SWIFT Code

1. Secure the access to applications 1.1 User-id and password The main method to protect an account is to use a combination of user-id and password. The strength of this protection will greatly depend on the complexity of the password. SWIFT recommends that at least these criteria are met: At least 8 characters long Combines digits, special characters, uppercase and lowercase letters Only used for accessing swift.com Not trivial (e.g. dictionary words) Changing your password regularly is another good practice – your administrator may mandate this. Obviously the complexity of your password is nothing compared to the requirement to keep it secret. The best way to do that is to memorize it and not keeping any written copy. 1.2 2-step verification 2-step verification is a security measure that helps protect your account from unauthorised access if someone manages to obtain your password. An additional layer of security requires a verification code to be entered along with y...

What if you do NOT see the login-seal? You may be looking at a page that is a phishing attempt if you did setup a login-seal from this PC before. Therefore you should NOT login with this page and instead contact your local SWIFT support center. You may report the phishing attempt to support@swift.com. You are using a  PC that is different from the PC on which you have setup the login-seal. In this case, you need to setup a login-seal also on this PC. You have deleted all cookies on your PC. In this case, you need to setup a login-seal again. You are using a different type of browser on the same PC.  In this case, you need to setup a login-seal again with this type of browser. You are using a different user-account on the same PC. If you may use different accounts of windows on the PC, your login-seal cookie may not be found by the browser. In this case, you need to setup a login-seal also with this user-account.

What is a login-seal? A login-seal is a private image or text that you can upload to swift.com, and that is displayed on the login page. If you see this login-seal on the login page, you are sure that it comes from swift.com and is not a phishing attack. Even without being registered on swift.com, you can setup a login-seal. How to set up a login-seal? To setup a login-seal, click on ‘Access online tools’ on the swift.com home page. This will display the login screen where you will see the link to setup a login-seal. The maximum size of an image that I can upload as login-seal is 5 MB. SWIFT will set a cookie on your PC with a reference number to the login-seal to be displayed. Only swift.com knows which login-seal corresponds to this reference number, so only swift.com will be able to display the correct image or text that you have defined. Anybody who uses your PC will see the login seal. Therefore, do not use confidential data as your login-seal. What if you do NOT s...