What SWIFT Is and Why It Is Important

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By NTD Newsroom
February 28, 2022NTD Business
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One reason people are taking their money out of Russian banks and sending it abroad is because Western nations like the United States and Canada as set to restrict Russia’s access to the SWIFT system—removing some Russian banks from the network and all but severing them from the global financial system. So what exactly is SWIFT and why is it important?