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Cognitive_Resonance

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9. What is SWIFT?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jan 20, 2022, 12:50 PM

Jan 2022

"Founded in 1973, SWIFT is a global provider of secure financial messaging services. SWIFT was founded to replace the telex. It is a member-owned cooperative connecting more than 11,000 banks, financial institutions and corporations in more than 200 countries and territories."

https://www.swift.com/about-us/legal/compliance-0/swift-and-sanctions

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What is SWIFT? Cognitive_Resonance Jan 2022 #9