Connectivity
SWIFT Integration Layer
Connect seamlessly
to Alliance Lite2
or Alliance Access
Benefits
E
 nables systems to connect
to SWIFT, without any change
to them
A
 utomates all your back-office
flows
L
 everages SWIFT expertise to
efficiently solve and implement
your integration challenge
The enhanced integration solution for connecting
with Alliance Lite2 or Alliance Access
SWIFT Integration Layer makes On top of its core data transformation and
a cloud or on premise connection connectivity options, SWIFT Integration
Layer can deliver additional business
to SWIFT possible to more benefits:
business applications and more
— It reduces the cost of updating
businesses than ever before. It is
the essential bridge between your
business applications for SWIFT
specific network protocols or
internal systems and Alliance message formats.
Access or Alliance Lite2, for — You can rely on SWIFT to develop the
connecting to SWIFT. integration solution. Your IT staff do
not need to become SWIFT experts.
— SWIFT Integration Layer combines
Enabling your connection to
the benefits of cloud connectivity for
SWIFT SWIFT and an on-premises solution
Alliance Lite2 is a ‘cloud-based’ way to to deliver your most complex
connect to the SWIFT network and related integration needs.
applications and services. Alliance Lite2
supports the message and file volume
requirements of most SWIFT users.
As a true cloud service, Alliance Lite2 is Seamlessly links your
subscription based. It enables reduced business applications to
operational effort and cost. With its
AutoClient function you can automate SWIFT with our lightest and
operations and integrate them with your easiest connection – Alliance
back office. This provides fully automated Lite2, or our on premise
upload and download of files.
solution – Alliance Access.
When your back office is using data
formats or communication methods
not compatible with Alliance Lite2’s
AutoClient, SWIFT Integration Layer
provides an enhanced integration offering
to enable the integration and automation
of your back-office flows.
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How SWIFT Integration Layer works with your back-office applications

Features and functions This is done with the help of SWIFT A proven formula to support you
consultants — SWIFT’s team of experts
With SWIFT Integration Layer in place, you SWIFT has been creating solutions to
who understand the underlying workings
are effectively exchanging the information address the opportunities and challenges
of financial messaging systems. From the
in your proprietary format messages of the global financial community, for over
initial investigation of customer needs,
with Alliance Lite2 or Alliance Access for 40 years. This knowledge and expertise
SWIFT will manage the project all the way
onward communication over SWIFT. is there to support your organisation
through to go-live.
SWIFT Integration Layer provides: in many ways. We can help ease the
SWIFT Integration Layer is at the core of implementation of changes to your
— Data Transformation services, the integration solution with Alliance Lite2 infrastructure and make the most of your
converting from non-SWIFT proprietary or Alliance Access. operations. We can train and develop your
message formats to SWIFT message staff to the level you need.
The offering includes the following:
formats (MT, ISO15022, MX,
ISO20022) and vice versa — SWIFT Integration Layer software SWIFT experts are always there. We
— Consulting Services: keep you going, resolve your issues and
— Additional IBM WebSphere MQ or
from systems analysis and design, propose improvements where seen. We
SOAP Web Services connectivity
to implementation and go-live are a flexible extension to the expertise
options for back-office communication,
— The world-class SWIFT support in your team. We are your back-up plan,
on top of the default file-based method
services your peace of mind.
— Support for SWIFT specifics file
SWIFT Services: Expert support —
formats (RJE, XMLv2) and messaging
Your virtual team.
services (FIN, InterAct, FileAct) With SWIFT Integration
Layer in place, you are
Delivering the integration For more information, contact your SWIFT
effectively exchanging account manager or visit www.swift.com.
solution
the information in your
SWIFT Integration Layer is delivered as
part of an integration solution to enable
proprietary format messages
connectivity with SWIFT in the cloud or with Alliance Lite2 or
on-premise solution. Alliance Access.
To deliver that solution SWIFT first needs
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to understand your specific requirements

and the relevant back-office architecture.

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