SWIFT Blockchain Ledger Goes Live: Is Bank Money Going 24/7?
SWIFT has moved its blockchain strategy from testing into live banking activity. Standard Chartered and HSBC completed the first live interbank cross-border transaction using the SWIFT blockchain ledger on August 19, 2026, connecting tokenized deposit infrastructure at two regulated banks. Just one week later, UOB and HSBC completed live Hong Kong dollar transactions on the same infrastructure, showing that the project is already expanding beyond a single demonstration
2026/08/31