The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT): Cooperative governance for network innovation, standards, and community (Global Institutions) - Susan V. Scott

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This book traces the history and development of a mutual organization in the financial sector called SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication. Over the last 40 years, SWIFT has served the financial services
sector as proprietary communications platform, provider of products and services,
standards developer, and conference organizer (Sibos). Founded to create efficiencies
by replacing telegram and telex (or ?wires?) for international payments, SWIFT now
forms a core part of the financial services infrastructure. It is widely regarded as the
most secure trusted third-party network in the world serving 212 countries and over
10,000 banking organizations, securities institutions, and corporate customers.
Through every phase of its development, SWIFT has maintained the status of industry
cooperative, thus presenting an opportunity to study broader themes of globalization
and governance in the financial services sector.
In this book the authors focus on how the design and current state of SWIFT ...
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Uitgever: Taylor & Francis192 paginasISBN-10: 0415631645ISBN-13: 9780415631648

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