Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
Swift
Swift is a member-owned cooperative through which the financial world conducts its business operations with speed, certainty and confidence.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and
30 Jul 2025 · Restrictive measures (sanctions).
Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and
15 Apr 2025 · Exchange with SWIFT on the Savings and Investments Union and other portfolio related matters
Meeting with Emiliano Tornese (Acting Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union), Michael Stelzer (Acting Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
2 Apr 2025 · Update on implementation of P16 measures and a potential new package
Meeting with Klaus Wiedner (Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and
12 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on sanctions of concern to SWIFT in the context of the 16th Russia sanctions package
Meeting with Christine O'Dwyer (Cabinet of High Representative/ Vice-President Kaja Kallas)
6 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views/discussions on the 16th sanctions package.
Meeting with Michael Stelzer (Acting Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
29 Jan 2025 · Russia sanctions
Meeting with Riikka Torppa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)
23 Jan 2025 · Introductory meeting focusing on EU sanctions policy and EU regulations
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and
24 Sept 2024 · presentation Swift activities payments
Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament) and
11 Sept 2024 · Capital Markets Union
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
17 Jan 2024 · The interlocutors outlined the current situation in the financial services sector. They raised as well the implementation of sanctions against Russia due to the war of aggression in Ukraine.
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
17 Jan 2024 · digital euro
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
8 Sept 2022 · Application of sanctions to Russia
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and
8 Sept 2022 · Instant payments and sanctions
Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
10 Jun 2022 · Global finance, Sanctions
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
8 Apr 2022 · Sanctions
Meeting with Witold Jan Waszczykowski (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
8 Feb 2022 · Exchange of views on Mr Waszczykowski's and AFET’s work in relation to foreign policy and EU and third country sanctions regimes and policies
Meeting with Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Jan 2022 · SWIFT and Sanctions
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
17 Dec 2021 · discussion on cross-border payments
Response to Initiative on instant payments in the EU
7 Apr 2021
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
23 Oct 2020 · European payments infrastructure, International role of the euro
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
15 Oct 2018 · International payments system
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
15 Oct 2018 · developments around the JCPOA
Meeting with David Boublil (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici), Lucie Mattera (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici) and
23 Jan 2018 · Commission's digital tax proposals: informative exchange of views. Multinationals concerned about impact of change
Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)
12 Jan 2018 · Cybersecurity
Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
22 Jun 2017 · Developments in the cyber security
Meeting with Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
17 Oct 2016 · GDPR
Meeting with Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos)
1 Feb 2016 · EU counterterrorism efforts
Meeting with Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
26 Nov 2015 · Safe harbour
Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
17 Nov 2015 · Financial Services Policy
Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
24 Mar 2015 · EU and Russia relations and other external affairs matters such as relations with China and the BRICS, and how this may impact on the SWIFT infrastructure and service participation in global financial structures/markets in the future
Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
12 Feb 2015 · Financial Services Policy