SWIFT
E2724
SWIFT is a global financial messaging network that enables secure, standardized communication and transaction instructions between banks and other financial institutions worldwide.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SWIFT canonical | 6 |
| SWIFT MT | 2 |
| SWIFT CBPR+ (Cross-Border Payments and Reporting Plus) | 1 |
| SWIFT network | 1 |
| SWIFT system | 1 |
| SWIFTNet | 1 |
| Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SWIFT Context triple: [Belgium, hostsHeadquartersOf, SWIFT]
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A.
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
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B.
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence is a U.S. Treasury division responsible for using financial tools, including sanctions and intelligence, to combat terrorism, money laundering, and other national security threats.
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C.
NMTI
NMTI is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals, teams, and companies for outstanding contributions to technological innovation and advancement.
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D.
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is one of the world’s oldest organized securities markets, historically pivotal in the development of modern finance and global trade.
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E.
NYK
NYK is the standard abbreviation for the New York Knicks, a professional basketball team based in New York City that competes in the NBA.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SWIFT Target entity description: SWIFT is a global financial messaging network that enables secure, standardized communication and transaction instructions between banks and other financial institutions worldwide.
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A.
Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units is an international network that facilitates cooperation and information sharing among national financial intelligence units to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related financial crimes.
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B.
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
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C.
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence is a U.S. Treasury division responsible for using financial tools, including sanctions and intelligence, to combat terrorism, money laundering, and other national security threats.
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D.
NMTI
NMTI is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals, teams, and companies for outstanding contributions to technological innovation and advancement.
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E.
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is one of the world’s oldest organized securities markets, historically pivotal in the development of modern finance and global trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cooperative society
ⓘ
financial messaging network ⓘ interbank communication system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SWIFT ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
SWIFT network
ⓘ
linked to:
SWIFT
SWIFT system ⓘ
linked to:
SWIFT
|
| countryOfHeadquarters | Belgium ⓘ |
| coverage | worldwide financial institutions ⓘ |
| founded | 1973 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Brussels, Belgium ⓘ |
| fullName |
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
ⓘ
linked to:
SWIFT
|
| governance | member-owned cooperative ⓘ |
| hasIdentifier | Bank Identifier Code system ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | La Hulpe, Belgium ⓘ |
| industry |
financial messaging
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | cooperative society ⓘ |
| messageStandard |
ISO 15022
ⓘ
ISO 20022 ⓘ SWIFT MT ⓘ
linked to:
SWIFT
SWIFT MX ⓘ
linked to:
ISO 20022
|
| notFunction |
does not hold customer accounts
ⓘ
does not move money itself ⓘ |
| operatesNetwork |
SWIFTNet
ⓘ
linked to:
SWIFT
|
| primaryFunction |
secure financial messaging
ⓘ
standardized communication between financial institutions ⓘ transmission of payment and settlement instructions ⓘ |
| provides |
compliance and analytics services
ⓘ
financial standards and reference data ⓘ secure messaging services ⓘ standardized message formats ⓘ |
| regulation |
overseen by G10 central banks
ⓘ
overseen by central banks ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
authentication of financial institutions
ⓘ
encryption of messages ⓘ end-to-end message security ⓘ |
| serves |
banks
ⓘ
brokerage firms ⓘ corporates ⓘ market infrastructures ⓘ securities institutions ⓘ |
| standardizationRole | develops financial messaging standards ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cross-border payments
ⓘ
foreign exchange confirmations ⓘ securities transactions ⓘ trade finance messages ⓘ treasury transactions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SWIFT Description of subject: SWIFT is a global financial messaging network that enables secure, standardized communication and transaction instructions between banks and other financial institutions worldwide.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: SWIFT
linked to: SWIFT
linked to: SWIFT
linked to: SWIFT
linked to: SWIFT
linked to: SWIFT
subject linked to:
La Hulpe, Belgium