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Webinar Details

In a rapidly evolving global payments landscape, financial institutions face mounting pressure to deliver faster, more transparent, and fully compliant cross border payment experiences. As customer expectations accelerate and regulatory demands intensify, the need for secure, scalable, and expertly managed Swift connectivity has never been greater.

Join us for a 60minute fireside chat exploring why banks and nonbank financial institutions worldwide are increasingly looking to simplify Swift connectivity, reduce operational burden, and unlock the full value of Swift’s growing ecosystem. We will also dive into the strategic benefits of Swift’s value-added services, including:

Swift GPI, enabling greater speed, transparency, and end-to-end payment traceability.
Case Management (Payment Cancellations, Exceptions & Investigations) will be mandatory for all Swift institutions by November 2026, offering structured ISO 20022 workflows, automated routing, data pre population and industry wide potential cost savings of up to *$600 million annually.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is designed for executives, payments leaders, operations teams, technology strategists, and compliance professionals at banks, payment service providers, fintechs, and other regulated institutions seeking to elevate their global payments performance.

What You Will Learn

The operational and strategic advantages of outsourcing Swift connectivity
How to accelerate compliance and reduce risk
The business impact of adopting Swift GPI, Case Management (E&I), and Real-Time Payments
Real-world insights into the lessons learned, best practice and use cases to maximise on the value of Swift Connectivity.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from industry experts about how to future proof your Swift strategy and drive meaningful transformation in your payments operations. swift.com

Speakers

Natasha Lapierre Principal Product Manager – Financial Messaging at Bottomline

Natasha drives platform strategy and innovation at Bottomline across financial messaging and payment connectivity, interoperability, and the adoption of new technologies including API enablement, AI and digital assets. Previously at Swift, she led the Product Management and Go-to-Market strategy for the network’s fraud and anomaly detection initiative from inception and convened the Anomaly Detection Working Group across 17 major financial institutions globally validating use cases with banks, digital-first payment service providers, and fintech partners. At Sibos 2025 she moderated a cross-industry panel on AI for detecting payment fraud in an interoperable way across schemes, bringing together Nasdaq Verafin, ANZ, EBA Clearing, Memo Bank, and Finologee.

Sumitha Fernandez Musoles Director, Banking & Capital Markets at PwC

Sumitha is a UK Payments Director within PwC’s Financial Services Cloud & Data Transformation business, with 19 years’ experience leading complex payments transformation programmes for major UK and global banks. She specialises in aligning payments strategy, technology, and operations to deliver customer focused outcomes. More recently, she has supported financial institutions in adopting new global regulations, enabling the delivery of innovative services, including near 24/7 payments in the UK. Based in the Northwest, Sumitha is a recognised leader with a strong commitment to building inclusive, high performing, and flexible delivery teams. She was highly commended as Technology Consultant of the Year at the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) Awards 2023.

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Unlocking Global Payments Via Swift Connectivity and Added Value Services