Chainlink Connects Banks to Swift Blockchain Ledger
The platform uses a self-signing model that lets banks keep authorization keys while CRE coordinates tokenized cross-border payment workflows.
- On Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, Chainlink announced a partnership enabling financial institutions to connect their systems to SWIFT's blockchain ledger through the Chainlink Runtime Environment .
- SWIFT introduced its blockchain-based shared ledger at Sibos 2025 to coordinate 24/7 cross-border payments using tokenized commercial-bank deposits, with seventeen institutions now piloting transactions.
- The Chainlink Runtime Environment acts as middleware between banks and the ledger, allowing institutions to retain control of transaction authorization keys while preserving existing security governance and approval procedures.
- SWIFT's ledger does not replace its role as a global financial messaging network, which moves the equivalent of world GDP roughly every three days.
- Chainlink Labs CEO Sergey Nazarov said he is "thrilled to be supporting the Swift ledger" as the SWIFT network connects more than 11,500 financial institutions across more than 200 markets.
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Chainlink Runtime Environment Connects Global Financial Institutions to Swift’s Ledger
During Sibos 2026, industry-standard oracle platform Chainlink officially launched a connectivity framework that allows global financial institutions to access Swift’s blockchain ledger using the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE). The self-signing solution allows banks to seamlessly execute 24/7 cross-border payments and manage smart contracts using tokenized deposits. Swift is the world’s leading provider of secure financial […]
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