any user supported
- Perform an advanced search based on certificate parameters or on user's roles
- Save report parameters for later use, schedule automatic reports, sent via e-mail or FileAct
- Schedule a report of all certificates that will expire soon
- Avoid inadvertent changes by giving appropriate read-only access
Messaging • FIN Supported Nov 2010 FIN
• FINCopy Operational features
• FINInform Improved shared delivery subset functionality allowing users to choose between the current overflow mechanism and more equitable distribution across LTs.
FINInform
Business features
The introduction of Y-copy for FINInform combining the ease of use of FINInform with the authorisation capability of FINCopy.
Messaging STaQS for Corporate 4.0 Major Supported 26-Sep-2010 STaQS for Corporate Actions has been enhanced to comply with Standards Release 2010 and the 2010 version of the Event Interpretation Grid published by the
Actions Securities Market Practice Group (SMPG)
Messaging STaQS for Corporate 4.1 Minor Tentative 3Q 2011 Implementation of SR2011 CA messages maintenance and alignment with the market practice guidelines published in the EIG extended to be released May 2011. New
Actions Further enhancements include upload file size increase to 10MB, addition of CORP, COAF, CAPA and ADTX labels to various reports and addition of MT XML syntax release
error descriptions for skipped messages.
Messaging STaQS for Funds 4.0 Major Supported Sep 2010 STaQS for Funds message validation facility, released in Jan 2010, has been enhanced with business order flow simulation, allowing user to emulate typical business
order flow with SWIFT as counterpart.
This release includes connectivity testing and simulation
Messaging BIC Directory Major Tentative Dec 2011 An enriched version of the BIC Directory will be launched end 2011.
This new electronic version will include additional information to improve Entity Identification (legal name, unique BIC, group hierarchy links). It will co-exist with the
current versions.
Messaging BICPlusIBAN Directory Major Supported 2007 Features of the BICPlusIBAN Directory include improved SEPA payment STP through better data (IBANs and BICs); look-up of SEPA BICs corresponding to IBANs
for SEPA Credit Transfers; comprehensive directory: entire BIC directory, National bank codes (72 countries) and all SEPA BICs and IBAN formats; works with free
BIC Enquiry Tool for search and look-up; competitive pricing
Messaging SEPA Routing Directory Major Supported 2007 SEPA Routing Directory provides a directory of reachability, scheme adherence and operational readiness of financial institutions within SEPA
Features include listings of financial institutions ready to receive SEPA instructions (credit transfers and direct debit); listings of payment channels through which the
financial institutions are reachable; supports the full reachability of banks within SEPA
Messaging EURO1/STEP1 Directory Major Supported 2009 Increases reachability through EURO1/STEP1: complete list of BICs and branches participating in EURO1 and/or STEP1; includes all BICs of institutions which can be
reached through EURO1 and STEP1 Participants; the service code EB+ in the BIC Directory marks institutions reachable through a correspondent on EURO1/STEP1
For more information about the Directory please contact EBA CLEARING
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Messaging Worker's Remittance Major Supported 2009 The Worker's Remittance Directory identifies the participants to the service, their processing capabilities, and their point of services. The data is collected from each
Directory participant, controlled and stored centrally by SWIFT and published to all service participants according to the SWIFT Directories monthly publication cycle. The usage
of this directory is restricted to the service participants.
Customers can provide their data via excel uploads or online. It’s also possible to upload & view counterparties data.
• For 2011 an online data consultation screen is planned.
Messaging SSI Directory Major Supported 31-Jan-2011 A complete and up-to-date directory of SSIs for commercial payments. Now Tentative
Its main purpose is to increase a financial institution’s STP by reducing the number of rejected payments. supported
This directory is updated continuously and is published monthly.
It is available as downloadable file. Later distribution over FileAct, web services and manual online query will be added. In 2011 treasury (FX/MM) will be added.
Messaging SSI Diagnostics Major Supported Oct 2010 A health-check service for your counterparties’ commercial payment Standing Settlement Instructions that you hold and maintain in your payment systems. Now New
You email an extract of the SSIs and SWIFT will produce a detailed diagnostics report that will help you fixing bad SSIs. supported
Messaging Online Directories 1.0 Major Supported 2008 Online Directories offers online query functionality for all SWIFT directories using a standard web browser
Features include online querying of all SWIFT directories; supports predefined enquiries to the BICPlusIBAN Directory and the SEPA Routing Directory; daily update,
history view, FIN service codes
Please consult our web site - www.swift.com - for more information
Messaging BIC Enquiry Tool 3.0 Major Supported 2008 Free downloadable software tool to search and query in most SWIFT directories
Messaging Watch 5.0 Major Supported Dec 2010 • Value Analyser: providing access to Currency & Value
• Watch pricing revamp
Messaging Watch 6.0 Major Tentative Oct 2011 • New on-line reports aimed at smaller banks New
• Benchmarking on demand release
• Improvement of granularity and frequency of information
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