SWIFT's annual conference focuses on globalization, operational efficiency and regulation.
Globalization, operational efficiency and regulation were dominant themes at this year's Sibos conference, sponsored by SWIFT, that drew more than 7,500 delegates—38% from the Americas; 47% from EMEA and 15% from Asia-Pacific—to Toronto last month. And in a week when Italy's credit rating was downgraded and world markets plunged again, the sputtering global economy was never out of mind.