Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
25
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift)
EU Transparency Register
011095511691-05 First registered on 20 Aug 2013
Goals / Remit
Swift is a member-owned cooperative through which the financial world conducts its business operations with speed, certainty and confidence. More than 11,000 financial institutions and corporations in over 200 countries trust us every day to exchange millions of standardised financial messages. This activity involves the secure exchange of proprietary data while ensuring its confidentiality and integrity. Our role is two-fold. We provide the proprietary communications platform, products and services that allow our customers to connect and exchange financial information securely and reliably. We also act as the catalyst that brings the financial community together to work collaboratively to shape market practice, define standards and consider solutions to issues of mutual interest.
Main EU files targeted
Payments regulation and topics; PSD2, PSD3, FIDA, SEPA, instant payments, digital euro & fintech related legislation, Cybersecurity; NIS, NIS2, DORA, Securities regulation; CSDR, EMIR, MiFID, Foreign Policy and sanctions, Anti-money laundering, Tracking of Terrorist Financing, Data Protection
Our responses to public consultations can be found here:
https://www.swift.com/about-us/consultation-responsesAddress
Head Office
Avenue Adele, 1
La Hulpe 1310
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue Adele, 1
La Hulpe 1310
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 16 Mar 2025
Name Start date End Date Mr Dario la Nasa 13 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Matilda WALLMON 19 Mar 2022 18 Mar 2023 Mr Dario la Nasa 09 Jan 2020 08 Jan 2021 Ms Natasha de Teran 21 Nov 2018 21 Nov 2019 Mr Dario la Nasa 21 Nov 2018 21 Nov 2019 Ms Natasha de Teran 01 Oct 2017 22 Sep 2018 Mr Dario la Nasa 01 Oct 2017 22 Sep 2018 Mr Dario la Nasa 10 Oct 2016 01 Oct 2017 Ms Rachel Lindsay 12 May 2016 12 May 2017 Ms Natasha de Teran 12 May 2016 12 May 2017 Mr Dario la Nasa 15 Oct 2015 11 Oct 2016 Ms Rachel Lindsay 28 May 2015 12 May 2016 Ms Natasha de Teran 28 May 2015 12 May 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
AmCham (EU)
ICMA
Eurofi
The City UK
ITI
IIFMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount kreab worldwide 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name kreab worldwide Closed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Payment Systems Market Expert Group#E02287#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2287 #MEMBER #B#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
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Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
25 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 12 Feb 2025 Location Call Subject Exchange of views on sanctions of concern to SWIFT in the context of the 16th Russia sanctions package DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Michael Albert Stelzer (Acting Head of Unit)
- Klaus Wiedner (Director)
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Date 06 Feb 2025 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views/discussions on the 16th sanctions package. Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative/ Vice-President Kaja Kallas Attending - Christine O'dwyer (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Feb 2025 Location Brussels Subject SWIFT representatives wanted to convey their views on the ongoing discussions on de-SWIFTING a number of banks as part of the discussions on the 16th sanctions package. Some concerns were expressed on the impact of these measures. Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative/ Vice-President Kaja Kallas Attending - Christine O'dwyer (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2025 Location videoconference Subject Russia sanctions DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Michael Albert Stelzer (Acting Head of Unit)
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Date 23 Jan 2025 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting focusing on EU sanctions policy and EU regulations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque Attending - Riikka Torppa (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Sep 2024 Location La Hulpe Subject presentation Swift activities payments Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jan 2024 Location Davos Subject 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. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jan 2024 Location Davos Subject digital euro Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 08 Sep 2022 Location Prague Subject Application of sanctions to Russia Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 08 Sep 2022 Location Prague Subject Instant payments and sanctions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
- Paul Moley (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jun 2022 Location Bruessels Subject Global finance, Sanctions DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 08 Apr 2022 Location Virtual Subject Sanctions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Dec 2021 Location online Subject discussion on cross-border payments Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet member)
- Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Oct 2020 Location virtual Subject European payments infrastructure, International role of the euro Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 15 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject International payments system Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Kai Wynands (Cabinet member)
- Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
- Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject developments around the JCPOA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
- Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Commission's digital tax proposals: informative exchange of views. Multinationals concerned about impact of change Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
- Lucie Mattera (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Developments in the cyber security Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject GDPR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU counterterrorism efforts Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos Portfolio Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Attending - Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Nov 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Safe harbour Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Mar 2015 Location European Commission - Berlaymont Subject 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 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
- Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)