Charlotte Pardou

Background

About Charlotte Pardou

SWIFT is a member-owned cooperative through which the financial world conducts its business operations with speed, certainty and confidence. More than financial institutions and corporations in 212 countries trust us every day to exchange millions of standardised financial messages. This activity involves the secure exchange of proprietary data while ensuring its confidentiality and integrity. We provide the proprietary communications platform, products and services that allow our customers to connect and exchange financial information securely and reliably. We also act as the catalyst that brings the financial community together to work collaboratively to shape market practice, define standards and consider solutions to issues of mutual interest. When it comes to combating financial crime, financial institutions are increasingly in the frontline of defence. Regulators the world over require FIs to meet stringent Know Your Customer (KYC), anti-money laundering and sanctions rules and regulations. Complying with such obligations in multiple jurisdictions is demanding - and increasingly costly - but the costs and reputational impact of non-compliance are even higher. Compliance is a challenge shared by all financial institutions, and one that is best met together. Since investments in financial crime compliance do not yield competitive advantages, it makes sense to collaborate to mitigate costs and risks for everyone. This is the starting point for our portfolio of financial crime compliance services, developed with the SWIFT community, for the SWIFT community. It’s a suite of managed and shared services that leverages our platform, technology and standards expertise to cut through the complexity and give the industry simpler, more cost-effective ways to meet the challenges of financial crime compliance.