SWIFT Payments: Guides and Articles

Expert guides on international payments and cross-border banking

#Payment Trends

Managing cash across multiple countries, currencies, and banking relationships is one of the most challenging aspects of running an international business. If your treasury team is still relying on Excel spreadsheets to consolidate bank balances, track foreign exchange exposure, and forecast cash flow, you're not alone - but you're also fighting an uphill battle.

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#Find SWIFT

Learn how to trace an international SWIFT payment using the UETR (Unique End-to-End Transaction Reference). Step-by-step: from getting the MT103/UETR, using SWIFT gpi or bank trackers, to using an independent tracker like Ohmyfin when gpi isn’t available.

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#Data Updates

New banks and financial institutions which got SWIFT code last week. Update from: 2025-05-11

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#Find SWIFT

Tracking IBAN payments is often not a straightforward process. Many banks do not provide this built-in functionality in their online banking services. In this article, we will explain what an IBAN payment is, whether it is possible to track it, whether it is a SWIFT or SEPA payment and what the difference is, how to trace the whole chain in international payments, and the reasons why an IBAN payment can get stuck.

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#Find SWIFT

Sometimes your counterpart tells you he sent a SWIFT payment, but the funds are not credited to your account yet. Here is the guide on how to validate a SWIFT payment and make sure funds have been really sent.

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#Send SWIFT

When you send an international wire transfer (SWIFT transfer), you often face with correspondent banks. Sometimes you asked about correspondent bank in the SWIFT payment form, sometimes your bank respond that the payment stuck in a correspondent bank. So what is exactly a role of correspondent bank in cross-border payment?

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#Find SWIFT

SWIFT payments normally should be credited to the beneficiary's account within 3 business days. If that didn't happen, you probably want to track your SWIFT payment and figure out where it stuck and what is required to speed it up. In this article we will explain all steps required to locate your international wire transfer (SWIFT).

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The registrations of SWIFT codes are handled by Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) and their headquarters is located in La Hulpe, Belgium. SWIFT is the registered trademark of S.W.I.F.T. SCRL with a registered address at Avenue Adèle 1, B-1310 La Hulpe, Belgium. We are not in any way affiliated with S.W.I.F.T. SCRL.