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Last week, SWIFT announced that HSBC is the latest of the world’s largest banking and financial organisations to join its global payments innovation (gpi) service.

Hailed as a “game-changer” by Lars Sjögren, global head of transaction banking at Danske Bank, the development comes at a time when correspondent banking is seeing something of a reshuffle as cross-border payment fintechs go commercial and challenge the incumbent heavyweight, SWIFT.

So what does HSBC’s move mean for SWIFT’s competitors?

Read our analysis on what the HSBC news means for the SWIFT vs Ripple debate here.

Following The Global Treasurer’s rebranding from GTNews and website relaunch, it is my pleasure to introduce our new Editorial Board. It includes a high-calibre group of industry experts from Asia, Europe, the UK and the US who will be advising The Global Treasurer on its content going forward to ensure it meets our reader’s needs. See who is on our Board here.

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Vicky Beckett

Editor, The Global Treasurer