BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: SWIFT
- Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication: a nonprofit cooperative organization with the mission of creating a shared worldwide data processing and communications link and a common language for international financial transactions. Established in Brussels in 1973 with the support of 239 banks in 15 countries, it now has over 7,000 live users in 192 countries, exchanging millions of messages valued in trillions of dollars every business day.
Additional Resources
- Swift Energy retains OGJE to evaluate/market Texas assets.(Brief Article)
- The OIL & GAS JOURNAL PROPERTY EXCHANGE OGJE has announced that Swift Energy Company and Swift Managed Assets Swift have retained its services to evaluate and market certain assets in Texas, including interests in the following fields: Alliso The OIL & GAS JOURNAL PROPERTY EXCHANGE OGJE...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- Swift committed in name, deed to denim; world's largest denim maker keeps seeking new niches.(Swift Textiles Inc.)(includes related article on company history)
- Swift Textile Inc. is changing its name to Swift Denim to underscore its unequivocal commitment to denim. Swift predicts that its 1996 denim sales will exceed $700 million. Swift places a major emphasis on its marketing and production development areas. Half of its business is with domestic and overseas targeted...
- Research articles 1996-06-04
- Sibos: Interview - Relationship Management At Heart Of Swift's New Structure - Swift's New CEO, Lazaro Campos, Talks To Frances Maguire About His Plans for Swift In The Immediate Future And Beyond, Including Regionalisation, courting US Institutions And W
- Byline: FRANCES MAGUIRE Lazaro Campos is no newcomer to Swift. When he took over from Leonard Shrank in April this year, he had already clocked up 20 years with Swift and was well versed in the importance of listening in order to grow the...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Hosted SWIFT Connectivity Service From Misys Banking Systems Provides Access to SWIFT for Organisations Without a Data Centre.(Company overview)
- Misys Connection for SWIFT Gives the Benefits of SWIFT Membership Without the Infrastructure Cost Misys Connection for SWIFT Gives the Benefits of SWIFT Membership Without the Infrastructure Cost
- Research articles 2006-08-07
- Swift Energy Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from [Jason Wagler] of Dahlman Rose. Jason Wagler - Dahlman Rose Good morning, guys. Just curious the 13 rigs, the 4 barges and then the 9 land rigs, is that a pretty good run rate for the year? Terry Swift Yes,...
- Earnings calls 2008-02-18
- Swift & Co.(new line of breakfast meats launched)(Brief Article)
- Swift & Co., Greeley, Colo., recently introduced a line of fully cooked and fresh breakfast meats made with quality Swift Premium pork and a special blend of spices. Swift offers a wealth of varieties of fully cooked and fresh ready-to-cook sausage links and patties and Swift...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Technology: Shaping Tomorrow - Does SWIFT Have A Future? - Whoever Replaces SWIFT CEO Leonard Schrank When He Stands Down In 2007 Will Have The Unenviable Task Of Running Three Lines Of Business Or Choosing One To Be Best At.(Society for Worldwide Interba
- With the announcement that CEO Leonard Schrank will depart in 2007, SWIFT has reached a critical milestone. In particular, Heidi Miller, CEO for JPMorgan Treasury & Securities Services, shocked the audience at last year's Sibos with a keynote speech that told SWIFT that it was not...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Taylor Swift, Kanye West and the Primitive State of Capitalizing on Viral Video
- No. The embedded clip above isn't of Kanye West engaging in one of the most noteworthy public disses ever, which happened last night at MTV's unfailingly controversial Video Music Awards. That clip shows West taking the mike from female video award winner Taylor Swift, and proclaiming...
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- ConAgra, Swift complete deal on meat business
- ConAgra Foods Inc. and Swift Foods Inc. have put together the final part of their package in which Swift has acquired the minority stake ConAgra has held in the company and returned the company's cattle feeding operations to ConAgra, according to tw ConAgra Foods Inc....
- Research articles 2004-10-11
- Swift + Moore changes name.
- Aug 14, 2006 (Food Week - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The purchase of Allied Domecq by Pernod Ricard has brought a change of name for Swift + Moore. Swift + Moore had been operated jointly as an Australian distributor of alcoholic brands by Allied Domecq an...
