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The Race Will Not Always Go to the SWIFT
20 April 2007
 
Douglas McKibben   Mary Knox  

SWIFT's secure network, membership and access restrictions are not enough to keep competitors from eroding its position as an enabler of bank connectivity and messaging services. Business and IT professionals should evaluate SWIFT as just one alternative for market connectivity.





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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Overview

1.1
    
 SWIFT Defined
1.2
    
 The Future of SWIFT
2.0
    
 Market Forces Posing a Threat to SWIFT
3.0
    
 Standards and Services
4.0
    
 The Corporate Conundrum

4.1
    
 Competition and Threats to Bank-Corporate Disintermediation Are Here
5.0
    
 Investment Services as a Source of Growth
6.0
    
 Recommendations

    
 Recommended Reading




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