SWIFT Payments: Guides and Articles

New banks and financial institutions which got SWIFT code last week. Update from: 2024-11-10

New banks and financial institutions which got SWIFT code last week. Update from: 2024-11-03

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.

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.

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?

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).