- Research articles 2006-08-14
- Mohawk CFO Swift to retire.(People Today)(Mohawk Industries Inc. (Calhoun, Georgia))(chief financial officer)(Brief Article)
- CALHOUN, GA. -- Mohawk Industries Inc. Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance John Swift will retire on Dec. 31. Replacing Swift will be Frank Boykin, currently Mohawk's vice president and corporate controller--the latter being CALHOUN, GA....
- Research articles 2004-11-08
- Swift & Company Announces Return of Standard Staffing Levels at All Four Domestic Beef Processing Facilities
- Swift & Company today reported its return to standard staffing levels at all four domestic beef processing facilities after the detention and removal, on December 12, 2006, of approximately 950 Swift Beef employees by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") division. The December 2006...
- Research articles 2007-05-11
- Tullett Liberty selects Mercator for SWIFT ISO 15022 compliance; Mercator InsideSWIFT provides future-proof integration for leading brokerage firm.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 June 2003-MERCATOR: Tullett Liberty selects Mercator for SWIFT ISO 15022 compliance; Mercator InsideSWIFT provides future-proof integration for leading brokerage firmC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06052003 London, UK -- Mercator Software, Inc., (Nasdaq: MCTR), has announced that UK-based brokerage firm...
- Research articles 2003-06-05
- Swift Transportation Is Not the Target of Drivers License Investigation
- Swift Transportation Co., Inc. ("Swift" or the "Company") has been informed by law enforcement officials that the company is NOT the target of an investigation by Federal and State law enforcement agencies. These agencies were on site at the Swift Transportation commercial truck-driving school near Memphis, TN today and executed...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Swift Transportation Co. Inc. to Present at Morgan Stanley Small Cap Executive Conference
- Business Editors PHOENIX--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 14, 2003 Swift Transportation Co. Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS: SWFT) will make a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Small Cap Executive Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. This presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 at 9 a.m. MST will be broadcast live on the Internet at http://customer.nvglb.com/MORG007/111703a_cf/linkdefault.asp?entity= swift....
- Research articles 2003-11-14
- American Communications to Acquire Swift Telecommunications, Inc
- Business Editors SARASOTA, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 14, 2000 American Communications Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB:ACEN) today announced that it has finalized a Note Purchase Agreement with Swift Telecommunications, Inc. ("Swift"), which provides for the eventual acquisition of Swift by ACEN. The Note Purchase Agreement will be included in ACEN's 8-K to...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- Swift Transportation Co. Inc. to Present at Morgan Keegan Equity Capital Markets Conference
- PHOENIX -- Swift Transportation Co. Inc. (NASDAQ: SWFT) will make a presentation at the Morgan Keegan Equity Capital Markets Conference. This presentation, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. EST, will be broadcast live on the Internet at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/mk8/swft/. Swift is the holding company for Swift Transportation Co. Inc.,...
- Research articles 2004-09-03
- Reichhold to sell swift unit.(Forbo Holding AG buys Swift Adhesives)(Brief Article)
- REICHHOLD INC. is selling its Swift Adhesives unit to Zurich, Switzerland-based Forbo Holding AG, a global manufacturer of adhesives, belting and floor coverings. No financial details have been released, but the parties hope to finalize negotiations by the end of 2001. However, some analysts have projected...
- Research articles 2001-11-19
- Fundtech Expands SWIFT Corporate Access with Support for New Closed User Group Category
- JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Fundtech Ltd. (NASDAQ: FNDT), a leading provider of end-to-end corporate banking software and services, today announced its support for SWIFT's new Corporate Access program. As a leading SWIFT service bureau provider for SWIFT's Member Administered Closed User Group (MA-CUG) model, Fundtech will directly benefit from the...
- Research articles 2006-06-26
- Teekay Shipping and A.P. Moller - Maersk Establish Swift Tankers
- NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Teekay Shipping Corporation Teekay (NYSE:TK) and A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S (A.P. Moller-Maersk) (CSE: MAERSKA) (CSE: MAERSKB), today announced an agreement to form Swift Tankers, a Pool of Intermediate Product Tankers. The management company, named Swift Tankers Ltd Swift Tankers, will provide safe and flexible...
- Research articles 2006-12-04
