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The '''Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication''' ('''SWIFT'''), legally '''S.W.I.F.T. SC''', is a Belgian cooperative society which provides a system for executing international financial transactions and payments between banks.
The '''Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication''' ('''SWIFT'''), legally '''S.W.I.F.T. SC''', is a Belgian cooperative society which provides a system for executing international financial transactions and payments between banks.


It has been used by the United States as a means punishing countries such as Iran which contravene the Western Liberal Order.
It has been used by the United States as a means punishing countries such as Iran which contravene the Western Liberal Order.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/blog/russia-ukraine-live-updates-n1290057/ncrd1290088?canonicalCard=true</ref>


Alternative interbank payment systems such as Russia's SPFS and China's CIPS are facilitating [[dedollarization]].<ref>https://www.rt.com/business/590267-russia-iran-ditch-swift/</ref><ref>https://new.thecradle.co/articles-id/253</ref><ref>https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/china-dedollarization-north-africa/</ref>
Alternative interbank payment systems such as Russia's SPFS and China's CIPS are facilitating [[dedollarization]].<ref>https://www.rt.com/business/590267-russia-iran-ditch-swift/</ref><ref>https://new.thecradle.co/articles-id/253</ref><ref>https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/china-dedollarization-north-africa/</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 01:54, 17 January 2024

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), legally S.W.I.F.T. SC, is a Belgian cooperative society which provides a system for executing international financial transactions and payments between banks.

It has been used by the United States as a means punishing countries such as Iran which contravene the Western Liberal Order.[1]

Alternative interbank payment systems such as Russia's SPFS and China's CIPS are facilitating dedollarization.[2][3][4]

References