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Interbank messaging, SWIFT
La Hulpe, Belgium50.73°N 4.48°E
computed criticality18/100
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SWIFT links over 11,000 institutions across ~200 countries; backbone of cross-border payments
2024Fault line
The world's international payment orders run through a Belgian cooperative, whose exclusion (sanctions on Russia or Iran) amounts to financial outlawing. Whoever controls its access holds a major geopolitical lever.
Actors
SWIFT
CIPS (China)
SPFS (Russia)
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