SWIFT

Belgian payments services society
Organization organization Q257597
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SWIFT

Summary

SWIFT is an organization[1]. SWIFT ranks in the top 0.47% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,793 views/month, #43 of 9,083).[2]

Key Facts

  • SWIFT received the BigBrotherAwards[3].
  • SWIFT was a member of OpenAPI Initiative[4].
  • SWIFT is in the country of Belgium[5].
  • SWIFT's instance of is recorded as organization[6].
  • SWIFT's instance of is recorded as payment system[7].
  • SWIFT's item operated is recorded as SWIFT[8].
  • SWIFT's headquarters location is recorded as La Hulpe[9].
  • SWIFT's headquarters location is recorded as Belgium[10].
  • SWIFT's industry is recorded as telecommunications[11].
  • May 3, 1973 marks the founding of SWIFT[12].
  • SWIFT's official website is recorded as https://www.swift.com/[13].
  • SWIFT's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication[14].
  • SWIFT's product or material produced is recorded as SWIFT message types[15].
  • SWIFT's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+3240'}[16].
  • SWIFT's legal form is recorded as cooperative society[17].
  • SWIFT's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'SWIFT'}[18].
  • SWIFT's member count is recorded as {'amount': '+12358'}[19].
  • SWIFT's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+1024000000'}[20].

Body

Founding

May 3, 1973 marks the founding of SWIFT[12].

Identity

SWIFT's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'SWIFT'}[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include La Hulpe[9], a municipality of Belgium[21], in Belgium[22] and Belgium[10], a sovereign state[23], in Belgium[24], founded in 1830[25].

Industry

SWIFT's industry is recorded as telecommunications[11].

Ownership

SWIFT's product or material produced is recorded as SWIFT message types[15].

Recognition

SWIFT received the BigBrotherAwards[3].

Why It Matters

SWIFT ranks in the top 0.47% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,793 views/month, #43 of 9,083).[2] SWIFT has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] SWIFT is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

FAQs

What awards did SWIFT receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . bigbrotherawards.de. Retrieved . bigbrotherawards.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . openapis.org. Retrieved . openapis.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . swift.com. Retrieved . swift.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . swift.com. Retrieved . swift.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5h ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14659 https://www.swift.com/about-us
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 6772-5739-E417-175E-6180, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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