The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) : cooperative governance for network innovation, standards, and community / Susan V. Scott and Markos Zachariadis.
By: Scott, Susan V [author.]
.Contributor(s): Zachariadis, Markos [author.].Series: Global institutions: Publisher: Abingdon : Routledge, 2014Description: xvii, 163 pages : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415631648.Subject(s): Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication | Banks and banking, International -- Communication systemsDDC classification: 332.15 Summary: "This text traces the history and development of a mutual organisation in the financial sector called SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Over the last forty 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... In this book the authors focus on how the design and current state of SWIFT were influenced by its historical origins, presenting a comprehensive account in a succinct form which provides an informative guide to the history, structure, activities, and future challenges of this key international organization."-- Taken from back cover.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 332.15 SCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 021755 |
"This text traces the history and development of a mutual organisation in the financial sector called SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Over the last forty 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... In this book the authors focus on how the design and current state of SWIFT were influenced by its historical origins, presenting a comprehensive account in a succinct form which provides an informative guide to the history, structure, activities, and future challenges of this key international organization."-- Taken from back cover.