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Fiat currencies stand firm against bitcoin
The cryptocurrency is a victim of its own success as strong demand pushes its price up, increasing speculative flows
Swift threatens to report users who fail to update software
Cyber security threat is "persistent, adaptive and sophisticated – and it is here to stay”, Swift says; customers have until November 19 to install updates
Swift's Gottfried Leibbrandt on restoring trust in global payments after $81m Bangladesh fraud
Swift CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt speaks to Christopher Jeffery about how to restore trust in the international payments architecture following the $81 million cyber theft from Bangladesh Bank
Swift CEO gives network top marks despite Bangladesh Bank theft
‘No room’ for complacency says Leibbrandt, noting it is now up to the banks to upscale their security infrastructure
Swift brings in external firms to support security work
UK firm BAE Systems and Dutch company Fox-IT will be part of effort to strengthen cyber security; Swift says information-sharing initiative has “grown significantly” since launch
CPMI-Iosco launch plan for two-hour cyber attack recovery
First internationally agreed guidelines for cyber resilience tell FMIs to plan for resumption of services within two hours of an attack; firms will have 12 months to prepare